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Saturday, March 02, 2013  The Cole County Sheriff's Department held active shooter training for its deputies Saturday morning at Russellville High School.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  The Columbia Police Department held two informational sessions Saturday intended to prepare the public on how to react in an active shooter situation.

Monday, January 07, 2013  Authorities, police vehicles and volunteers will begin to show up at the Columbia Mall at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  With the nation rocked by another school shooting, we wanted to know if Mid-Missouri schools are prepared for something like what happened in Ohio.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  About 20 Cole County deputies got active shooter training, which showed them how to handle situations if someone is armed and a threat to a number of people.