The Hollister Police Department was joined by the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office, the county’s office of emergency services and other agencies in an “active shooter” drill held Nov. 17 at Premiere Cinemas in Hollister. The drill involved the portrayal of a fatal shooting in the theater. Officers rushed in to the entrance, surveyed the situation and entered the screen where the incident supposedly occurred. Responders searched for a suspect and treated actors playing victims. Such exercises have become common throughout the U.S. due to many mass-shootings in places where people gather. Previously, local law enforcement agencies have held active shooter scenarios in places like the San Benito High School campus.
![A drone flies in front of the movie screen during the active shooter drill at Premiere Cinemas in Hollister.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter23.jpg)
![Police await the go-ahead to run into the theater.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter21.jpg)
![Hollister police and San Benito County sheriff's deputies outside Premiere Cinemas during the active shooter drill Nov. 17.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter20.jpg)
![Actors play victims in the drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter19.jpg)
![A Hollister police officer works through the movie theater concession area during the drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter18.jpg)
![Police in the Premiere Cinemas lobby during the active shooter drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter17.jpg)
![Responders carry out an actor patient in the movie theater during the drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter16.jpg)
![Police in the lobby for the active shooter drill in Hollister on Nov. 17.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter15.jpg)
![An actor playing a victim in the lobby of Premiere Cinemas during the drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter14.jpg)
![Police outside the movie theater during the shooter drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter13.jpg)
![Capt. Carlos Reynoso communicates with someone inside the movie theater before the drill starts.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter12.jpg)
![Participants in the active shooter drill Nov. 17 at Premiere Cinemas.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter11.jpg)
![Police in the lobby for the active shooter drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter10.jpg)
![The movie screen where the supposed shooting took place for the drill.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter9.jpg)
![As part of the acting scenario, people are supposedly treated outside the movie theater.](http://sanbenitolive.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter8.jpg)
![Participants in the shooter drill outside Premiere Cinemas in Hollister on Nov. 17.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter7.jpg)
![Police go through the shooting scenario inside the movie theater.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter6.jpg)
![Several agencies' employees took part in the drill.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter4.jpg)
![A sheriff's deputy acts out the scenario for the shooter drill Nov. 17.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter3.jpg)
![These actors are playing characters who were supposedly killed in the drill.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter2.jpg)
![A drone flies in front of the movie screen at Premiere Cinemas while responders act out a shooting drill.](https://sanbenitolive.pajaronian.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/11/16Photo_Shooter1.jpg)