SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – On Monday morning, Santa Barbara Police received a report about a social media group chat that included a discussion of possible violence involving schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
The initial information is vague and non-specific and additional police will be around schools throughout the day in response stated the Santa Barbara Police Department in a press release on Monday.
According to the Santa Barbara Police Department, their officers received a report from a concerned parent about a social media group chat that included a discussion of possible school violence that involved Santa Barbara Unified School District schools.
The posts had been circulated amongst students and parents through social media and text messages added the Santa Barbara Police Department.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office also issued a tweet earlier Monday morning about a notification its deputies received about a threat to Orcutt Junior High School that has also triggered an increase in patrols in the area.