Vermont police department apologizes after visiting students witness simulated robbery, shooting

A Vermont police department has apologized for a mock shooting that took place at the station while students were there as part of a school program. 

The Burlington High School students were visiting the Burlington Police Department through a school Year End Studies, or YES, forensics program. 

The mock shooting was a "roll-playing (sic) scenario" where three members of the Burlington Police Department simulated "a robbery scenario," according to a news release from the department.