Lawmaker says active-shooter drills can traumatize children, wants written notice and an end to fake blood, guns and more Credit: (NJ Spotlight News) An active-shooter drill at Robert Fulton School, North Bergen in June 2017 involved multiple law enforcement agencies. New Jersey must redo how it conducts emergency drills in schools, says a lawmaker who has been advocating to change them for years. Any school district planning to conduct an emergency drill, including “lockdowns,” could only do so after written notice had been provided to staff, parents and guardians of students in the district, reads a bill introduced last week by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg.