At the end of a full work day, 80 people packed into the Columbia County Administration Building for a three-hour seminar on active shooting incidents. The presentation by members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and Portage Police Department gave the public insight into what is known about mass shootings in the United States and how the expectations for police and the public have changed. “I got feedback from someone who was there, and she is actually a school district employee,” Police Lt. Richard Hoege said after the event, “and she said that she came away from it feeling empowered, like she realized there was something she could do.”