<p>Joey Thurman:<br />Why am I in a cop car in the driver's seat? The Citizen's Police Academy is where we're at right now. I'm about to partake in a simulation. How do I respond to a threat, or maybe it's not a threat. That's what the APD is doing here, to tell the citizens, hey, we go through this every single day, so here's what it is to walk in our shoes. Let's go. Hey, hey, hey, ma'am, ma'am. Sir, sir, sir. Sir. What's you ... Hey. What seems to be the problem? What seems to be the problem? Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Can we step back? Can we step back? Yeah, just step back. Hey, hey, put it down. No, no [inaudible 00:00:46].<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />How do you like going through this whole process?<br /><br />Kayla Battle:<br />Very stressful, but it's more like you have to think quickly.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />Yeah.<br /><br />Kayla Battle:<br />You have to decide what you want to do and depending on what they have as well, if they have a weapon or not.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />How'd that feel when that hit you?<br /><br />Cadet Levi Vervynck:<br />Not too bad.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />Not too bad? If I press on it, is it okay?<br /><br />Cadet Levi Vervynck:<br />Yeah, it's fine.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />He's fine.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />How do you feel interacting with the citizens like this?<br /><br />Cadet Levi Vervynck:<br />I just think it's awesome. It shows what we do, and what we got to go through. It's fun.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />Yeah.<br /><br />Cadet Levi Vervynck:<br />It's fun to do this.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />What just happened there?<br /><br />Kayla Battle:<br />I missed the shooter, but it's all mental thing. I know I could have done better, but it's a learning progress, especially since I'm going into law enforcement. It's helping me learn more about what I need to improve on.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />What was going through your mind during that because there was a hostage, and there was a guy behind? What were you thinking?<br /><br />Kayla Battle:<br />I was more afraid that he was going to shoot the woman. It was more like I had to put her first, and then I need to react about what he's going to do with her.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />How did that feel?<br /><br />Speaker 4:<br />Well, I just thought he was so young-looking, that I was talking to my son, although I probably would've said a few choice words to him and not this guy. I just felt as though ... I felt sorry for him that he was in that situation.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />Yeah. And how did you feel as well? Like she said, you could be my son, you could be my grandson. What do you think?<br /><br />Speaker 5:<br />Yeah. I think that approach of being nice and everything, it definitely goes a long way, but this guy just wanted to drink at the bar. He just wanted to know what was going on. He didn't want to see the police, but ...<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />Right.<br /><br />Speaker 5:<br />When you have calm attitude.<br /><br />Joey Thurman:<br />So she did great?<br /><br />Speaker 5:<br />Yeah. She did good.</p>