Penn Hills School District to increase security amid school threat

Penn Hills to increase police presence

PENN HILLS (KDKA) - Even though police have said a threat against the Penn Hills School District was not credible, leaders are still adding extra security.

The Penn Hills Police chief said they're going to have officers at the schools throughout the district until they're done with school at the end of the week.

They'll also continue their usual patrols around the schools.

Again, the threat of a shooting at the middle school was deemed not credible.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.