{"id":398916,"date":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398916\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:23:12","slug":"church-security-awareness-training-in-london-teaches-proactive-responding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398916\/","title":{"rendered":"Church security awareness training in London teaches proactive responding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LONDON, Ky. (<a href=\"https:\/\/fox56news.com\/?ipid=dl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FOX 56;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FOX 56<\/a>) \u2014 It is a situation that people pray to avoid: facing a shooter inside a church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTraditionally, churches are viewed as a soft target,\u201d London Chief of Police Bobby Day, said.<\/p>\n<p>LATEST KENTUCKY NEWS:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That is why Day said people must know how to protect themselves in a place where they can be most vulnerable. This was made apparent in July when a man shot four people at a <a href=\"https:\/\/fox56news.com\/news\/multiple-victims-after-shooting-at-kentucky-church-suspect-dead-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lexington church,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lexington church,<\/a> killing two of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cYou want a church to be warm and inviting, but also, you know, people need to know that they\u2019re secure whenever they go there,\u201d Day said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said he has been putting on free church security awareness trainings for nearly a decade. The sessions cover defenses for active shooters, kidnappings, domestic violence, severe drug threats, and more; \u201cthe proactive approach to it just puts us ahead of the game on the front end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LATEST KENTUCKY LISTS AND RANKINGS:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charlie Johnson attended the training with others in his church family and said as a man in law enforcement, he knows how important it is for his team to learn these safety tips.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI do do a lot of training as far as active shooters, but some of our guys have never been involved in that, so I wanted to be here with them and support them in their endeavor to find out more about an active shooter situation,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Johnson said over time, he has been shocked by how common mass shootings have become.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWho would have thought someone would walk into a school and shoot a grade school child? You just thought that there\u2019s no evil like that in the world, but now that you can see that there is evil like that in the world, you have to train accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Security experts believe more and more churches will adopt safety plans and go through training like this, even though they hope what they preach never has to be put into practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox56news.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 56 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 56 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, Ky. 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