In the age of the active shooter, masked men near schools are likely to incite panic. But Montrose, Michigan Police Chief Darrell Ellis wasn't trying to hurt or scare anyone. He just wanted to surprise the kids attending the forensic science class he was lecturing to. That may have been a mistake.

Chief Ellis wound up sparking a brief lockdown after being spotted by a cafeteria worker who assumed the worst and called it in.

The Flint Journal reported Montrose Police Chief Darrell Ellis and another person from the department were seen putting on stocking masks outside Montrose High School for a mock robbery.

Ellis said the lesson plan for the day called for students to write descriptions of the suspects and do interviews. In the end the situation was probably the result of poor communication among police and school staff.

Principal Jim Ply said about 180 students eating lunch were evacuated to the gym and the school went into lockdown for about 10 minutes until everyone found out what was what.

Then the mock robbery at the school went on as planned. A mock robbery has been part of the forensic science class for about 12 years.

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