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better prepared for such an event. “It’s about being aware of your surroundings,” said Mark Fron- tella of Knowledge Saves Lives Inc. Frontella, who also works for the Los Banos Fire Department, trained the DUSD classified em- ployees at the Dinuba Vocational Educational Center Thursday morning on how to use a fire ex- tinguisher to take out a perpetra-
tor who may be entering a room. In the alley behind the voca- tional center, groups learned to use the fire extinguisher’s spray to first stun and blind a suspect as he enters a room. While the in- truder is stunned, trainees were then shown how to use the butt of the extinguisher to knock out the
suspect.
A dummy was staged in the
alley to allow those in the class to practice the scenario.
“These guys are on a mission and they have a game plan,” said Frontella. “But when you interrupt that game plan, now they have to go on the defensive. It throws them off. . . If you’re close, don’t just stand there. Fight for your life.”
One phrase that was echoed throughout Thursday’s training was ‘fight, flight or freeze.’ As a startling reminder of today’s cli- mate, the phrase has seemingly replaced another one echoed not too long ago when it came to fire safety; ‘stop, drop and roll.’
Those participating in the train- ing course were also advised on how to better understand their surrounding when it came to the buildings they were in.
“There is always more than one entrance and exit to any building,” said Frotella. “Always know where the exits are at all times.”
Trainees were given scenarios where an active shooter enters a building and they hear shots fired. They were then asked to move in the proper direction to avoid the incoming danger. Sometimes, ac-
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Knowledge Saves Lives Inc. Chief of Staff Danny Woods, along with Dinuba police officer Marcos Nunez, enters the Dinuba Vocational Educational Cen- ter to simulate taking down a suspect during a hostage situation.
cording to Knowledge Saves Lives Inc. Chief of Staff Danny Woods, that requires people to run, hide or fight.
“What we are trying to get peo- ple to learn muscle memory when it comes to these types of scenari- os,” said Woods.
He added that they have re- ceived an increasing amount of phone calls in the wake of the re- cent mass shootings.
“It’s sad that when those things happen we get more phone calls,” Woods shared. “But it’s nice that people are recognizing the need for it because people don’t normal- ly have a plan. They don’t usually know what to do in these types of situations.”
Knowledge Saves Lives Inc was founded about eight years ago and combines members from the law enforcement, fire and emer- gency personnel and even military personnel to provide other agen- cies with training.
“What we do is we give them a plan. We give them an option,” said Woods. “We take that negative muscle memory that they build up, where they’re freezing, and
replace that with the good muscle memory.”
The training ended with a member from KSL posing as an active shooter, entering the facil- ity and firing off a series of blank rounds. Trainees were asked to re- act based on the shots and, if pos- sible, provide descriptions of the shooter.
“This is a paradigm shift,” said Debbie Hayes, secretary for the Dinuba Adult School. “It really does make you look at things dif- ferently.”
This was the second year that Dinuba Unified School District has conducted active shooter trainings.
“School and staff safety re- mains one of our district priori- ties,” said DUSD Superintendent Dr. Joe Hernandez. “Unfortu- nately, both Columbine and Sandy Hook have created a necessity for this type of training. With the re- cent tragic shootings, the training was timely and the feedback from staff was very positive.”
Close to 300 employees were trained last week and the district plans on training the remaining staff throughout the school year.
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A 48-year-old Reed- ley man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly firing shots at a Reedley woman on Aug. 12.
Roger Rogers also was accused of negligent discharge of a firearm in the incident, which took place sometime after 9:30 p.m. in the 900 block of F Street.
Officers were dis- patched to the area at about 9:45 p.m., and found the woman at the scene. She told police that Rogers had shot at her, and pointed out his residence. Officers then surrounded Rogers' res- idence and ordered him to come outside, where he was arrested.
Police said shell cas- ings were found in the
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been from the Reedley area and was visiting his girlfriend, who lives in the area.
Dinuba police are looking for at least two suspects in connection with the homicide. At this point, police have not ruled whether the shoot- ing was gang related but have not ruled it out.
“We do suspect that one of the persons in- volved was a gang mem- ber,” said Dinuba police
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arm used
in the shooting after a search of the residence.
There were no inju- ries in the incident.
Rogers was booked into the Fresno Coun- ty Jail on $36,000 bail, $35,000 for the felony as- sault charge. He remains in jail as of Aug. 13.
Anyone with addi- tional information re- garding this case can contact Det. Cesar Cardenas or Sgt. Bryan Pelayo with the Reedley Police Department at (559) 637-4250.
Lt. Abel Iriarte. “But we can’t rule that is gang re- lated right now.”
This is the first homi- cide in Dinuba in nearly two years. The last homi- cide took place in 2017 when a man was gun downed near a laundro- mat on Golden Way. That murder was determined to be gang related.
Anyone with informa- tion regarding the Aug. 6 shooting is urged to con- tact Detective DeHaro at (559) 356-0767 or the Di- nuba Police Department tip line at (559) 591-8471.
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