Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins released a statement on the sheriff’s office Facebook page late Thursday morning on the threats made at Grayson County High School and Grayson County Middle School earlier this week. He issued virtually the same message in a one-call to some Grayson County citizens.
Sheriff Chaffins statement:
This is Sheriff Norman Chaffins. This message is being disseminated with the support of every law enforcement agency in this county and the Grayson County school system.
Since Monday, Feb. 19, 2018, law enforcement has investigated six incidents involving threats to our schools and students. Of these six incidents, two of them were unfounded, and four have resulted in multiple criminal charges, ranging from misdemeanor to felony offenses punishable with up to five years in prison.
We want every Grayson County citizen and student to know that we will aggressively investigate every threat we receive until we find out who’s behind it. If your child jokes about a threat, we will not think it’s funny. We know that we do not yell “Bomb!” in an airport. We know that we don’t scream “Fire!” in a movie theater. And in our current climate in our schools, we do not post, share, blog or say anything that threatens or menaces our children or school staff in any way.
If anyone is found to be behind any of these threats, not only will they face disciplinary action from the school, but they will face criminal action by law enforcement and prosecution to the fullest extent allowed by law.
The safety and security of our kids is the number one priority of every officer in this county. We will go above and beyond when it comes to investigating complaints of threats to our students or staff. We encourage our parents to talk to your kids about these threats and the consequences that go along with making them.
Most importantly, we encourage you to emphasize to them that if they see or hear something to say something. When law enforcement, our school system and our community work together, everyone is safer.
Thank you, and God bless,
Sheriff Norman Chaffins
