Overwhelmed by grief and saddled with an exorbitant medical bill following his fictional young son’s death, a Ridgewood police officer walked into The Valley Hospital early Thursday with a prop gun in his hand and vengeance as his assigned motivation.
Village Police Sgt. Jay Chuck (photo, above) played the madman role during an “active shooter” training drill to help establish how local police, emergency responders and hospital staff would react in a genuine emergency.
“Unfortunately, in this day and age you have to be prepared — as much as you hope that something like this never happens,” said Peter Diestel, the senior vice-president and CFO at Valley. “I think the likelihood of minimizing any threats or disaster-type situations comes with preparation.”
Part of the emergency room was closed for the drill, but the rest of the hospital remained open. READ MORE….
STORY: Daily Voice Reporter Josh Jongsma / PHOTOS: Bill Tompkins
