ALERRT TRAINING AT MONTANA VISTA ELEMENTARY

March 9, 2023

El Paso, Texas – During the week of March 6, 2023, The El Paso County Sheriff's Office hosted active shooter response training provided ALERRT (Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training) at Montana Vista Elementary. In 2013, the FBI named ALERRT at Texas State the National Standard in Active Shooter Response Training. The training was attended by Sheriff's Office School Resource Officers, along with El Paso Police Department, Horizon Police Department, Socorro Independent School District, and Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribal Police Department. This certification will provide officers with the tools to train law enforcement personnel in the most current protocols for responding to active shooter incidents. This is the first of several ALERRT pieces of training that the Sheriff's Office will be hosting throughout the year.