College sports – The Durango Herald

Mark Emmert promises WBCA he will work to fix ‘stark’ inequities

SAN ANTONIO – NCAA President Mark Emmert promised the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association he will work with coaches to fix the “stark difference” between the Division I men’s and women’s ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Final Four set with one question left

It’s not easy to bury a team as good as USC, let alone in a half, no matter how easy Gonzaga made it look. Somehow, coach Mark Few called it in advance. While everyone was fixatin...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Unbeaten Fort Lewis College, CSU-Pueblo stay that way

Neither team finds an OT winner at Dirks Field

DATE: Mar 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Skyhawks shutout Western Colorado in home win

Early goals propel FLC women’s soccer

DATE: Mar 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Dixie State demolishes Fort Lewis College football, 60-0

Skyhawks struggle to move the ball with four turnovers

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter throws 7 more hitless innings

Backs up a nine-inning no-hitter a week earlier

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Memphis buries Colorado State with 3s in NIT semifinals

FRISCO, Texas – Memphis is playing for a championship in Penny Hardaway’s third season coaching his alma mater. Landers Nolley II scored a career-high 27 points with seven of the ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Wilson shines at BYU pro day

Broncos get eyes on highly-touted QB

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

At long last, Smith’s Skyhawks set for football debut at Dixie State

Smith gets first chance to lead Skyhawks into a game Saturday

DATE: Mar 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Colorado State basketball into the NIT semifinals

Stevens leads Rams past North Carolina State

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

NCAA tournament proof of narrowing talent gap in college hoops

INDIANAPOLIS – One by one, the college basketball coaches had filed into the sweltering gym on the campus of Whitney Young Magnet High School, dressed in their polos and windbreakers and spo...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic

By at least one measure, this is the most chaotic Sweet 16 field to date. The seed numbers of the 16 remaining teams add up to 94, the highest total since the NCAA Tournament expa...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: College Sports

Photos: Parade launches 2024 Connie Mack World Series in FarmingtonFans line street as players march on Main Damp, overcast weather cooled off the crowd lining Main Street on Friday morning for the 2024 Connie Mack World Series Parade. The hourlong parade began shortly after 10 a.m. in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Fans line street as players march on Main

Photos: ‘Mini Takes the States’ tour stops in DurangoHundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Hundreds of Mini Cooper vehicles occupy Fort Lewis College on Sunday; Participants began the journey in Albuquerque and will finish in Seattle

Photos: Boxing returns to DurangoAnimus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Animus on the Animas: 1st Annual Durango Boxing Classic at the Durango Main Mall on Saturday

Photos and video: Going for the gold by devouring piesContestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Contestants try their best to win the Oscar’s Pie Eating Contest on Friday in Durango

Photo: Fireworks light the sky in DurangoDurango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Durango celebrates Independence Day on Thursday night

Photos: Working with woodLocal craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

Local craftsman uses wood joinery, rather than nails or screws to construct homes and other structures

2024 Fourth of July Parade draws crowd Thursday in downtown Durango

Photos: Downtown Durango hosts Fourth of July ParadeDowntown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Downtown sidewalks were full for Thursday’s celebration

Durango Rotary Club, Parks and Recreation department host Independence Day events

Law enforcement conducts active threat training at Park Elementary SchoolResidents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Law enforcement agencies across Southwest Colorado sent officers to participate in active threat training this week at Park Elementary School in Durango. Those in the neighborhood can expect police vehicles parked on the premises, officers in tactical gear conducting exercises inside and outside the school, and signs advising that training is in progress. The sounds of shouting, airsoft weapons and the popping of a starter pistol will also be audible near the school, said Karla Sluis, spokeswoman for Durango School District 9-R.Sluis said that members of the school district’s safety department have gone door-to-door with flyers notifying residents around Park Elementary School about the training.

Hosted by the Durango Police Department and the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, this week’s voluntary training invited officers from law enforcement agencies across a five-county region of Southwest Colorado encompassing La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Montezuma and Dolores counties.

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy Durango Police Department Deputy Mike Latham, lead instructor for this week's training, said Wednesday and the first half of Thursday were mostly preparatory, teaching officers the school’s layout and devising scenarios, whereas the latter half of Thursday and Friday residents should anticipate some noise as active threat scenarios play out.

Latham said active threat training teaches officers proper protocol during active threat scenarios, especially in densely populated areas where they have become increasingly common.Park Elementary School is not the only Durango School District facility law enforcement has conducted active threat training. Latham said schools lend themselves well to this sort of training because, “It gives us all kinds of doors to work on, different rooms, different scenarios we can run. We can pretend it’s a mall with nice big corridors, we can even pretend it’s an outdoor area in the gymnasium.”Latham has participated in active threat training multiple times in the past and described the drills as exhilarating and nerve-wracking. He said one of the training’s main goals is teaching officers how to manage stress and remain calm with lives on the line.

“I take a pulse oximeter in the morning and get a baseline on their heart rates,” Latham said. “And sometimes, just before they’re about to engage a threat, I say ‘Timeout.’ Put it (the oximeter) on there, and their heart rate’s skyrocketed to 140, 150, 160 just in training.”

Latham said throughout his career active threat training has evolved to become safer for officers and fall in line with increasingly professional police standards.“When I first started we were just running into halls and rooms hoping for the best,” Latham said. “Now the tactic is still to get there, still stop the taking of lives, but tactics are much better than they were 20 years ago.”

Residents may see and hear police activity Thursday and Friday

Mark Emmert promises WBCA he will work to fix ‘stark’ inequities

Final Four set with one question left

Unbeaten Fort Lewis College, CSU-Pueblo stay that way

Skyhawks shutout Western Colorado in home win

Dixie State demolishes Fort Lewis College football, 60-0

Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter throws 7 more hitless innings

Memphis buries Colorado State with 3s in NIT semifinals

Wilson shines at BYU pro day

At long last, Smith’s Skyhawks set for football debut at Dixie State

Colorado State basketball into the NIT semifinals

NCAA tournament proof of narrowing talent gap in college hoops

In terms of chaos, this year’s Sweet 16 field is historic

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