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A false report of an armed individual near Burlingame High School prompted safety precautions to go into place at two other Burlingame schools on Tuesday morning, Burlingame police Sgt. Mike Bolanos said.Â
Investigation revealed it was a swatting incident — in which an individual makes false reports of an emergency to prompt a law enforcement response — and that multiple schools throughout the Bay Area received similar threats around the same time, Bolanos said. He declined to name those schools.Â
There was no threat to students or to the Burlingame community at large, Bolanos said in an email.Â
The Burlingame Police Department received the report at 11:13 a.m. Dec. 10 and coordinated with Burlingame High School to take measures to ensure the safety of its students, according to the email.Â
Both Washington and McKinley elementary schools were placed in secure campus, in which students and staff remain in classrooms with doors locked and teaching continues as usual, from 11:54 a.m. to 12:22 p.m., according to an email from the Burlingame School District Superintendent Marla Silversmith.Â
Local and federal law enforcement agencies are working to identify the responsible party. No specific suspect has been identified, Bolanos said.
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