The Paper Trail

Long Beach Holds Its Own Mock Shooting

By Alison Go

August 15, 2008 RSS Feed Print

Like UCLA's massive shooting simulation, Cal State-Long Beach held its own Active Shooter Drill on campus Wednesday, the Daily 49er reports. Using fake weapons and rounds to replicate the chaos of an incident, university and Long Beach police (but no SWAT or FBI) responded to students and volunteers acting out the role of wounded victims.

Tags:
school shootings,
Cal State- Long Beach

Reader Comments

Add Your Thoughts
Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

The Paper Trail

Nobody knows a college better than its student newspaper. And nobody knows campus newspapers better than this blog. We sift through thousands of student newspaper headlines every day to bring you the latest, most important, or just plain weirdest news from campuses across the country. Heard bigger news or a crazier story? Send tips to papertrail@usnews.com.

AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES

Editor's Picks

Colleges »
7 Ways to Prepare for Student Loan Repayment
Grad Schools »
Define Your Goals Before Applying to B-School
Education »
About the Rankings Methodologies
High Schools »
Students Learn Job Skills as IT Techs
Slideshow »
The Colleges That Made Them CEOs