Update…

(Valley City) A reported bomb threat Thursday afternoon at Valley City High School was NOT a credible threat, that, according to law enforcement.

KVLY Released information from Valley City Public Schools, informing parents of the situation.

KVLY reports, in a release sent out to parents by the Valley City Public Schools Superintendent, the school resource officer received the tip around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. That’s when the SRO alerted administrators and the Valley City Police Department.

On Thursday afternoon, Valley City Public Schools said they were followed their threat assessment and crisis management procedures to determine the credibility of this threat. They say, they have no reason to believe this threat is credible. But the Superintendent claims, they will continue to work with SRO Sean Hagen and the local law enforcement to monitor and evaluate this situation.

The Valley City Police Department tells KVLY that the students were released at normal times shortly after 3-p.m.,Thursday, and they do not believe there is an actual threat to the school.

Valley City Public School’s superintendent has released the following statement regarding the possible bomb threat at Valley City High School:

This afternoon, Valley City Public Schools, with the assistance from School Resource Officer Sean Hagen and the Valley City Police Department, initiated our emergency response systems and immediately assessed a “bomb threat” using our threat assessment protocol, emergency operations plan, and the Building Emergency Response Teams (BERT). Our BERT teams were able to sweep the school buildings and made an assessment that there were no suspicious items or packages found anywhere in our school buildings. While the BERT team was assessing the school buildings, SRO Hagen was unable to receive any additional correspondence on the Tip411 line regarding the threat of a bomb in our schools. After concluding our investigation into this threat and deeming this threat not credible, all students were dismissed at the regular schedule at the end of the school day.

As previously stated, School Resource Officer Sean Hagen received the information about a “bomb in a school” on the anonymous Tip411 line. The Tip411 line is intended to be used across North Dakota as a means for students, parents, and community members to communicate important safety information anonymously with the School Resource Officer or Law Enforcement. VCPS has been using this Tip Line along with many other school districts and communities in North Dakota for a very short period of time. Unfortunately, the VCPS Tip411 line has been misused and SRO Hagen has received multiple unfounded and false reports, including “there is a bomb in a school”. Currently, we are using the Tip411 line in addition to the SRO Text-A-Tip line (SRO Hagen’s cell phone), however, if this new anonymous line is continued to be misused, we will no longer use the Tip411 line and solely use the Text-A-Tip line.

Please note that any future disruptions to our school day, including lock downs, bomb threats, or any emergency responses, may lead us to be required to make up for missed or disrupted educational class time. This includes extending our school year beyond the last scheduled day of school and possibly making up educational time on a Saturday. Not only are these unfounded reports a disruption to the educational process, they also constitute a crime and will be prosecuted appropriately.

This situation continues to be under investigation. If anyone has any information you are encouraged to contact School Resource Officer Sean Hagen at the Valley City Police Department, 701.845.8181 or Josh Johnson at Valley City Public Schools, 701.845.0483.”

 

Previously…

(Valley City) A reported bomb threat Thursday afternoon at Valley City High School was NOT a credible threat, that, according to law enforcement.

KVLY Released information from Valley City Public Schools, informing parents of the situation.

KVLY reports, in a release sent out to parents by the Valley City Public Schools Superintendent, the school resource officer received the tip around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. That’s when the SRO alerted administrators and the Valley City Police Department.

Valley City Public Schools say they are following their threat assessment and crisis management procedures to determine the credibility of this threat. They say, they have no reason to believe this threat is credible. But the Superintendent claims, they will continue to work with SRO Sean Hagen and the local law enforcement to monitor and evaluate this situation.

The Valley City Police Department tells KVLY that the students were released at normal times shortly after 3-p.m.,Thursday and they do not believe there is an actual threat to the school.

Valley City Public School’s superintendent has released the following statement regarding the possible bomb threat at Valley City High School:

“This afternoon, Valley City Public Schools, with the assistance from School Resource Officer Sean Hagen and the Valley City Police Department, initiated our emergency response systems and immediately assessed a “bomb threat” using our threat assessment protocol, emergency operations plan, and the Building Emergency Response Teams (BERT). Our BERT teams were able to sweep the school buildings and made an assessment that there were no suspicious items or packages found anywhere in our school buildings. While the BERT team was assessing the school buildings, SRO Hagen was unable to receive any additional correspondence on the Tip411 line regarding the threat of a bomb in our schools. After concluding our investigation into this threat and deeming this threat not credible, all students were dismissed at the regular schedule at the end of the school day.

This situation continues to be under investigation. If anyone has any information you are encouraged to contact School Resource Officer Sean Hagen at the Valley City Police Department, 701.845.8181 or Josh Johnson at Valley City Public Schools, 701.845.0483.”