Edmonton police investigating online threats to several public schools – Edmonton

Edmonton police are investigating soon after on the internet threats have been sent to several colleges on Thursday.

At the very least 1 faculty was place on lockdown when others had been “on alert.”

At 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, law enforcement place Winterburn School on lockdown for about an hour. Then the university moved to “on alert” status.

“When a school is on lockdown, the doors are locked and students and employees continue to be quiet in their lecture rooms with the lights off,” a assertion from the Edmonton Community Faculty Board explained.

“When a faculty is ‘on notify,’ the doorways are locked and no 1 is permitted to enter or depart the faculty and classes carry on as regular.”

The EPSB explained Winterburn was a person of “several” universities that acquired on the internet threats. The college division did not say just how quite a few faculties were influenced, but referred to as the threats “concerning.”

“We are operating with the Edmonton Police Company as they investigate,” the EPSB reported.

“The security of our workers and learners is often our top precedence.”

Letters ended up sent residence to households across the faculty division to notify them of the on the net threats. Universities who have been on lockdown or “on alert” communicated this details straight to their households as very well.

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A single mum or dad Worldwide News spoke to stated the faculty was giving her standard updates on the circumstance.

“(I) acquired an e mail at the stop of the day from (the) principal stating what occurred, why they went into lockdown… and outlining what their protocols are in a scenario like that — that there was no instant threat to the college, just had to get precautions,” Sienna Laporte reported.

Michael Strembitsky College went “on alert” Thursday afternoon. In a letter shared with dad and mom, the faculty notes a person posted racist and threatening messages in various Google School rooms and via e mail.

The Edmonton Catholic Faculty Division reported its educational facilities did not acquire any on-line threats or messages, but the EPSB created them conscious of the scenario as a courtesy.

The EPSB is doing work with police as they examine.

Simply because of the mother nature of the messages, EPS mentioned that its hate crimes and violent extremism device is being consulted.