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Do lockdown drills do any good?

  • Written by Jaclyn Schildkraut, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, State University of New York Oswego
Drills can help people learn how to respond when an active shooter situation arises, as recently occurred in Santa Clarita, Calif.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

School lockdown drills and exercises are controversial today, due in large part to some troubling examples making headlines.

Teachers in Monticello, Indiana, for example, were hurt when they...

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