Representatives of many law enforcement agencies, firefighters, emergency management and emergency medical responders took part in active threat/shooter training Thursday at the University of Maine at Farmington.
The training was put on by officers from the University of Maine at Farmington Campus Police Department, Farmington Police Department and Maine State Police. A representative of the University of the Maine Police Department in Orono also assisted with training equipment, including bringing nonlethal Simunition guns.
There was a briefing for participants prior to the different scenarios that would play out in UMF campus buildings.
The intent was to find out if there were weaknesses in tactics, if there was a threat or active shooter incident in Franklin County.
They would learn from any mistakes, UMF Sgt. Ryan Wagner told those gathered at Thomas Auditorium for a briefing prior to training scenarios being acted out.