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El Cerrito Police Department
Wednesday October 26th, 2022 :: 12:32 p.m. PDT

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Unconfirmed threat of a weapon on campus

The El Cerrito Police Department responded to the El Cerrito High School after school staff received secondhand information of a possible weapon on campus.  School officials initiated a lockdown of the campus while officers and staff searched several students, backpacks, lockers, and classrooms.  Despite a thorough search of the campus and surrounding grounds, a weapon was not located.    

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El Cerrito Police Department
10900 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito, CA 94530

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 510-237-3233

540 Ashbury Ave
El Cerrito, CA 94530

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