Parents and students in Valley Stream
saw more police patrols at their schools after a threat was
made on social media.
Police say special units were deployed.
Students were also told to leave all bags at home and
North and South high school students also remained in the building for
lunch periods.
This threat comes after a 13-year-old student was arrested
for threatening to shoot up Copiague Middle School Monday.
There was also another threat
that some say led to the evacuation of Copiague High School.
News 12 spoke with Denis Monette, a counterterrorism
expert and former Nassau assistant police commissioner, about the recent wave of threats.
"They have to do the outreach right away and not wait
until the next one happens. They have to come right out and say we're having an
assembly," says Monette.
Monette
also tells News 12 it's important for schools to be transparent with their
students about the severity of the situation.