{"id":229,"date":"2019-12-03T03:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T03:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:58:31","slug":"helena-pays-100000-active-shooter-drill-caused-ear-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/2019\/12\/03\/helena-pays-100000-active-shooter-drill-caused-ear-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Helena Pays $100,000, Active Shooter Drill Caused Ear Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-bbedcb0fc457d4319fdb5e628441284c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-229'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k3pa68vv-d3ff62b93ef9b002bd6fbf5bfe3c5477 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"field field-name-field-image-gallery field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image-meta\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>Helena Pays $100,000, Active Shooter Drill Caused Ear Damage<\/h1>\n<p>Original source <span class=\"submitted\"><span class=\"submitted-label\">By<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ypradio.org\/people\/associated-press\" rel=\"author\">ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<i class=\"bullet\">\u2022<\/i>\u00a0<span class=\"pub-date\">NOV 5, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/building_288x288_acf_cropped_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/building_288x288_acf_cropped_0.jpg 288w, https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/building_288x288_acf_cropped_0-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/building_288x288_acf_cropped_0-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/building_288x288_acf_cropped_0-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">Project for Alternative Learning in Helena<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\"><span class=\"credit\">HELENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>HELENA, Mont. (AP) \u2014 The city of Helena has reached a $100,000 settlement with a teacher who suffered hearing damage during an active shooter drill at an alternative high school.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Trenary sued saying she suffered hearing loss and a permanent ringing in her ears after an officer fired a blank near her during a June 2016 exercise to train teachers how to respond to a school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The city initially responded that Trenary had been told to cover her ears and that it was possible her hearing damage came from a prior incident.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent Record\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/helenair.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/city-settles-with-helena-teacher-who-suffered-hearing-damage-during\/article_f0ea0a03-5ec4-5ff8-9a90-7e5e7b7e42f9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports\u00a0<\/a>the lawsuit was formally dismissed last week. The settlement reached in May protects the city from any further legal action in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The city confirmed Friday it is now using air rifles in active shooter training.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Helena Pays $100,000, Active Shooter Drill Caused Ear Damage - Security &amp; Training Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The city of Helena has reached a $100,000 settlement with a teacher who suffered hearing damage during an active shooter drill at an alternative high school.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/2019\/12\/03\/helena-pays-100000-active-shooter-drill-caused-ear-damage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Helena Pays $100,000, Active Shooter Drill Caused Ear Damage - Security &amp; 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