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Grayson County Sheriff's Office on school violence threats: 'we will not think it's funny.'

Reports of possible school violence is on the rise, and officers at the Grayson County Sheriff's Office have had enough.

Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - Officers from the Grayson County Sheriff's Office have a strong warning in the wake of an increased reports of threats against schools: this isn't a joke.

In the weeks since the school shooting in Marshall County High School and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the number of reported threats against schools have climbed dramatically across the state. At least four have resulted in arrests or charges. According to officials with the sheriff's office, Grayson County law enforcement has investigated nearly six threats against Kentucky schools in four days.

On February 22, Sheriff Norman Chaffins took to the department's official Facebook page to warn potential pranksters and criminals alike.

"We want every Grayson County citizen and student to know that we will aggressively investigate every threat we receive until we find out who's behind it. If your child jokes about a threat, we will not think it's funny," he wrote.

He went on to write: "We know that we do not yell 'Bomb!' in an airport. We know that we don't scream 'Fire!' in a movie theater. And in our current climate in our schools, we do not post, share, blog or say anything that threatens or menaces our children or school staff in any way."

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Chaffins, whose message was posted with the support of law enforcement agency, wanted to warn that even a joke can result in criminal action from law enforcement. He emphasized that the safety of students and faculty in the schools is the number one priority of the department.

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Additionally, officers encourage anyone who sees or hears something about a possible threat against a school to come forward.

"When law enforcement, our school system and our community work together, everyone is safer," Chaffins wrote.

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