Chief Peter Bartlett and Dracut Public Schools Superintendent Steven Stone announce the Dracut Police Department will be hosting a training at each of the schools in Dracut this weekend.
The training will be held from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 13. Residents may see groups of emergency responders gathered at the schools in towns as a result and are advised to avoid the area while officers are training.
Officers will be testing shot detection equipment at the schools over the course of the morning and gunfire may be heard in the area while the testing is conducted.