They gave him verbal commands to come out, ... The individual crawled to the end of the house and got behind a pillar or box -- something that obstructed the officers' view.

If the student's voice and presence and verbal commands are where they need to be, the operator can deescalate the threat from the scenario. By the same token, if the student is not projecting like they should, or if their commands and their presence are not where they need to be, the threat can be escalated.

We've taken a lot of applications, ... Since then, out of the 80 applications, we've interviewed six of those. We do not plan to lower our standards for being an officer.

The money will come in handy with our summer program, ... It will also allow us to train officers to stay current on gang activity.

It's a grant we get every year,

He was real fidgety; he appeared to be trying to hide something,