No permission necessary for the new police tactics. Nor should they have such permission. Parents have not given it. Who runs these schools anyway? Dumb question.
Catholic Online: Police say they conduct these drills for the absolute safety of the students. “These types of drills are vital in order to evaluate not only law enforcement response, but more importantly to educate the students and school officials in case an actual event were to occur,” Chief Charlie Bird said in an email to media.
Parents were notified of the drill through email after it was over. Parents receiving panicked texts from their children as the drill was going on got a different message: They thought it was real. More on this here.
