A troubled adolescent opened fire in a high school cafeteria, fatally shooting three people and injuring many others. Hundreds of parents come to the high school after hearing the news reports
After the police arrest the shooter, which action should occur next?
a. Ask the police to encircle the school campus with yellow tape to prevent parents from entering.
b. Announce over the loudspeakers, "The campus is now secure. Please return to your classrooms."
c. Require parents to pass through metal detectors and then allow them to look for their children in the school.
d. Designate zones according to the alphabet, and direct students to the zones based on their surnames to facilitate reuniting them with their parents.
ANS: D
Chaos is likely among students and desperate parents. A directive approach is best. Once the scene is secure, creative solutions are needed. Creating zones by letters of the alphabet helps anxious parents and their children to unite. Preventing parents from uniting with their children would further incite the situation.
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