LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Some parents have criticized officials for keeping their children locked down in nine San Fernando Valley schools while police looked for a gunman.
Police officials defended the hours-long lockdown, saying student safety was the priority in Wednesday's incident, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The students were kept in classrooms as long as 5 hours, in some cases without bathroom breaks and without food, while police combed campuses and neighborhoods for a suspect who shot and wounded a school police officer Wednesday outside El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills.
The gunman was not caught.
"We unfortunately did not have the communication network we would have liked to," said Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman. "There were restrooms down the hallways from classrooms and some schools did have the ability to deliver food. We have to determine how we get the word to schools that it's safe to do that."
Los Angeles police defended the lockdowns.
"That is not the time to attempt to deliver food to 3,500 students -- during the search for an armed assailant," Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said.
Police officials defended the hours-long lockdown, saying student safety was the priority in Wednesday's incident, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The students were kept in classrooms as long as 5 hours, in some cases without bathroom breaks and without food, while police combed campuses and neighborhoods for a suspect who shot and wounded a school police officer Wednesday outside El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills.
The gunman was not caught.
"We unfortunately did not have the communication network we would have liked to," said Los Angeles School Police Chief Steve Zipperman. "There were restrooms down the hallways from classrooms and some schools did have the ability to deliver food. We have to determine how we get the word to schools that it's safe to do that."
Los Angeles police defended the lockdowns.
"That is not the time to attempt to deliver food to 3,500 students -- during the search for an armed assailant," Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Kirk Albanese said.
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