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.
Before the Columbine High School shooting, schools prepared for fires and natural disasters. After the 1999 massacre, states enacted lockdown and active shooter drills.
According to police, there was a fight between students, and a lockdown button was activated.
Margate Middle School was placed on lockdown around 3 p.m. when they received the reports of a "possible weapon on school grounds."
Lake Forest Elementary School was under a precautionary lockdown Friday morning after a student showed another student a gun
Authorities reported that there were no known threats and that the student would be facing disciplinary action.
A person has been detained after a written threat was received at South Plantation High School, prompting a campus lockdown.
Miami-Dade Police said they arrested a man who was reportedly waving a gun near Huber O. Sibley Elementary School.
The school and Dillard Elementary were placed on temporary lockdown during the police investigation.
The incident began when a student showed a gun off to another student around 7:15 a.m., according to police
Students and staff at Remblewood Middle School were evacuated as a precaution on Monday after a bomb threat was received
CBS4's Peter D'Oench reports on how Cypress Bay High School in Weston was locked down on Tuesday, alarming students and their parents.
A lockdown at Cypress Bay High School in Weston was upgraded to secure after a "suspicious item" was found on the campus.
Two Broward County public schools were placed on lockdown during separate incidents involving police activity
A Lauderhill elementary school issued a campus lockdown because of nearby police activity
A lockdown was put in place Tuesday afternoon for an educational campus because of police activity in NW Miami-Dade
Chopper4 overhead spotted several officers enter the campus with their guns drawn.
CBS4's Ashley Dyer reports on a large police presence at McArthur High in Hollywood early Friday afternoon as the school was placed on lockdown.
McArthur High and West Hollywood Elementary School are on lockdown following a threat call Friday afternoon.
Falcon Cove Middle School was placed on lockdown on Friday afternoon.
Quiet Waters Elementary School in Deerfield Beach was placed on a temporary lockdown Code Yellow Tuesday morning due to a potential social media threat, according to authorities.
Miami Beach Senior High School has been placed on lockdown after a threat was received, according to Miami Beach police.
A homicide investigation is underway after a young man's body was found in a gated community on Thursday morning.
A lockdown at a South Plantation High School has been lifted Thursday morning.
Reports of a suspicious incident led to a "precautionary" lockdown of Coral Springs High School.
unrise police have detained one student in connection to Westpine Middle School being placed on lockdown on Wednesday afternoon.
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