Lodi High School in California was briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after an alarm was accidentally triggered. Police responded to the scene shortly before 11 a.m. to investigate the unknown alarm.
"There is currently a large police presence at Lodi High attempting to determine where an alarm is sounding from. At this point, there are no reported incidents. The school has been placed on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. We will update here as information becomes available," the Lodi Police Department said in a Facebook post.
After determining that the alarm had been pressed accidentally, the lockdown was lifted.
The school shared the following statement –
"The lockdown at our our site is being lifted. All students and staff are safe. There was no safety incident at our site today.
This morning at around 10:43 AM, a substitute secretary accidentally pressed an alarm at our site. The Lodi Police Department immediately came to our site to investigate and to make sure our site was safe. We deeply appreciate their quick efforts to safeguard our site.
At no time were students and staff in danger. We know this situation was very unsettling, and we appreciate your patience while LPD investigated today.
School activities will resume for the rest of the school day. Families may pick up their children."