Jenks Public Schools Police Officers are spending Spring Break week learning how to keep students and staff safe in case of an active shooter.

The goal of the training is to help officers practice making split-second decisions in life-or-death scenarios.

"Obviously active assailant training, but we also do life-saving measures, and we incorporate other agencies so we can integrate those things together with Fire, EMS, Federal, State, local law enforcement even other states," said Chief Tim Stone with the Jenks Public Schools Police Department.

Stone says keeping this training the same for all the officers in the state is important so everybody knows what they need to do.

"We do those things so when we do come together, we're all on the same page as you mentioned, but it makes it standardized where we're thinking the same way, we're flowing the same way, the tactics are the same," said Stone. "Communication is the biggest key."

The training is designed to help officers respond in high-stress situations, and then, let them go back to their departments and teach their fellow officers.

"They'll be very involved, and on an instructor level," said Stone. "So what they do is they learn that this week so they can go back and teach their agencies. And it's important to be on a strong foundation in those types of situations so they can go back and build what's going to work best for their agencies and their departments."

Stone believes it’s necessary to do these training exercises often, because, with each day that passes, there’s something new to learn.

"These tactics change all the time," said Stone. "They're ever-changing, so we want to stay up to date on the newest tactics. We have to put our lives below others that we serve in the community- staff members, students."

He hopes the training gives peace of mind to the people who work and go to school and their loved ones.

'"I hope they can offer some comfort for our parents, our staff members, and our students, to know that we're doing what we can to stay up to date on those tactics," said Stone. "We're continuously training, but this is going to be a different level that we can offer our officers and our staff members here."

The officers will be training until the end of the week.