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- December 12, 2018
- 6 minutes read
Police Sound “all clear” After Hours-Long Search Following Bomb Threat at Facebook Campus
Aerial view of Facebook’s Menlo Park Campus image : Facebook Police officials have sounded “all clear” after an hours-long search…
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| Aerial view of Facebook’s Menlo Park Campus
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Police officials have sounded “all clear” after an hours-long search in response to an anonymous tip about a bomb threat regarding Facebook’s Menlo Park campus.
The New York Police Department received the anonymous tip and alerted local authorities at about 4:30 p.m. according to a Menlo Park police spokeswoman.
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| Facebook’s Menlo Park campus at night
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The Police later said that the building was secure, however. “The San Mateo County bomb unit was dispatched with explosive detection dogs that conducted a sweep of the building and found no suspicious packages or devices,” they said.
“We take the safety and security of our people at Facebook extremely seriously and are glad that everyone is safe,” said Facebook spokeswoman Genevieve Grdina, noting that quick measures where taken to evacuate the building after the bomb threat.
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| Inside a building in Facebook’s Menlo Park campus
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“We are working closely with local authorities to investigate this threat and further monitor the situation.” She said.
The evacuation was confined to a three-story facility on Facebook’s campus that was not the headquarters campus according to Menlo Park police spokeswoman Nicole Acker.
