The Niagara Regional Police Service is investigating a telephone threat to a Fort Erie school.
In a news release Tuesday, police said the communications unit was contacted at 2:56 p.m. by school staff from Garrison Road Public School in Fort Erie. The school had received a threat by telephone. The school implemented a shelter-in-place safety procedure out of an abundance of caution.
Uniform officers from district 5, detectives and officers from the emergency task unit went to the school, and as a result of the ongoing investigation, also requested that Stevensville Public School and Peace Bridge Public School implement safety procedures. The safety procedures at Stevensville Public School and Peace Bridge Public School were lifted a short time later, and the children were allowed to leave.
Officers cleared Garrison Road School and at 4:35 p.m., working with school staff and District School Board of Niagara senior management, began procedures to release the children to their buses and parents/guardians.
Police recognize this was a very stressful situation for the children, parents/guardians, and staff, the news release says, thanking them for their patience and co-operation.
Garrison Road had been closed between Benner Avenue and Spears Road; it has since been reopened.
The investigation remains ongoing by Fort Erie detectives. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 1022300.
Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.
