Massachusetts frustrated by number of school bomb threats
BOSTON (AP) — One day this past April, schools in more than a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts received bomb threats, triggering evacuations, searches by the bomb squad and the assignment of extra police officers.
On both days, school was interrupted for students, and police, fire and other public safety officials had to shell out personnel and other resources to respond to the hoaxes.
Two years ago, public safety officials began training school administrators to do threat assessments to determine how they should respond.