University Advancement

Public Relations and Strategic Communications

MEDIA/PHOTO ADVISORY for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008

Local Law Enforcement Agencies to Join
CSUN Police in Multi-Agency Campus-Shooting Drill

What:

Officers from the California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles School Police Department will join Cal State Northridge police officers in a multi-agency exercise designed to test their coordinated response to a shooting on campus.

Law enforcement executives will be on hand to observe the "active shooter" drill and evaluate how well the four agencies worked together, and determine what they can do to improve their response. This is the first time the four agencies have taken part in an emergency preparedness exercise together.

When:

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008

Where:

Northridge Academy High School
9601 Zelzah Ave., Northridge
Thomas Guide Grid 501 A-5

Who:

Dozens of police officers from Cal State Northridge, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles School Police Department

Contacts:

CSUN Chief of Police Anne P. Glavin, (818) 677-2201
Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN Public Relations, (818) 677-2130
Christina Villalobos, CSUN University Police, at Northridge Academy on Jan. 3, (818) 674-9371 (cell)