UConn police drill to focus on shooting incident

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — University of Connecticut police and other law enforcement agencies will practice responding to a simulated "active shooter" incident during a training exercise on the Storrs campus next week.

Officials say they've been planning the exercise for months and it's not in response to the movie theater shooting in Colorado where 12 people were killed and dozens wounded July 20. They say it's part of ongoing public safety training for UConn police.

The drill is set to run Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. around Webster Hall in the Tower Residence Halls complex off Route 195.

UConn Police Chief Barbara O'Connor says there will be a large police presence around the dorm and certain areas will be cordoned off, but she says the public shouldn't be alarmed.