It started in L.A and now police are investigating what they call “detailed threats” that closed some New Hampshire schools.
With that string of threats throughout the country, Lubbock law enforcement agencies aren’t taking any chances.
LISD police are making sure the Lubbock school district isn’t the next target.
“The frequency has gone up quite a bit over the last few weeks and we’ve brought it to everybody’s attention and we’ve met about it as first responders,” LISD Police Chief Jody Scifres said. “Each campus has their own emergency operation plan and over the last few weeks we’ve been evaluating those and making sure they’re up to date.”
All of the local law enforcement agencies meet on a quarterly basis.
“We discuss scenarios in emergency situations. We all have the same training so if we go somewhere, we don’t have to worry about game planning or how we’re going to handle something we already kind of have an idea,” Scifres said.
That also includes DPS Troopers.
“We can show up and work with other officers that have been through this training,” DPS Trooper Sgt. Bryan Witt said. “Once we show up at these active shooter situations, we’ll work together just like we’ve been trained to.”
Students routinely go through fire drills and tornado drill. Sgt. Bryan Witt said active shooter training will be next.
“You can tell the way the world is right now, that training will be coming to everybody.”
It’s not just up to law enforcement, Sgt. Witt is urging you to keep your ears open.
“Do you usually hear fire crackers in your school? No. That’s something we need to train our thoughts, you know you hear something unusual be ready to react and do something, doing nothing is the worst thing that we can do,” Sgt. Witt said.
The bottom line is simple.
“The more you talk about it and you train with it, the better your response is going to be,” Scifres said.