Cops Eyeing School Areas After Gunman Threat

Hackettstown police are patrolling areas around local schools more acutely Tuesday, just one day after the institutions–and town–went into lockdown .

“Officers were in and around our schools this morning when students arrived,” Hackettstown Police Det. Darren Tynan said.

Patrolling units will be more intensely focused on the areas in the surrounding neighborhoods, Tynan said, until someone in connection with the incident is caught, or the situation proves to have been non-serious.

Officers will not be stationed within any of the schools, Tynan said, unless there is an intimate threat to the building, students or staff.

Law enforcement from Hackettstown, Washington Township, Independence Township, New Jersey State Police, Morris County Sherriff’s Office, and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office were on hand Monday searching for the alleged perpetrator.

The search lasted nearly four hours, after the person made repeated calls to 911 before 10 a.m. Students at the local schools were kept in their classrooms during that time as officials canvassed the area.

in Hackettstown in front of a police barricade, waiting for information to be released.

Communication via text message and phone call from students to their

Warren County Prosecutor , and there was no suspect at that time.