KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Police Department said Tuesday that the university would host an emergency response exercise with first responder agencies on July 12.
They said the "2023 University of Tennessee Active Shooter Full-Scale Exercise" would last from 8 a.m. through 4 p.m. and would be at the intramural field complex on Sutherland Avenue. The exercise would include representatives from local first responder agencies as well as the UT Knoxville Office of Emergency Management.
"Exercises like this allow us to work towards the highest level of preparedness and safety reasonably achievable, and, moreover, they work towards the overall well-being of our community," UTPD said on social media.
According to images shared on social media, the exercise included showing first responders how to help people wounded in an emergency situation and how to organize responses. They showed police armed with rifles and handguns using the intramural field, running to treat people on the ground with mock gunshot wounds.
