09/21/2026
Last week, members of the Granville Police Department completed the first phase of a new Active Shooter Response Training Program developed in partnership with Keystone Dynamic Solutions.
What makes this program different is that it was never intended to simply be a one day class.
This is ongoing education.
Rather than treating active shooter response as a topic that can be covered once and checked off a training calendar, this program was designed to create a culture of continued learning, evaluation, and improvement.
Each training session will stand on its own, giving our officers a fresh opportunity to learn, apply skills, identify weaknesses, and build upon previous instruction. The goal is to keep our officers engaged in the learning process and continually challenge them to improve.
Day One began with evaluations designed to establish a baseline of each officer’s current capabilities in areas including:
• Fi****ms proficiency
• Medical response
• Tactical decision-making
• Communication
• Team performance
• Decision-making under stress
• Overall response capability
These evaluations are not the end of the process. They are the starting point.
Following each phase, Granville PD and Keystone Dynamic Solutions will review the training, evaluate what worked, identify areas for improvement, and use those lessons to shape the next phase.
Our goal is to develop something bigger than a single training course: a sustainable, yearly training program that continues to evolve with our officers, our department, and the challenges we may face.
This is a long-term commitment to professional development and, ultimately, to the community we serve.
Because preparation shouldn’t happen once. It should be ongoing.
Train. Evaluate. Learn. Improve. Repeat.
