Altadena  and Crescenta Valley deputies participated in a simulated school invasion today at the old Edison School. The post-Columbine theory of school invasions is not to wait for a SWAT team to be assembled, it’s grab all the cops you can and go in.  The deputies were faced with several scenarios in the school site, and were loaded with blank ammunition.

Deputies move into the cafeteria in response to shooting.

Two deputies played the shooters.

One shooter down, the deputies take to the stairwell to neutralize the other.

Students from Marshall Fundamental School earned community service hours by playing victims … which, if you think about it, is a perfect activity for a teenager, as ours “plays victim” pretty steadily!