Another School Incident

[jimmnn]

Douglas County: 7007 East Bayou Gulch Road at Ponderosa High School school resource officer has requested cover, at least 10 DCSO cars enroute code 3, unk specifics believe a threat incident, requesting school be placed in lockdown and Parker Fire also onscene.

O/F DTRS DCSO B & D channels and 1865 DC Schools Admin also very active

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

Busses enroute, schools out for the day.

Bomb squad and fire units are waiting to enter the school.

Amb requested to the staging area at the Morman Church parking lot.

Law command post on DCSO B, Fire command on FG 4 and lots of other TG's in use.

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

Another possible student with a gun in a charter school at 9th & Santa Fe in Denver.

DPS security enroute requesting Dist 6 officers to assist.

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

CONTACT #1: Deputy Cocha Heyden, Public Information Officer
RELEASE DATE: 04/20/07 RELEASE TIME: 9:20 am CASE NUMBER:

WHAT: Douglas County Sheriff Responds to Reports of Loud Noise Behind Ponderosa High School

NARRATIVE: DOUGLAS COUNTY: The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office responded to Ponderosa High School 7007 E Bayou Gulch Road Parker, CO. on unconfirmed reports of an explosion behind the school.

At 8:58 am Douglas County Deputies and Bomb Team responded to Ponderosa High School on the report that an explosion was heard going off behind the school. When school security and deputies checked the noise out they did find that some sort of device had gone off. At this time it has not been determined what that device was.
Douglas County deputies did locate a suspect and upon search of this person they did locate another device. This device has been secured by the Bomb Team. In the middle of all this the fire alarm was activated at the school. School officials decided to evacuate the students away from the school.
The Bomb Team will be searching the school for any other devices.
There have been no reports of damage to school or injuries.
School Officials have asked that if parents are coming to school to please go to the parking lot of the LDS church across from the school.

They would prefer at this time that no one respond to the school area until it is deemed safe.

More information to be released as it is available.

 

[cstockmyer]

Am I the only one who thinks they need to lower the boom on these kids? kick them out of the school and the district! There was a scare today at South High School too, kid said he was going home and coming back with guns.

 

[jimmnn]

Am I the only one who thinks they need to lower the boom on these kids? kick them out of the school and the district! There was a scare today at South High School too, kid said he was going home and coming back with guns.

Kennedy was locked down most of the morning as well as was a middle school near the capital.

Jim<

 

[jimmnn]

DOUGLAS COUNTY - Ponderosa High School was evacuated Friday morning after a security guard heard a loud noise behind the school.

Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Cocha Heyden said security staff at Ponderosa High School heard a loud noise shortly before 9 a.m. A fire alarm sounded and they began evacuating the building.

The Douglas County Bomb Team responded to investigate the school and surrounding area.

Investigators say a junior boy was found outside the school carrying a small, homemade explosive device about as powerful as a firecracker.

The Sheriff's department took the boy's car after finding more bomb-making material in his backpack.

They think he was planning on putting devices all around the school to scare students on the eighth anniversary of the Columbine shootings.

The Douglas County School District said all of the students were evacuated safely and no injuries were reported.

 

[radiowatcher_06]

Am I the only one who thinks they need to lower the boom on these kids? kick them out of the school and the district! There was a scare today at South High School too, kid said he was going home and coming back with guns.

LOL....I work for a High School in S Colorado Springs and everyone in this school district has defiantly been on edge in light of the recent threats. My school gets locked down at 3:30 no questions. Oh, and further more the zero tolerance policy really helps to try to get an upper hand on gang activity and all round nonsense. Over a hundred kids have been expelled this year alone.