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Before students gathered for another day of school on Nov. 5, a voicemail threatening a shooting at West Linn High School was discovered. John Rimington, the Student Resource Officer at West Linn High School, was able to help identify the situation as well as those who were potentially involved.
“The threat came from an external person who had nothing to do with the school and was related to this other student who was implicated through friends of friends,” Rimington said. “Once we investigated, we determined that the threat was not credible, and then life went back to normal. We took precautions because of the environment we live in, with a lot of school threats, what’s happened at Wilsonville, Oregon City, and other areas around America, and the current climate we live in, so we determined it was better to be safe than sorry.”
Trevor Menne, principal at West Linn High School, helped in the beginning of the situation— finding the person involved.
“Safety is our first priority, and we take it extremely seriously,” Menne said. “So it might be disconcerting to see extra police officers at the parking lots or an armed police officer out front, but when it’s a lot unknown, we’re going to and police are going to take it seriously until we have the information we need to decide what happens next.”
At 9:59 a.m., an email was sent out to all the students at the High School clarifying the situation which occurred and resources available to students such as the counseling team.
“The most important thing is to stay calm,” Menne said. “If we are in a situation where we need to go into one of our safety protocols, a lockdown, lock out, those things, it’s to take it very seriously whenever we’re doing that, to follow directions, and to help everyone around them to be able to follow whatever the directions that are given.”
Even when it’s not a real threat, Rimington and other police forces must take it seriously. He believes that students should be aware of what’s happening.
“Be vigilant,” Rimington said. “If you see something or hear something, let someone know. Like I say, most threats determined are usually not credible, 99% of them, but we need to treat them all as if they are. If you think students are struggling, or you think they’re saying something that’s a little bit weird or like you’re concerned about them, tell a counselor, tell a teacher, and then we’ll investigate, usually, if we can help someone before it turns into something really bad.”
