ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — Central Hardin High School (CHHS) moved to online learning Monday as police investigate a social media threat. The other schools in the district will continue as normal Monday.

What You Need To Know

  • Central Hardin High School students will not be learning in person Monday

  • Class will take place online-only for the day

  • Elizabethtown Police Department is investigating a social media post threatening a school resource officer

  • Anyone with information about the threatening post is asked to contact the police

Central Hardin Schools released a statement Sunday evening saying the district is working with the Elizabethtown Police Department to investigate a threat. A post from the Elizabethtown Police Department said the social media post threatened a school resource officer. As a precaution, CHHS will participate in NTI on Monday.

Elizabethtown Police said the threat does not reference a student or faculty member. A statement the department posted on Facebook adds that precautions are in place to protect the officer who was threatened in the post. 

 

We are aware of a social media post regarding a veiled threat towards a school resource officer. We have worked with...

Posted by Elizabethtown Police Department on Sunday, May 9, 2021

The department is asking anyone who may have information about who was behind the threatening social media post to share that information with the police. People can do that on Elizabethtown Police Department's new app, by contacting dispatch at 270-765-4125, calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-597-8123 or by submitting an anonymous tip at p3tips.com.

A statement from Hardin County Schools reads in part quote, "We sincerely appreciate our local law enforcement and those who have called the proper authorities and refrained from adding to the situation on social media. We also appreciate our law enforcement partners who dedicated themselves to keeping us all safe."