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Police, fire updates: academy vehicle donation and bomb-threat hoax
Summary
Officials briefed the council on a recent hoax bomb threat that prompted local lockdowns but was contained, described an upcoming regional fire school and noted a donation of a vehicle to the university academy for training purposes.
Public safety items included briefings on a recent hoax bomb threat, an upcoming regional fire school and a donation of a city vehicle to a university academy. Committee member S2 said officers quickly contained a bomb-threat incident near Pinnacle and that investigators are tracing IP addresses to determine the threat’s origin.
S2 described the response: patrol units arrived quickly, schools were placed in lockdown as a precaution and the incident was later determined to be a hoax. "It all in all, it turned out really good and went as smooth as possible," S2 said, while noting detectives continue to work warrants for IP addresses.
The council also discussed donating a surplus vehicle to a university academy for training; S2 and others said the donation will be useful for traffic-stop training for cadets. No formal action to transfer surplus property was recorded in the provided transcript.
Why it matters: The briefings described an operational emergency response that involved schools and local law enforcement, and the donation supports local law-enforcement training. The council did not record a formal vote on the vehicle donation in the transcript.
