NEWARK (CBS SF) — The Newark Police Department said Friday it investigated a bomb threat sent to the Newark Unified School District earlier that day in a mass email.
In a tweet sent Friday afternoon, the department said it determined the threat wasn’t credible.
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@newark_usd has received anonymous bomb threat messages via apparent mass email. Our SRO team is working w NUSD & other lE agencies on identifying the source
As a precaution we have also conducted site security walk throughs & determined the threats are not considered credible pic.twitter.com/GcBL9aJw4m
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Officers began patrolling the district office’s campus as a precaution. No students were on campus due to the district they are attending online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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