>> WITH GUIDANCE FROM ELECTION
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS,
POLL WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE
HAVE BEEN TRAINING FOR POTENTIAL
DISRUPTIONS, EVEN VIOLENCE, ON
ELECTION DAY.
IN ONE SMALL CITY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL WISCONSIN, THE ELECTION
CLERK THERE HOSTED TRAININGS
ABOUT WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF
GUN VIOLENCE WHILE TRYING TO
BALANCE BETWEEN CREATING
AWARENESS AND SCARING THE
DAYLIGHTS OUT OF POLL WORKERS.
>> LET THEM KNOW IT'S AN ACTIVE
THREAT, ACTIVE SHOOTER.
>> THIS IS ACTIVE SHOOTER
TRAINING FOR A ROOM FULL OF
ELECTION INSPECTORS IN THE SMALL
CITY OF STOTEN.
>> STAY AWAY FROM THE DOORWAYS
AND WINDOWS.
>> THEY LOOK ON AFTER ARRANGING
THE TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR
ELECTION DAY.
>> YOU SEEM ALMOST EMOTIONAL
ABOUT THIS.
WHY?
>> THEY ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS IS JUST A TOUGH TIME RIGHT
NOW, TOO, BECAUSE ALL THE CLERKS
ARE UNDER SO MUCH STRESS RIGHT
NOW AND WORKING UP TO
NOVEMBER 8th.
>> STRESS BORN OF RAPIDLY
CHANGING VOTING PROCEDURES AND
TODAY'S POLITICAL I HAVE
INDUSTRIAL.
>> WE NEED A LANDSLIDE SO BIG
THE RADICAL LEFT CAN NOT RIG IT
OR STEAL IT.
>> WHERE A ROOM FULL OF POLL
WORKERS COULD BE SITTING DUCKS.
IS IT TARGETED?
COULD IT BE?
WE HATE TO THINK THAT WAY, BUT I
FEEL THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS
DICTATING THAT.
WE REALLY NEED TO BE AWARE.
AND BE PREPARED.
>> AND THIS BLOOD IS GOING TO
SOAK INTO THIS GAUZE AND IT WILL
START TO CLOT UP.
>> AWARENESS AND PREPARATION
THAT ALSO INCLUDES TEACHING
THESE ELECTION INSPECTORS HOW TO
PACK GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO STOP
BLEEDING.
>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLING
LOCATIONS, TAKE A GLANCE AROUND
AND SEE, IS THERE A NEARBY ROOM
WHERE I CAN BARRICADE MYSELF
INTO THAT ROOM?
>> TRAINEES LEARN TO HAVE THEIR
HEAD IN THE GAME AT ALL TIMES.
FROM CONSIDERATION OF
BARRICADING AGAINST ASSAILANTS,
TO HIDING.
>> AGAIN, WHEN YOU ARE HIDING,
DON'T HIDE ALL TOGETHER.
YOU WANT TO BE SPREAD OUT
AMONGST THE ROOM AS FAR AWAY
FROM EACH OTHER AS YOU CAN.
BECAUSE IF YOU ALL GO INTO ONE
SPOT, IT MAKES IT ONE REALLY BIG
EASY TARGET.
>> OFFICER ALSO DESCRIBE HOW THE
ELECTION INSPECTORS CAN SUBDUE
SHOOTERS IF THEY ARE UP TO IT.
>> THIS IS A POINT WHERE YOU
BELIEVE THIS PERSON IS
POTENTIALLY GOING TO KILL YOU OR
KILL SOMEONE ELSE.
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
>> FOR VETERAN POLL WORKERS
WHOSE MASTERY LIES IN VOTING
RULES AND REGULATIONS, LEARNING
ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE SEEMS A
SAD REALITY OF THE CURRENT
POLITICAL CLIMATE.
>> I THINK IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT
OUR CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION.
I WISH IT WASN'T THIS WAY.
IT IS.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE TRAINING
AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T NEED IT.
>> INSPECTORS WE SPOKE WITH ARE
KEENLY CONCERNED ABOUT UNSETTLED
RULES AROUND ELECTION OBSERVERS
AND SHIFTING RULES ON ABSENTEE
BALLOT CURING.
MEANWHILE, U.S. ATTORNEYS IN
WISCONSIN ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK
THAT THEIR OFFICES WILL HANDLE
COMPLAINTS ON ELECTION DAY
INCLUDING THREATS OF VIOLENCE,
FRAUD, AND VOTING RIGHTS
CONCERNS.
THE FBI WILL ALSO HAVE SPECIAL
AGENTS ON HAND.