Student Threatens Shooting Over Cell Phone Policy, Tucson AZ


A student at a school threatened to shoot the school due to a cell phone policy issue. There was no confirmation of a weapon sighted. Security escorted the student to the office and secured the student's backpack. The classroom was evacuated as a safety measure.
Audio|Source: Tucson Police Midtown Division
01:57
Transcript:
Billing and three, a reference of Lamp 552, what type of a weapon does the student help? I'm trying to find out. They're now saying that the student wanted to shoot up the school because of the cell phone policy. I'm not sure if he's actually got a weapon. If you can head that way for now, they just passed the phone to the assistant principal, so we're still working on further. 4. Yeah, N-37, if you could head to ring. Jim 37 will be with me. Copy. 421[2] North Arcadia. Madam 32, I'm adding that way as well. 10-4[1]. They said there's possibly... Has it been done? Can we try to notify this full safety there as well? 10-4. They said if he's got a weapon, it's possibly in his backpack, but the assistant principal thinks there may not be any weapon. 3-1[3] if you can cover that call. 3-1 or copy. So no one's seen a weapon or anything right now, right? It's no assumption. Correct. It sounds like he's just making threats. 1-014-2-2-7. Could we try to figure out what the student is at the school were almost 23? They just gave room 2-25. Is there a staff member that community just up front? I'll check. The complainant and the assistant principal are trying to get further that they're having the students evacuated the classroom. Lincoln 3 security is assorting the suspect to the office and they've also got the backpack. I'm just now going to 23. I'm there for a...
Billing and three, a reference of Lamp 552, what type of a weapon does the student help? I'm trying to find out. They're now saying that the student wanted to shoot up the school because of the cell phone policy. I'm not sure if he's actually got a weapon. If you can head that way for now, they just passed the phone to the assistant principal, so we're still working on further. 4. Yeah, N-37, if you could head to ring. Jim 37 will be with me. Copy. 421[2] North Arcadia. Madam 32, I'm adding that way as well. 10-4[1]. They said there's possibly... Has it been done? Can we try to notify this full safety there as well? 10-4. They said if he's got a weapon, it's possibly in his backpack, but the assistant principal thinks there may not be any weapon. 3-1[3] if you can cover that call. 3-1 or copy. So no one's seen a weapon or anything right now, right? It's no assumption. Correct. It sounds like he's just making threats. 1-014-2-2-7. Could we try to figure out what the student is at the school were almost 23? They just gave room 2-25. Is there a staff member that community just up front? I'll check. The complainant and the assistant principal are trying to get further that they're having the students evacuated the classroom. Lincoln 3 security is assorting the suspect to the office and they've also got the backpack. I'm just now going to 23. I'm there for a...
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/OK
[2]
421: Possible address reference
[3]
3-1: Unit identifier
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Location mentioned:
Near N Arcadia Ave, Tucson, AZ 85711
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