School threats are no joke and local law enforcement is making sure El Paso students and parents know the consequences of making any kind of threat to their campuses.
The El Paso District Attorney’s Office, along with the FBI El Paso and several El Paso-area school district police departments, produced a video for students that shows the dangers of making school threats — whether as a joke or not.
“Every week, any school district in our community is seeing gun and bomb threats,” El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks said. “As we have seen just (Wednesday) in Georgia, we have to take every one of these threats seriously. Our school districts are reacting to these gun and bomb threats very seriously. And as a result, if you make a gun or bomb threat, you will be prosecuted.”
Hicks and law enforcement officials announced during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 4, the creation of a video called “School threats are no joke.” The video was created with the help of the El Paso Community College Theatre Club.