Moses Lake Police Department offers safety warning ahead of school year [Video]

MOSES LAKE, Wash. – The Moses Lake Police Department offered a warning to students, parents and teachers this school year that verbal threats or jokes can cause issues for law enforcement given the continued threat of school shootings.

“Over the last 24 hours there have been a number of rumors flying around about potential school shootings in our community. These rumors all seem to stem from one conversation where someone said something out of anger that was dumb and thoughtless,” a police department social media post said.

The department went on to remind parents, students and educators in the Moses Lake School District that every claim of potential violence, even if made in jest, is taken very seriously by police.

“Unfortunately, we get reports like this throughout the school year, quite often after a tragic event in another part of the country,” the post said.

The reminder came just days after and the

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