The FBI has warned it takes crushing seriously because it puts innocent people at risk.
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On Tuesday, police departments across Florida responded to calls for “shootings” in several high schools, generating a strong mobilization, however, in the end it was crushed, as is known the deception in which someone calls the emergency services to report an alarm that is not real.
Among the emergency teams mobilized, there was theBoca Raton police, who responded to reports of an armed person at a high school in this city on Florida’s southeastern coast.
Arriving at the school and being searched, the officers determined that there was no shooting or a killer on the school campus and said they found nothing suspicious.
Police in Pembroke Pines, Florida also responded to a call from a gunman from Flanagan High School. in the end, even the warning was false.
“Our school search is complete. No evidence of any wrongdoing was found, “Pembroke police said.
Miami-Dade public schools said schools in her district were also the subject of jokes. of shootings, urging parents to talk to their children about illegal activities.
“We have a ZERO TOLERANCE policy for this type of business. A joke threat against a school is considered a federal crime that can lead to arrest and a criminal record, “the school district tweeted.” Parents, talk to your children about the consequences for life. “
In 2019, a man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for making a phone call to the police in Wichita, Kansas. prompting officers to go home and shoot the death of Andrew Finch, 28, father of two, in December. 2017.
Last month, more than a dozen states, including Florida, reported incidents of hoax calls to emergency health services on active school shooters, resulting in FBI involvement.
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