Schools Hold Lockdown Drills For Safety (with video)
Feb. 26, 2009
OMAHA, Neb. -- Area schools are teaching students how to prepare for the possibility of violence on campus by holding lockdown drills so they'll know what to do.
Students at Dundee Elementary went through one of those drills, announcing a mock emergency and giving people three minutes to secure the building.Omaha police officers form a response plan and then move in, closing off every entrance, checking every door and walking every hallway."Generally, we go ahead and check that the students and staff are secure, out of sight and quiet," said Omaha police Sgt. Mike Hearty.Eventually, school officials give the students an all-clear message.Principal Kaye Goetzinger said she wants to make sure her students know why they hold the drills."If there was ever an intruder in our building or outside, we need to keep our kids safe and secure," said Goetzinger. "If I have to make that announcement over the intercom, (I hope) they aren't questioning, 'Where do I go?' They know immediately."She said she wanted students to know that they are safe any time they're in the building.
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