Similar scenes unfolded at schools across southeastern Wisconsin on Thursday after dispatchers received fake calls about school shooters.At least nine schools received the threats, but the Federal Bureau of Investigations said it was all fake.One of the schools included in the widespread hoax was Bradford High school at Kenosha. “The caller says that there is a male, Hispanic, with a long rifle. Believed to be shooting in Room 201, English class. 15 students believed to be shot,” a dispatcher said over the radio to first responders.Lt. Joseph Nosalik with Kenosha Police Department told WISN 12 News reporter Kendall Keys that the call came in just after 8 am”I’ve been here almost 24 years, this is probably the largest scale response I’ve seen to a school in my time, “Nosalik says. “We did enter that school immediately, we coordinated with the SRO and we started conducting security sweeps, floor by floor of that school.”He said the security sweeps revealed that there was no shooter within Bradford High School. “The response was an immense effort on the part of law enforcement, on the part of Kenosha Unified School staff, and is a huge drain on resources for the rest of the city,” Nosalik said. A huge drain of resources comes with a steep price tag, according to Nosalik. “There were people that were still here lingering from third shift that did not go home and then responded to the school. It’s very pricy and it’s a huge burden on the city’s budget, but that’s what we’re here for,” Nosalik said. None of the threats schools received in Wisconsin on Thursday could be verified by law enforcement. Nosalik said they will be working with state and federal agencies to hold someone responsible for the hoax calls.
KENOSHA, Wis. —
Similar scenes unfolded at schools across southeastern Wisconsin on Thursday after dispatchers received fake calls about school shooters.
At least nine schools received the threats, but the Federal Bureau of Investigations said it was all fake.
One of the schools included in the widespread hoax was Bradford High School in Kenosha.
“The caller says that there is a male, Hispanic, with a long rifle. Believed to be shooting in Room 201, English class. 15 students believed to be shot,” a dispatcher said over the radio to first responders.
Lt. Joseph Nosalik with Kenosha Police Department told WISN 12 News reporter Kendall Keys that the call came in just after 8 am
“I’ve been here almost 24 years, this is probably the largest scale response I’ve seen to a school in my time,” Nosalik says. “We did enter that school immediately, we coordinated with the SRO and we started conducting security sweeps, floor by floor of that school.”
He said the security sweeps revealed that there was no shooter within Bradford High School.
“The response was an immense effort on the part of law enforcement, on the part of Kenosha Unified School staff, and is a huge drain on resources for the rest of the city,” Nosalik said.
A huge drain of resources comes with a steep price tag, according to Nosalik.
“There were people that were still here lingering from third shift that did not go home and then responded to the school. It’s very pricy and it’s a huge burden on the city’s budget, but that’s what we’re here for,” Nosalik said.
None of the threats schools received in Wisconsin on Thursday could be verified by law enforcement.
Nosalik said they will be working with state and federal agencies to hold someone responsible for the hoax calls.
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