Suffolk County police increasing presence at Smithtown High School West after back-to-back safety incidents this week

Police are stepping up that enforcement this morning at one Suffolk County high school after back-to-back days of scares for students and parents. Right, those incidents involve weapons being brought to school and unfounded threats. News 12 Long Island's Jonathan Gordon is live outside of Smithtown High School West. Jonathan, what are people saying? Yeah, Rich, Aaron, there's a lot of concern after the last couple of days where we've seen police here, Suffolk County police here, back-to-back days launching different investigations. today Suffolk County Police will have an increased presence here at the school at Smithtown High School West and of course we'll be keeping our eye particularly on what that looks like during the drop-off period when there's a lot of people coming in and out of the property but we do know that police will be here as we go throughout the morning. Yesterday Smithtown school officials put out a statement they said that they were aware of quote rumors regarding a potential new threat at the high school west campus now that community letter did not specify the threat but suffolk county police say they found no credible evidence of a threat during an investigation now that probe came one day after a 16 year old student was arrested here at the high school after he brought a handgun bullets and a knife in his backpack yesterday the teen who news 12 is not naming because of his age pleaded not guilty to several weapons charges prosecutors said the gun was reported stolen out of florida smithtown superintendent of schools As Mark Secor said in his letter yesterday, the last two days have been very difficult for our entire school community. I can assure you that we share your concern about these events. The initial incident prompted parents to call for additional security measures, including the possibility of installing metal detectors here at the high school at West Campus. The district in its letter yesterday said it is planning to share additional information about student safety and health today. So, of course, we'll keep an eye out for what that update could be. and we'll bring you that information as soon as we have it. We're in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Jonathan Gordon, News 12.