Active Shooter Training Offered By New Lenox

MANHATTAN, IL — The Village of New Lenox is offering a free active shooter training event designed by the National Safety Council. The course, called "Surviving an Active Shooter Event," can help people know what to do in the horrifying case of an active shooter.

The two-hour course focuses on the right courses of action to take in such a situation, "regardless of where it might occur," a release from New Lenox says.

The course will be on Thursday, Aug. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Christ Mission Church/Living Waters Children’s Center, 22811 S. Cedar Rd. in Manhattan. It's about a half-mile south of Laraway Road.

The free event requires registration. To do so, visit the EventBrite webpage.

"Active shooter incidents are deadly and are intended to inflict the most harm in the least amount of time. Knowing the right course of action can be the difference between life and death," the release says.

Anybody with questions on the training is asked to contact Daniel Martin, New Lenox's Safe Community Coordinator, at 815-462-6493 or email him at dmartin@newlenox.net.