Digital Smarts - Bomb Threats to Schools Made Electronically On the Increase

It is probably no surprise that as students become more tech-savvy, the number of bomb threats and other reports of potential violence at school are on the rise. The motivations for these threats vary from avoiding a test to simply showing off, and there are some kids who do it just for the thrill factor. While it might seem like a practical joke at first blush, kids don’t realize that these threats can endanger others when police arrive on scene and try to do their job based on the threat information. Those that do get caught risk fines and even imprisonment, but experts warn that there can be ways for kids to find out online how to create these kinds of false threats and not get caught.