Who came to pick up their children from Hargrave Military Academy. They say the moment they received an email from the school they dropped everything to make sure their children were safe. Olga kearns billups, mother of student we drove up here from charlotte as soon as possible we knew we needed to get here to pick up mark. 6 they hope the threat was only a hoax. Breanna caviness, local resident it could be kids just playing pranks unfortunately but i mean that is one of the top military schools in the nation if im not mistaken, 7 but Law Enforcement isnt taking any chances. Even k9 officers were on hand. Everyone is hoping for the best, while preparing for the worstolga kearns billups, mother of student were just praying, theyll just continue to monitor the situation and it will all turn out well for the school and the whole community. 73 3 mona plasma classes there are cancelled for the right now Law Enforcement officials are assessing the situation. 3 mona tight the schools preside
Threat on social media. Tola is live in chatham. What can you tell us new, tola . Reporter well, danner, i spoke with the president of the school, general broome, and he tells me this all started at noon on tuesday. He said the School Received a threat to one of their social media accounts from a person who purported to be from isis. They said they were going to threaten the school tomorrow. The school contacted the Pittsylvania County sheriffs office. They have been investigating and federal agents have been investigating also. Classes are cancelled today and tomorrow. They had an open house and athletic events scheduled for the weekend. Those have been cancelled too. One parent said he got an email hours ago from the school saying that parents they wanted to do because they had an isisrelated threat. Not all the cadets are from the area. There are still some parents picking up their children. Theyre not 100 percent sure that this could be a hoax, but they are saying it very, very ver
Is always on the news. Tonight, that criminal is dead, gunned down by police. Reporter another day, another officerinvolved shooting. Since the riots in ferguson, Law Enforcement is under close watch by the public eye, and it is getting the heads of our local Law Enforcement. Police transport. Picking a prisoner up. Reporter i reached out to Police Departments across the area and asked them to take in an anonymous survey. I asked if this he fear making National Headline it is they ever have to fire their weapon. Nearly three out of four officers said yes. I asked if do you, do you feel the fear of making National Headline also affect your decision to pull the trigger in a timely manner. More than half of those officers answered with another yes. Hesitation is what scares you. Reporter Alexander Cleary has spent more than 45 years in Law Enforcement, and now serves as the director of the piedmont Training Academy in martinTraining Academy in martinsville. Officers come through the acade
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