This is old, but I decided to remove it from the OTJ forum so as not to besmirch anything posted there.
SLP PD helped the SLP HS principal cover up a gun threat with
a fake water main break.
Quote:
School superintendent apologizes for her deception; The St. Louis Park official had said that closing the high school on Monday was for a water main break, not a rumor of a security threat.
From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: October 4, 2006
Author: Lonetree, Anthony | Copyright information COPYRIGHT 2006 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.
Byline: Anthony Lonetree; Staff Writer
A day after defending a school-closing ruse, St. Louis Park Schools Superintendent Debra Bowers has decided that dishonesty is not the best policy.
She apologized to the community and the news media for initially attributing Monday's closure of St. Louis Park High School to a water main break rather than a security concern.
On Sunday night, the superintendent devised the water-main excuse to give Principal Bob Laney and a police liaison officer time to check - and eventually debunk - rumors of potential violence at the school. Laney said he had been concerned that students he'd wanted to interview Monday morning might clam up ...
