Approximately 100 emergency responders in the northwestern suburbs took part in an active shooter drill Tuesday afternoon, training for the worst-case scenario at the now vacant Trinity Community Center in Roselle.
“As we see, school shootings are happening nationwide,” Roselle Police Chief Roberto Barreto said. “It’s very important here to train together so we can be prepared for something like this if it were to happen in our community.”
NBC Chicago was not allowed to film as officers deployed into the building for the active shooter drill. Bernetto said the goal was to make everything feel real as possible during the drill, including blood to the victims.
“We’re using what we call force on force, which in layman’s terms, is paintball, and that is as close as you can get to the real thing,” he said. “Many of the victims here have what we call moulage, which is paint and …