Earlier Sunday evening, Ector County ISD sent a message to parents regarding children who ride buses each day.
Late Friday night, ECISD police received notice from the FBI office in El Paso about a threat toward buses. It was a broad threat that did not name any city or town as a target. In investigating over the weekend, it was found that the call came from southern California and, again, did not specify a city nor did it say anything about ECISD in the threat, however, the anonymous caller attributed the threat to the same Odessa man as last week’s elementary school threat. Law enforcement does not view this as a credible threat, and ECISD will continue to work with local, state and federal agencies on this investigation, the message said.
ECISD police officers have been actively addressing the situation by patrolling the district’s bus barn around the clock through the weekend, and by having our K-9 units physically sweep every bus for anything suspicious. We will continue to do so.
All ECISD buses are scheduled to run regular routes at regular times, unless new information is found.
“The safety of our staff and your children is our first concern, and ECISD will take all precautions available to us to keep everyone safe,” the message stated.
