South Carolina's Governor is calling for a SLED investigation after a rash of school shooting hoax calls statewide, on Wednesday. McMaster wrote a letter to SLED Chief Mark Keel asking the agency to work with local law enforcement and school district officials.
The letter said “According to media coverage of the hoax calls, hundreds of law enforcement officers and first responders immediately rushed to the schools, some officers made it to campus and were inside the school buildings within two minutes. I believe this situation provides our state’s law enforcement agencies with a rare opportunity to learn from this unprecedented incident; to learn what worked best and what can be improved upon.”
South Carolina has increased the number of school resource officers by 140 percent since 2018. Two Upstate schools were targets of the hoax. Both Greenville High and Robert Anderson Middle school had false reports of school shooting threats. Local law enforcement responded swiftly in both cases and proved the threats to be unconfirmed.