WATCH: Sheriff Grady Judd speaks on efforts to combat school threats
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Superintendent Frederick Heid of Polk County Public Schools in Florida held a joint news conference about combating the recent spike in online school threats.
Two dozen Florida school students arrested after allegedly making threats since start of academic year
Polk County, Florida, law enforcement and school administrators are working together to hold students who make threats to schools accountable for their actions.
24 students arrested in Polk County for making threats, officials say
Twenty-four students have started the school year in Polk County in handcuffs and kicked out of school after making threats, officials said at a news conference Thursday.
Rise in students making threats of violence to Polk schools, 24 arrested
Polk County Public Schools has seen an alarming increase in students making online threats to either bomb or shoot up a school. In the first 28 days of school there have been 24 students arrested.
Superintendent says 5 arrests made after school threats
Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins says five arrests were made following a series of school threats made Wednesday.
Superintendent, sheriff warn of rise in students making threats against schools in Polk
In the 28 days since school began in August, law enforcement had arrested 24 students for making threats, Polk Superintendent Frederick Heid said
Polk Co. superintendent, sheriff on school threats
Polk County Superintendent Fred Heid and Sheriff Grady Judd spoke on school safety and recent arrests for student threats in the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia.
24 Polk County students arrested for written threats since start of 2024 school year, authorities say
Since the start of the 2024-2025 school year in Polk County, 24 students have been arrested for written or online threats, Superintendent Fred Heid announced on Thursday.
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Gov. DeSantis says increase in Florida school threats 'is not a joke'
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