LAKEPORT, Calif. – This week, dozens of law enforcement officers from around Lake and Mendocino counties participated in an active shooter response training in Lakeport.

The Lakeport Police Department coordinated the training with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which taught two 16-hour Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, or ALERRT, sessions at Clear Lake High School, which is closed for spring break.

Participants were trained to respond alone or with a group of officers to an active shooter call with a priority of stopping the threat.

This training is part of the ALERRT program, based at Texas State University, and was certified for credit in this state by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST.

Approximately 55 officers from 12 local and state agencies attended this training including Lakeport Police Department, Clearlake Police Department, Ukiah Police Department, Willits Police Department, Cal Fire law enforcement for the Lake and Mendocino County area, California Department of Fish and Wildlife for Lake and Mendocino counties, California State Parks – Clear Lake Sector, California Highway Patrol – Clear Lake Area, Lake County District Attorney’s Office Investigations, Lake County Probation Department, Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.

The Lakeport Police Department said this week’s training is the fourth such training class held in Lakeport over the past 10 months in which approximately 115 local officers were trained.

The agency thanked the FBI, ALERRT, POST, all attending agencies as well as the Lakeport Unified Safety Committee, Lakeport Unified School District and Clear Lake High School “for making this valuable training happen to further our ongoing effort to keep our schools and communities safe.”