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A lockdown drill is being held at the Yorkton Regional High School this afternoon.

The drill is a training session for local RCMP, the fire department, support staff, and students,

鈥淎s you are aware, schools within the Good Spirit School Division regularly practice lockdowns as part of their emergency planning and as such school staff and students are familiar with lockdown procedure,鈥� wrote Yorkton RCMP detachment Staff Sergeant Jeff Simpson in a letter to Sacred Heart parents that was given to Yorkton This Week.

鈥淗owever, it is our belief that we can always increase our knowledge of procedures and policies. To increase our overall preparedness, the Yorkton Regional High School/Parkland College Main Campus and Yorkton RCMP will be executing a school lockdown drill in the near future.

鈥淚t is important to note that the upcoming lockdown drill will be much more extensive and involved than the typical drills practiced at the YRHS/Parkland College. This event will involve multiple Emergency First Responders throughout the City of Yorkton.

鈥淪haring this information is intended to bring awareness to the families of our students and to reassure our community that the YRHS/Parkland College and our Emergency First Responders are prepared for such an event.鈥�

鈥淚n general, it is important to understand that if a school implements a lockdown and there is any reason to believe that imminent danger to students and staff may exist, Emergency First Responders are contacted including, but not limited to the RCMP, continued Simpson.

鈥淎t this stage, everyone in the school will move to a secure location that is safe from harm. The RCMP will respond to the school, and no one will enter or leave until the situation has been resolved.鈥�

The drill, why not directly involving Sacred Heart, did have YRHS students evacuated to the neighbouring school for safety.

Streets in the immediate area of YRHS were also closed with responder staff at intersections turning traffic away from the area.

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