Photos: Pinellas mass casualty exercise serves to prepare local law enforcement and rescue personnel
Residents driving by High Point Elementary School in Clearwater could have easily been startled on Wednesday where dozens of Fire trucks, ambulances and Sheriff's cruisers remained parked on the streets outside for hours as Police officers from agencies across the county worked with first responders while attending the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Active Assailant / Mass Casualty Exercise to evaluate and improve the overall preparedness of law enforcement, Pinellas County Schools officials and rescue agencies.
A woman, playing an active shooter, confronts a teacher whom she suspects is having an affair while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Law enforcement personnel swarm a group of portables while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A Largo police officer checks on an injured student while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League is assisted to medical care while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League is assisted to medical care by a Largo police officer while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
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A summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League is assisted to medical care by a pair of medical workers and a Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputy while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A group of Largo police officers search an exterior courtyard for the assailant while helping an injured student while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant / Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A man armed with a revolver plays an injured groundskeeper while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League is assisted to medical care while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League is assisted to medical care by a Clearwater police officer, left, and a Largo police officer while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
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Piinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, center, is joined by Pinellas County’s top brass while observing the multi-agency Active Assailant / Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
A group of St. Petersburg police officers, Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies and Largo police officers work together to search for an assailant and help injured students while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Rescue workers prepare to to extricate a Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League summer camper through a classroom window while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Summer campers with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League escape a classroom through a window while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League summer campers line up on a curb moments after escaping through a classroom window while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
Ann-Marie Clarke plays a parent while picking up a summer camper with the Pinellas Sheriff's Police Athletic League at the family reunification area while participating in the multi-agency Active Assailant/Mass Casualty Exercise on Wednesday at High Point Elementary School in Pinellas County. DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times
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