On Thursday, October 20th, 2022, at 8:37 am, the Turlock Police Department announced that they had been made aware of a potential threat to Turlock High School, 1600 E Canal Dr, Turlock.
The Turlock Unified School District later specified that the threat had originated during a conservation between two students the day prior, in which one student told the other to, “not come to school tomorrow.”
The Turlock Police Department stated that the school resource officer assigned to Turlock High, Officer Jessica Clark, was able to identify the two involved students and began working with them and school staff to investigate the threat.
It was later determined that there was no actual threat directed towards the school or students.
Prior to it being determined that there was no threat, the Turlock Police Department had assigned extra officers to patrol Turlock High as a precautionary measure.
