Roger Smith of Pontiac, Mich., served as a police officer for 26 years. He is now a school security consultant and was given unprecedented access to detectives who worked the Columbine High School case. He said that schools have a lot to learn.
Most schools have a lockdown vs. an escape.
Smith is referring to what is commonly called Code Red in most schools. School emergency plans call for students to lock themselves inside a classroom or to hide or take cover. Smith said that's what they did in Columbine, and that's what cost students their lives. Ballistic testing shows that even the smallest-caliber gun can rip right through a school desk or chair. Smith said that when police did get inside Columbine High School, they couldn't tell the difference between the students and the gunmen.