The Jefferson County Sheriff has still not completed his own report into his agency's handling of the shootings at Columbine, although officials have acknowledged privately there were problems with communications and tactics at the scene. Either way, across the country other police agencies are already putting the tough lessons of Columbine to use. This high school has been attacked hundreds of times in the year since Columbine. It is a mock school built at the Blackwater training facility in North Carolina. It comes equipped with a sound track of screaming kids.
Adults play injured students and others play the gunmen.
One hundred and seventy five SWAT teams from all over the country have trained here, and because of Columbine they've changed the way they do business. In the past it's been very typical for SWAT teams to respond, set up perimeters, wait and see. Local SWAT teams are also training at night in real high schools near them, meeting regularly with school officials. And since Columbine, most police departments have obtained floor plans of all their schools, even elementary schools. Because of those agonizing hours at Columbine, SWAT teams all over the country have had to change the way they operate.