Blog 3: Police presence

A school in Albany, Oregon will have an increase in police presence after school shooting threats. The Albany police department said that they had received multiple threats that a shooter would be entering the school tomorrow 5/6/2019. The Albany police department is still under investigation of these threats and are continuing to look into it. This threat is said to be low at this point as they think the threats are not substantial at this point. The Albany police that they plan on having an increased presence of police officers on campus in order to act as a deterrent towards any potential threats that could be made towards the school or the students. The police will be acting as a front line defense in order to keep the peace and safety of all. This article really struck me for 2 reasons, the first reason is because of how crazy it is that school shooting threats can be so casual and the second reason is because it reminded me of what we are talking about in class this week of police being the front line and the most visible link to the public. The police planning to up the presence at the school is a form of deterrence as well as a form of protection incase of real life threatening danger. Simply by having more police they are showing the police force will be there in order to tackle any problem. This works good in two ways, it keeps peace of mind for those that have to attend school as well as threatening harsh reaction if anyone does want to come to the school and harm others. This is a good way to deter people from causing any harm to the public.