Brighton HS safe after reported threat

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton police say there was no credible threat to students or the area around Brighton High School following a report of threats to the school.

O cers responded to the school around 8:40 a.m. Feb. 22. A police department tweet said other schools in the area “were on secure” as a precaution as police worked to determine the validity of the threat.

“During a secure, doors are locked at the school and there is no entry or exit from the building as long as the secure is in place,” said 27J spokeswoman Janelle Asmus. “However, school schedules are maintained and learning continues inside the school even as all activities are brought inside the school building.”

Police took the secure status o Brighton schools, including BHS, around 9:45 a.m.

“I am proud of all of our students and sta for the way they followed our safety proto- cols,” said Principal Shelly Genereuz in a Facebook post. “At no time were any students and sta in danger.”

Brighton wasn’t the only school district to encounter this issue. Authorities and sta evacuated students and sta at Boulder High School following a report of an active shooter there around 9 a.m. No injuries were reported, and parents were sent to Mackey Auditorium at the CU campus to meet their children. Similar reports were received in Aspen, Alamosa and Canon City.

Local media report the threat in Alamosa began shortly before 8:30 a.m. Police there lifted a local lockdown at the middle school within ve minutes. e situation in Aspen resulted in the lockdown of three schools. Authorities issued an all-clear around 10:20 a.m.

At 10:50 a.m., Canon City High School was still on lockdown. Other schools in the area were on “secure status,” local media reported. And in Glenwood Springs, the high school was on lockdown as of 10:20 a.m., media said. What prompted that response is not clear.