Expect The Sound of Gunfire On Sunday

Montgomery County Police want residents and businesses in communities near the Universities at Shady Grove that they will be conducting a Public Safety Emergency Exercise at Shady Grove this Sunday, October 24, 2010 from 6 AM until noon. Although there will not be lights and sirens, there will be the sporadic sounds of simulated gunfire between 9 – 11 AM.

If you are driving on the access roads to the parking lots, you would be able to see the training. You can expect to see numerous public safety personnel in uniforms and tactical gear, numerous public safety and tactical vehicles, law enforcement officers maintaining a safety perimeter around the campus, traffic officers on Gudelsky Drive and Traville Gateway Drive to facilitate the flow of traffic.

Please spread the word that this is a training exercise, even though it will be conducted as though it is a response to a real emergency.

Montgomery County Police along with the Montgomery County Department of Fire and Rescue Services, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission Police, Gaithersburg Police, Rockville City Police, Takoma Park Police, Maryland State Police, and University of Maryland Baltimore County Police will all be participating in this simulation.

This training exercise is being partially funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant.

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