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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Panic Alarms Available for Staff at JJC

Tiny alarms that ring directly to police radios are available for purchase for JJC staff and faculty.

Every year, Joliet Junior College hosts an Active Shooter drill but that's not the only thing the campus does to help keep everyone safe. Staff and instructors on campus can buy the buttons, which are about the size of a business card that are then assigned a location on campus. When the panic button is pressed, a message goes out to the radios of all Joliet Junior College police officers that indicated the location of the emergency. "The message says, 'police assistance needed in room such and such,'" JJC Police Chief Pete Comanda said. Some years ago, the police department purchased the basic system and initial buttons for $17,000. The money came directly from fines. Currently, there are about 100 active buttons on campus. About 30 days …

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JJC Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario with 'Active Shooter' Drill

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

JJC Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario with 'Active Shooter' Drill

Campus police were joined by more than 150 community members in playing out a fictitious story line in which two sisters with guns ambushed the Joliet school.

Pete Sedlacek, a member of the National Guard and a Romeoville resident, had something to tell Joliet Junior College Police Chief Pete Comanda. Pulling out his dog tags, he told him that if someone with a gun was coming at him, he wouldn't be sitting by and doing nothing. And Sedlacek stayed true to his word Wednesday afternoon, taking an active role in Joliet Junior College's "active shooter" drill. Every year for the last five years, the JJC Police Department hosts a drill to train its staff and community members about what to do if a gunman actually does come on campus and begin shooting. Nearly 160 people attended the drill, which was held just weeks after a shooter went into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and …

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New JJC Building Almost Ready to Go, Local Schools React to Connecticut Tragedy, 1st-Person: Even as an Observer, Shooting Drill's a Frightening Ordeal, and 1 more ›

John Roberts

12:07 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

Man runs into theatre with gun...officer shoots him..see how that works..where is this in the news.on tv....about an officer stoping someone from doing something stupid? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2261630/San-Diego-movie-theater-shooting-Police-wound-Tom-Billodeaux-hiding-Les-Miserables-screening.html   more ›

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