Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com
Kirkland police officers including Alton E. Parker, Jr. (from left to right), Nevres Gibic, and Edward Muchala participate in a Rapid Response training drill at Hiawatha Elementary School in Kirkland, Ill., Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. Eight members of the Kirkland Police Department participated in the drills which began at 8 a.m. and concluded at 4 p.m. Training instructor Joe Drought, Chief at the Rock Valley College Police Department, said the one-day course is designed to "teach officers to make an immediate response to an active shooter or ongoing threats to human life."
