Huber Middle School was put in lockdown for approximately one hour due to a perceived threat coming from an individual.
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After the call, police contacted Huber Middle School and Principal Martin Muecke put the school in lockdown status.
The Douglas Police Department investigated the incident and found the man that was reported. He was walking down Washington Avenue and there was no gun. The man even gave the police authority to search his home and no gun was present.
Following the search, Douglas Police again contacted the school, and Security Chief Luis Greer pulled the school out of lockdown status.
“Lockdown is the protocol that is called for when you suspect an intruder on school grounds,” he said.
“Lockdown” essentially keeps all students in whatever area or class they are in until the status has been removed.
In a note to parents, Muecke said” This was done in response to a police incident in the neighborhoods bear our school campus. At no point were either students or staff in immediate danger. The lockdown was initiated as a precautionary measure.”
Comments
To wondering wrote on Apr 23, 2009 9:23 PM:
To Parent wrote on Apr 23, 2009 8:56 PM:
Parent wrote on Apr 22, 2009 11:20 PM:
wondering wrote on Apr 22, 2009 3:47 PM:
I'm all for locking down schools and keeping the kids safe, but how about a little common sense? Could we be a bit more sure before we act? Action is fine; overaction is wasteful.
What does "a suspicious man was walking in or around the school with what looked like a handgun in his waistband" mean, anyway? What made him suspicious? Suspicious to whom? Was it IN the school or AROUND the school? Was it on the public side of the street? And what "looks like a handgun," anyway?
I'd like to think all of these questions had been answered before any action was taken, but I wouldn't bet on it.
What if the guy had actually had a gun in his house? (There's one in my house... and probably in lots of houses.) Would he have been taken "downtown" for further questioning, even when he didn't do anything wrong? That's the disappointing part -- "
Why - Parent of Huber student wrote on Apr 21, 2009 11:21 PM:
Ryan-ARE YOU NUTS wrote on Apr 20, 2009 6:56 AM:
Maybe you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years (its been 10 years since Columbine) but if you don't have pertinent school-related business YOU DON'T BELONG ON SCHOOL GROUNDS DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
Ryan-if you're so proud to be an American maybe you should also be up-to-speed on our laws here in the States: its is ILLEGAL to carry a WEAPON on SCHOOL GROUNDS.
A big thank you to the administration and security staff at Huber. Let's keep our kids and teacher safe and idiots off our school grounds.
GOD BLESS AMERICA! "
concerned parent wrote on Apr 17, 2009 9:49 PM:
Chuck wrote on Apr 17, 2009 3:11 PM:
Douglas wrote on Apr 17, 2009 2:03 PM:
"The man even gave the police authority to search his home and no gun was present."
No where does it say the police asked to search his home, the man volunteered it.
The only "tryanny" here is reading unsubstantiated rants. "
Parent wrote on Apr 17, 2009 10:07 AM:
Ryan Trejo wrote on Apr 17, 2009 8:46 AM:
I also feel sorry for the poor children inside the school. The Gestapo took away a precious hour of education from them that they will never earn back. Lockdown is pretty much an hour of torture where these poor, innocent children have to be crouched down on their knees until the "threat" is eliminated.
I am so sick of the Government and law enforcement intruding into our lives and taking away the education from our children. Heck, I even forgot, Arizona is an open carry state. If the guy wanted to tote a "gun" that was exposed, then he can, it's his God given right.
That is all, God bless our rights, and God bless America! "