Tonight, the incredible team at Sierra College stepped up again to deal with the second security threat at our Rocklin campus in the space of a single month. Our planning, drills and preparation worked, and students were evacuated quickly and in an organized fashion.

The picture above is Executive Dean Stephanie Ortiz and Police Chief Greg Murphy briefing the press. Here’s an excerpt of the SacBee story.

At about 6 p.m., a caller reported overhearing a conversation about bombs on the campus and plans for an armed takeover, said Stephanie Ortiz, dean of the college’s Business and Technology Division. Campus officials immediately ordered the evacuation of both campuses and ushered the hundreds of students involved in the evening courses out of their classrooms, said Greg Murphy, chief of the Sierra College Police. So far, the search has turned up nothing, but officers are still searching the campuses, he said.

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