SWATting

We were wondering when this trend would catch on here. Maybe now?

• False threats of violence Wednesday afternoon at two Chicago high schools prompted SWAT responses and lockdowns, but both cases were determined by police to be unfounded.

  About 2 p.m., officers responded to calls of a bomb threat and someone with a gun at Jones College Prep, 700 S. State St., in Printer’s Row. Forty minutes later, a similar threat was made against John Hancock College Prep at 5437 W. 64th St. in Clearing, Chicago police said.

  Both campuses were placed on lockdown as officers swept the schools. The threats were deemed not credible, police said.

Schools are just the start of it. No doubt there will be calls made about "incidents" at the homes of prominent citizens in short order, and even non-prominent persons.

Be aware of this trend and remember that something like 98% of these are not credible. The first clue is a single anonymous call. Real incidents have ten or twenty calls in the first seconds.