The Riverside Police Department is investigating social media posts threatening violence at Riverside Polytechnic High School.
While the threats have not been substantiated, police are working with school administration and the district to investigate, the department wrote in an Instagram post.
“We will have additional officers and patrols in and around Poly High School again this Monday to continue ongoing efforts to keep students and staff safe,” he said.
The threats followed “some fights during or around lunchtime” last week at the school, according to a letter posted on Instagram Saturday by the superintendent of the Riverside Unified School District. Renee Hill and school principal Darel Hansen. “To ensure the continued safety and well-being of our school community, additional support will be provided to Poly High School next week.”
The school administration, they wrote, is “implementing a plan to restrict lunch activities to designated areas on campus” in order to “improve supervision and mitigate potential disruptions.” The restrictions may be extended to other times of the day.
They asked families to avoid sharing posts and emails with “secondhand information” that could delay the police department's investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to send it to Officer Benjamín Rodríguez at [email protected].
