School lockdown drills have become common — experts say they could be better
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
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Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
Colfax High School and Colfax Elementary School were placed on lockdown Friday afternoon after deputies said an unauthorized person was on campus.
A school in the Central Valley is on lockdown as law enforcement officers look for a group of people who ran from a car accident Tuesday morning.
A lockdown has been lifted at Luther Burbank High School after a large fight prompted a police response, officials said.
The suspect who put Cosumnes River College in lockdown last month after threatening the campus and an employee has been arrested, the school's president said in a message to the campus community Monday.
A 24-year-old Newman man is facing serious charges after trying to enter an elementary school with a knife and threatening maintenance staff.
Hurd Barrington Elementary School in Newman was placed on lockdown Tuesday after a man tried to gain access to the campus and threatened an employee.
All California public, charter, and private schools may need to hold two lockdown drills a school year in order to prepare for a safety threat.
Authorities put two Rocklin schools on precautionary lockdown Friday morning due to a suspect search in the area.
A Tracy elementary school was locked down Wednesday morning due to a situation in a nearby neighborhood.
Leonardo Da Vinci K-8 School and Hollywood Park Elementary are on lockdown due to a report of an armed suspect near campus, police say.
Authorities have locked down Colfax Elementary School and Colfax High School after a report of an armed man near campus.
A report about an armed person on campus sent Bret Harte High School on lockdown Thursday morning, authorities say.
A Rio Linda elementary school was on lockdown while authorities searched for an unidentified man Thursday afternoon.
Reports of an armed gunman prompted the lockdown of five Davis schools on Thursday morning, but he was carrying a BB gun and never walked on to school property, police said.
It was a very scary day for some Sonora Elementary students after reports of gunshots put the school on lockdown Thursday.
A school in Carmichael is on lockdown as Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputies search for a suspect in the area.
