North Shore Active Shooter Response Training This Summer

BEVERLY, MA — North Shore school officials, law enforcement, business leaders and other interested community members can become certified active shooter and violent intruder response trainers through a Northshore Education Consortium course in Beverly this summer.

The ALICE — Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate — training is a two-day course held on Aug. 15 and Aug. 16 at the Northshore Academy Upper School on Soheir Road.

Certified ALICE instructors will have the knowledge and resources to train others in their community. The price of the training is $749, and registration can be completed online here.

The ALICE system is aligned with recommendations from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation and state government agencies to prepare schools, buildings and public buildings to best react in response to an active shooter or other extreme security breach.

"Northshore Education Consortium embraces the highest standard of safety preparedness," Francine Rosenberg, Executive Director of Northshore Education Consortium, said. "Our leadership team frequently reviews our safety protocols and we are in frequent communication with local law enforcement.

"I believe that at the end of the day, the best antidotes to violence and despair are love, compassion, community, and hope. The work that we do every day to create safe and supportive school communities for the most vulnerable students is vitally important and we will remain committed to doing that regardless of what else is happening in the world."

Go here for more information about ALICE Training Institute.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)