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Redwood City police on Friday said a reported bomb threat was later deemed not credible and likely tied to a doxxing call, prompting a brief secure campus at Sequoia High School that was lifted within about 35 minutes.
The false report, which occurred around 11:03 a.m., happened shortly before Sequoia High students planned to walk out of their classes on Friday for an afternoon demonstration against the Trump administration. The school briefly implemented a secure campus protocol amid the bomb threat reported in downtown Redwood City.
A doxxing call is when someone releases an individual’s private information for malicious reasons.
According to a message from school officials to parents, the secure campus began at 11:40 a.m. due to police activity in the area, and the protocol was lifted by 12:15 p.m.
But Redwood City police later determined there was no threat to the school or the surrounding community, according to Principal Sean Priest, who said the Redwood City Police Department had found no danger.
In a press release sent Friday afternoon by the police department, authorities said they had received a bomb threat to downtown Redwood City just after 11 a.m.
Police said that evacuations of the area were not necessary, and that “at no time was there an active or confirmed threat to the public.”
A doxxing report, police said, “is taken seriously, as it unnecessarily diverts emergency resources and creates fear within the community.” Those responsible could face criminal charges, they added. No other information regarding the caller was provided.
Sequoia High officials did not say whether a bomb threat triggered the secure campus protocol.
In Priest’s initial email to parents, he said the school was placed on secure campus “out of an abundance of caution in response to reports of a potential threat in the surrounding community.”
Walkouts were planned across the Sequoia Union High School District as part of a Nationwide Strike in protest of the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement actions and ICE’s tactics. Sequoia High School students planned to gather at lunchtime and peacefully march to downtown Redwood City in solidarity with immigrant families, according to social media posts.
Sequoia students eventually joined students from schools across San Mateo County in Downtown Redwood City after a delay caused by the secure campus order.
Secure campus is part of the San Mateo County Big Five emergency plan and occurs when there is a “threat of violence or police activity” in the area, according to the San Mateo County Office of Education.
During a secure campus, students may not leave the classroom, and entrances are locked, but instruction can continue.
School and police officials did not respond to requests for comment.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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