I wonder if the school had prior knowledge of the FBI's contact with Colt and family?
Since the FBI themselves are often targets of these kind of threats, they probably take it very seriously. That said, their hands are tied by local and state laws that prevent them from doing much. Very likely they reported it to local LE.I highly doubt the school had any knowledge of CG's history.
It seems that the FBI did their duty, turfed it to the locals and shut the door. The information was siloed/ compartmentalized. The juvenile laws and protections are so secret it might have been considered illegal to share the info with the school. What a quagmire. We have reported suspicions that end up to be valid, and yet nothing is done.
Makes me wonder how many others are "on the list". To be watched by 'someone else..not me' .
A big point here will be when the dad got the AR-15. If it was after the interviews, that would give credence as to why the local SO wrote it off as unfounded.I highly doubt the school had any knowledge of CG's history.
It seems that the FBI did their duty, turfed it to the locals and shut the door. The information was siloed/ compartmentalized. The juvenile laws and protections are so secret it might have been considered illegal to share the info with the school. What a quagmire. We have reported suspicions that end up to be valid, and yet nothing is done.
Makes me wonder how many others are "on the list". To be watched by 'someone else..not me' .
Bbm.It's our reluctance to be "judgmental" that gets us in trouble.
This kid was primed to fail and gave off all the warning signs we are ever going to get and he still couldn't be stopped.
If you can't prevent a school shooting where the FBI has visited the perps house a year before, he never attends school, has pervasive access to guns and no support structure at home- its never going to be prevented ever.
“I feel confident that the FBI, the system worked,” Smith said Thursday.
BBMOur county school does shut down during all threats. In all cases the student is identified, 100% of the time arrested, permanent suspension and provided free online school offered by our state Dept of Education.
We had several incidents several years ago. Once the school board make the decision to arrest and prosecute, not only the student but the parent, we've not had incident several years. Knock on wood.
Moo
Yes, I think the FBI told the local school system in the other county and washed their hands of it. With all the resources of the federal government and threatening a school disturbance being a federal crime, they don't follow-up or keep any tabs after that? That is not responsible law enforcement in my book.I highly doubt the school had any knowledge of CG's history.
It seems that the FBI did their duty, turfed it to the locals and shut the door. The information was siloed/ compartmentalized. The juvenile laws and protections are so secret it might have been considered illegal to share the info with the school. What a quagmire. We have reported suspicions that end up to be valid, and yet nothing is done.
Makes me wonder how many others are "on the list". To be watched by 'someone else..not me' .
Thanks for your detailed explanation.In California, where I teach, a school will go into a form of lockdown where each classroom is locked, no students can leave their classrooms without an adult chaperone (i.e. bathroom, etc). While this will not help the class that has the person with the gun if that person decides to follow through on their threat (and if the threat was viable), it does minimize/isolate the damage. I believe if the internal lockdown continues for a certain amount of time, an early release is called. We have had several "prank" threats in our area, and this is what has happened. Often, once families get word, they start picking their children up early. There was a HUGE issue when there was a viable threat, but LE asked the school to hold off so they could search the student's home and arrest them off campus. Families were very angry because their children went to school that day. The threat was discovered the night before, and LE wanted the school day to do their investigative work.
Also, where did he get it? It seems obvious that he got it from home but has LE said that? He could have gotten it from another relative, friend, bought it illegally, stolen it, etc?How did he get an AR-15 into the school?
He didn’t walk in with it that morning. Did he stash it outside somewhere and went and got it?
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