Hartford, Lebanon and State Police officers sweep a parking lot on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus for signs of unusual activity following a shooting at the hospital in Lebanon, N.H., Tuesday, September 12, 2017. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Hartford, Lebanon and State Police officers sweep a parking lot on the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center campus for signs of unusual activity following a shooting at the hospital in Lebanon, N.H., Tuesday, September 12, 2017. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: James M. Patterson

Lebanon — The Lebanon Police Department will hold two active shooter training sessions for Lebanon business owners and their employees in October.

The free, three-hour Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events training sessions will offer strategies, guidance and a plan for surviving an active shooter event, according to a news release today from the department.

The course, which is required of all state of New Hampshire civilian employees, is based on the concepts of “avoid, deny and defend,” according to the release. The department’s officers received instructor training with the help of a federal grant. 

It was announced less than 10 days after an active-shooter event at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, in Lebanon, in which a 70-year-old woman was shot and killed in the intensive care unit. Her son was arrested in a car near the hospital and has been charged with first-degree murder.

The courses will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and Friday, Oct. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of School Administrative Unit #88, which is located at 20 Seminary Hill in West Lebanon.

More information about the training is available by contacting Lt. Richard Smolenski at 603-448-8805 or Richard.Smolenski@lebcity.com.

To RSVP, contact Beth Beraldi at 603-448-8800 or Elizabeth.Beraldi@lebcity.com.