The Manitoulin OPP responded to a report of a potential threat involving a local high school, which prompted a temporary lockdown yesterday.
Constable Berkley Parisien says yesterday afternoon, at approximately 1:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to Espanola High School following a report of a possible threat.
She says as a precaution, the high school and A B Ellis Public School initiated lockdown procedure, but police determined quickly that there was no immediate risk to public safety.
Parisien adds the lockdown was lifted at approximately 2:00 p.m.
The incident remains under investigation.
Photo: Within minutes of calling a lockdown at Espanola High School, several OPP mobile units were on site at the school.
The lockdown was put in place following a report of a possible threat but was lifted within half an hour.
