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Emery County sheriff presents guardian scenario training as rural model
Summary
Sheriff Huntington described Emery County's guardian program: 28 volunteers, classroom and range training, scenario exercises with actors, 630 instructor hours reported, local purchase of handguns for guardians and stipends, and radio/Wi‑Fi adaptations to improve in‑school communications.
Sheriff Huntington presented Emery County's Guardian training as a rural model for the task force, showing scenario videos and summarizing recruitment and curriculum. He said the district recruited 28 volunteers, completed classroom and range training and held scenario‑based exercises before school started. "We had complete support from the district moving forward with guardians," he said, and described county purchases of handguns for every guardian and small stipends for participation.
Huntington described practical steps the county took to improve communications inside schools, including changing SSIDs to allow P25 radios to operate over school Wi‑Fi for more reliable in‑building coverage. He also stressed scenario training outcomes: different volunteers responded to the same simulated threat in markedly different ways, underlining the importance of repeated scenario practice and after‑action review.
Panel members praised Emery County's work as a replicable rural approach but raised limits on rural response time. Chief Carr and others noted the challenges for schools hours away from nearest mutual aid and recommended tailoring guidance to class‑1 and class‑2 counties.
Sheriff Huntington concluded that strong local partnerships — including with wildlife and parks officers and local school officials — were essential to sustained training.
