WATCH: An inside look at the FBI bomb explosive investigator school
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SALT LAKE CITY Near the Salt Lake City Airport, explosives are going off, police are everywhere and bomb-sniffing dogs are on the prowl.
Fortunately, this is all a drill in an empty lot, and part of a post-blast investigator school being run by the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office.
Special Agent Kajetan Groicher has been a bomb technician with the bureau for the past eight years. He’s teaching the week-long seminar that includes law enforcement officers from several areas.
Officers from several agencies participated in the FBI post-blast investigator school in Salt Lake City from May 3 to 7, 2021. | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com
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The Pocatello Police Department, in conjunction with several other agencies including the Idaho Falls Police Bomb Squad, have determined that a suspected improvised explosive device was not actually an explosive.
Authorities say the school district received threats Monday, which led to the precautions taken Tuesday, according to a Pocatello Police news release. Police worked to identify persons of interest and interviewed them on Monday, the release says.
The suspected device was found Tuesday morning and the school was evacuated by school district staff, school resource officers and patrol division officers.
Agencies involved in the investigation included Pocatello Police K-9 units, street crimes unit and detective divisions. The Pocatello Fire Department, Bannock County Search and Rescue and Idaho Falls Police Bomb Squad also assisted. The FBI is also involved, the release says.