News Release

WARSAW — Kosciusko County officials are inviting area government and school leaders to participate in response plans for active shooter scenarios in local schools.

A planning session is set for Wednesday, June 8, at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center at Grace College. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end around 4:30 p.m.

County officials are urging each school facility in the county to send personnel to engage in a scenario-based discussion with the intent of developing a consistent county-wide response and recovery plan. Each school/agency should establish a team to represent their respective school corporation.

The reason a county-wide plan is needed is to ensure partners and responders can be trained across jurisdictions to the same basic plan because those resources will have to be called in to support local responders.

The intent is to have each school district seated with the local responders for their facilities and listen to the initial scenario situation, then discuss in their group the expected response to it. Each group will then report out to everyone else. 

Each group will then listen to an updated scenario situation, leading to further discussion. The event will end with talking about best practices and needs for improvement. 

Lunch will be provided. Organizers are planning on more than 100 participants, but will need an accurate count.

Therefore, registration is required by Wednesday, May 11. People may register by emailing [email protected] or clicking on the following link https://forms.gle/6dBsELDbjFfAbjpA9.

The following groups are invited to attend:

Schools

• Warsaw
• Wawasee
• Tippecanoe Valley
• Whitko
• Sacred Heart
• Lakeland Christian
• Triton
• Grace College

Fire agencies

• Atwood
• Burket
• Claypool
• Etna Green
• Leesburg
• Mentone
• Milford
• North Webster
• Pierceton
• Sidney
• Silver Lake
• Syracuse
• Warsaw
• Winona Lake
• Akron (Henry Township)

Police agencies

• Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office
• Warsaw PD
• Winona Lake PD
• Syracuse PD
• Milford PD
• North Webster PD
• Pierceton PD
• Claypool PD
• Silver Lake PD
• Mentone PD
• Indiana State Police
• Department of Natural Resources
• Fulton County Sheriff’s Office
• Akron PD
• Whitley County Sheriff’s Office
• South Whitley PD
• Kosciusko County Central Dispatch

EMS agencies

• Lutheran EMS
• Parkview EMS
• Turkey Creek EMS
• North Webster EMS
• Mentone EMS

Other entities

• Kosciusko County Commissioners
• Kosciusko County Council
• Kosciusko County Highway Department
• Warsaw Street Department
• Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer
• Mayor’s office
• Warsaw City Council
• Other elected officials and street departments
• Kosciusko Community Hospital
• Parkview hospital