Woman Wasn't Told She Was Participating in an Active Shooter 'Drill'

A Coloardo nursing home worker
is suing her employer and the Carbondale Police Department for
emotional distress after they staged an active shooter drill
without telling her that the threat was fake.

From
NBC 9 News:

In a complaint received by 9NEWS Tuesday, Meeker claims she was
taken hostage by a man with a gun while at work at the assisted
living center in Carbondale. Meeker says the gunman held her
against her will while she begged for her life.

According to the complaint, what she did not know at the time
was that the man with the gun was a Carbondale police officer, and
it was all a part of an active shooter drill that was taking
place.

Meeker claims that she was not informed of the training and
suffered severe mental and emotional distress since the
incident.

If her side of the story is accurate, that’s certainly a
terrible way to conduct such an exercise.

I reached out to the police department for comment. An officer
referred me to the department’s lawyer; I haven’t heard back from
him yet. I will update this story if that changes.