DAPHNE — The Alabama Association of School Resource Officers — TAASRO — on Tuesday held a mock shooting at Bayside Academy.

“We want to make it as realistic as possible; we want to make sure they know where to go, what to do,” said Daphne police Sgt. Robin Snider, Region VI representative for TAASRO and a school resource officer.

TAASRO consists of law enforcement officers and school personnel around the state.

A school resource officer teaches safety programs, secures schools and ensures they are safe in crisis situations.

“Everyone needs to know what to do, understand their roles,” Snider said.

Tuesday’s training was called an “active shooter training,” Snider said. “An instructor gives a group of four to five participants a scenario about what is going on in the school, while others are actually playing the bad guys, the shooters.”

TAASRO members used a Glock, according to Rob Cook, vice-president of TAASRO, deputy sheriff and school resource officer of Cullman County.

“They make the noise of a real gun, but the blue piece is how you know it is a training situation gun,” Cook said.

“We’re using ‘simunition’ bullets; the tips are filled with a red paint and can break skin,” said Pam Revels, secretary of TAASRO, school resource officer and deputy sheriff of Lee County.

The training exercise took each group through three scenarios.

One of the first scenarios involved an unknown, screaming person running down the halls.

In another exercise, officers arrived to a situation where someone was beating an individual, claiming that person had a weapon.

In the final scenario, a “shooter” hid in the stairwell, while the second “shooter” appeared from behind a corner.

“You never know the possibilities; It could be stairs, elevators, classrooms. There could be one, two or three shooters. You just don’t know,” Cook said.

Tuesday’s training involved about 20 people, according to Snider.

The training gave Daphne police officers, University of South Alabama campus security and Bayside Academy security officers a chance to experience these situations first-hand, according to Snider.

The police department ensures all officers are familiar with area schools in case of an emergency, Snider said.

Each school has a policy or code to follow for crisis situations, according to Snider.

“There used to be a SWAT team and they would be first (responders) because they were trained in tactics and logic, but now it’s the closest officer to handle it,” Snider said.

“We want more people to get involved so we can go around to all the regions and teach others,” he added.