Grand island va medical center police services to conduct 3-hour active shooter response training exercise in campus buildings on saturday, april 15 | va nebraska-western iowa health care | veterans affairs

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PRESS RELEASE April 13, 2023 Grand Island , NE — April 13, 2023                                                                                   GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – The Grand Island VA


Medical Center’s Police Services will conduct a 3-hour Active Shooter Response Training Exercise in collaboration with local, state and federal law enforcement and emergency response


agencies on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The training exercise will take place between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. within the Grand Island VAMC’s Buildings 6 and 8 located at 2201 North Broadwell Avenue


in Grand Island. The exercise is designed to provide the VA’s law enforcement team, and supporting law enforcement and emergency response agencies, an opportunity to train in a safe yet


realistic environment. Patient care will not be impacted by the exercise. Only exercise participants will be allowed to enter Buildings 6 and 8 during this time. During the training


exercise, the public may see an increased uniformed law enforcement and emergency response presence on the Grand Island VA Medical Center campus. This activity is part of the planned


training exercise. -30- Media contacts Kevin Hynes, Public Affairs Officer PHONE: ###