Crime & Safety
PHOTO GALLERY: Winchester Police Practice Safety Drill
Winchester departments practiced evacuating the high school in the event of a hostage situation.
and the practiced a safety drill on Tuesday with officers from Woburn, Lexington, Stoneham, Medford and Burlington.
Officers gathered in the back of the Fire Department as Sergeant Dan Perenick of the Winchester PD went over the scenario -- two gunmen took over
The police cloased down Skillings Road for two hours Tuesday morning at they ran through their drill.
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"We put in place our training, equipment, expectations and test it in a worst-case senario," Perenick said. "We see how we can handle that and if we're prepared to deal with a situation like that.
"It went extremely well. We had some shortcomings that we'll improve on, but it was a good drill."
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