Area agencies practice for the worst-case scenario
Published 10:00 pm Wednesday, June 22, 2016
![An active shooter drill took place Tuesday morning beginning at the Isothermal Community College Polk Campus and then at St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus to train local police, fire and EMS personnel on how to evacuate hospital staff and victims in the case of an active shooter on the hospital campus. Pictured are Officer Cody McIntyre with the Columbus Police Department (left), Emergency Management Director Bobby Arledge (center), and Columbus Officer Michael Feagan (right). The drill was organized by Columbus Police Chief Chris Beddingfield. (Photo by Michael O’Hearn)](https://www.tryondailybulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2016/06/COVER-PHOTO-6.23.16.jpg)
An active shooter drill took place Tuesday morning beginning at the Isothermal Community College Polk Campus and then at St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus to train local police, fire and EMS personnel on how to evacuate hospital staff and victims in the case of an active shooter on the hospital campus. Pictured are Officer Cody McIntyre with the Columbus Police Department (left), Emergency Management Director Bobby Arledge (center), and Columbus Officer Michael Feagan (right). The drill was organized by Columbus Police Chief Chris Beddingfield. (Photo by Michael O’Hearn)