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Frisco police and fire chiefs brief council on school‑threat probes, LPR successes and resident resources
Summary
Fire Chief Lehi Glover and Police Chief David Shills told council about a field blood program, planned citizen fire academy classes, prescribed burns for habitat management and the police response to recent school threats, including engagement with the FBI and use of license‑plate recognition technology.
Frisco’s top public-safety officials gave council a progress report Tuesday that ranged from community education and prescribed burns to law‑enforcement investigations of recent school threats.
Fire Chief Lehi Glover reported the department administered blood in the field to 16 patients in 2025 under its field transfusion program, described a recent prescribed burn at Frisco Commons that reduced wildland‑fire risk, and opened registration for Citizen Fire Academy Class 49 (March–April). Glover also urged residents to prepare for an approaching winter-weather event and said the fire department, emergency management and police will be ready.
Police Chief David Shills said the department’s 'bridal share' grant has provided about 200 free rides to discourage impaired driving and that the department’s license‑plate recognition system (Flock) has produced arrests and solved cases, including serial-burglary suspects. On recent school‑threat incidents, Shills said the department has focused significant resources, engaged the FBI and embedded a Frisco detective with federal partners; he said the department made 17 arrests in 2025 on cases related to school threats.
Quote: "We have engaged the FBI...we have a Frisco detective embedded with the FBI," Chief David Shills said, adding that the department will "do everything in our power to catch those responsible and hold them accountable."
Why it matters: Council heard both preventive public-safety programming and the department’s investigative response to threats against schools. Officials emphasized interagency coordination with Frisco ISD and federal partners and urged public preparedness for winter weather and wildfire mitigation activities.
