Man calls in threat against Los Osos Middle School, sheriff says

An adult man called in a threat against a Los Osos school Monday night, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.

At approximately 7 p.m. Monday, the Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call from the unidentified man, who made a “verbal threat” against Los Osos Middle School and then hung up, the agency said in a news release.

Sheriff’s detectives reached out to school officials so they could contact staff, students and parents, the release said.

“Appropriate resources responded to the school campus and surrounding area this morning,” the Sheriff’s Office said, although it wasn’t clear what those resources entailed. “Deputies will remain at the school all day as a security presence.”

An investigation determined that the threat was generalized and “was not directed in any way to a specific individual,” the Sheriff’s Office said.

Anyone with information about the threat is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office’s Detective Division at 805-781-4500.

This story was originally published November 12, 2019 at 9:48 AM.

Sarah Linn

The Tribune

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Sarah Linn is an editor and reporter on the West Service Journalism Team, working with journalists in Sacramento, Modesto, Fresno, Merced and San Luis Obispo in California and Bellingham, Olympia and Tri-Cities in Washington, as well as Boise, Idaho. She previously served as the Local/Entertainment Editor of The Tribune in San Luis Obispo, working there for nearly two decades. A graduate of Oregon State University, she has earned multiple California journalism awards.