School staff train to defend students at Libby Middle/High School Friday
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Kalispell Police Officer Justin Turner and U.S. Forest Service officer Jack Dittmann demonstrates the vulnerabilities of a a shooter while training Libby Public School teachers how to disarm an intruder on Friday. Turner said he has had teachers tell him that training helps them understand how they can respond in a crisis rather than just freezing or running.
Libby School teacher Cindy Ostrem-Johnston, left, learns how to render a shooter incapable of inflicting injury with the help of Kalispell Police Officer Justin Turner, as U.S. Forest Service officer Jack Dittmann observes, Friday at Libby High School. Both officers are instructors with the Northwest Run, Lock, Fight Group. (Benjamin Kibbey/The Western News)
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