On Thursday, October 15th, the City of Oneonta Police Department Special Response Team is scheduled to work in cooperation with Greater Plains Elementary School to conduct a School Lockdown Drill.  This exercise is for training purposes but also to familiarize school faculty and students with evacuation procedures in times of emergency.

The exercise will consist of team members outfitted in full SRT duty gear, and at times, team members will be leading students and faculty outside to rendezvous points and/or awaiting school buses.

Notices of this event have gone out to staff and parents of students.  The Police want to reach out to the community at large to inform them of this event and be aware that when this exercise takes place, it's just a drill.

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