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For Immediate Release: January 17, 2018
Making a Bomb Threat is a Crime with
Severe Consequences
Video from the Center for P-20 Safety & Security highlights the
dangers and consequences of illegal bomb threats
COLUMBUS —Since the
beginning of the year, bomb threats have been reported at multiple schools
across the state. Recent data from Educator’s Schools Safety Network (http://eschoolsafety.org/bir-2016/) suggests that bomb threats toward schools are on the rise nationally
and the number of events tend to spike in January and in May. Ohio Homeland
Security’s Center for P-20 Safety & Security reminds all Ohioans about the
emotional effects and legal ramifications of making a bomb threat, and the
impact to the entire community in which these crimes occur.
Each threat
endangers lives, induces panic in communities and disrupts the learning of
students in schools. Along with the emotional toll, a bomb threat can stretch the
resources of police and first responders.
Those who make
bomb threats face second-degree felony charges that could lead up to eight
years in prison.
An informational video that further illustrates these consequences can
be viewed by clicking HERE. This video has been redistributed to schools
across Ohio so administrators can share it with their students.
If someone is aware of a potential bomb threat, they are encouraged to
immediately report it to a trusted authority figure, local police or
anonymously to the Safer Schools tip line at 1-844-SaferOH.
For more information visit https://saferschools.ohio.gov/
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