OKEECHOBEE —  If you drove by Central Elementary School on Wednesday morning, you may have noticed an inordinate number of police cars there. They were participating in active shooter training organized by Sgt. Skip Eddings, who is the school resource officer for that school. Eddings was in charge of the training and planned the various scenarios to help the officers prepare for the possibility of an active shooter situation.

Jeremy La Rue, who is not only an officer but also owns a local business said:

As the owners of Total Roadside Services, LLC and Total Roadside Service Towing & Recovery, it was my great pleasure to be one of the top sponsors of the Okeechobee Police Department continuous education program. This program allowed the Okeechobee Police Department to purchase training equipment for the department. Me and my wife Tabitha La Rue would like to thank every person or business that spent money at Total Roadside Services. This allowed us to give back to our community today. Thank you Okeechobee.

As an active city police officer, I also had great pleasure training with that equipment at Central Elementary School today. This allowed the officers of the Okeechobee Police Deptartment to be prepared in case of an active shooter situation. A big shout out to Sergeant Skip Eddings who was in charge of this training and allowed us to run multiple scenarios to handle multiple situations to prepare and educate the officers. I would also like to thank Chief Donald Hagan and Lieutenant B. Reyna for allowing this well-needed training to take place.