CINCINNATI – Procter & Gamble closed its Cincinnati headquarters Wednesday in an “abundance of caution” following an unspecified potential security concern.

What You Need To Know

  • Procter & Gamble closed its Cincinnati headquarters Wednesday because of an unspecified security concern

  • There's an "extended" Cincinnati Police Department presence at the downtown office compound

  • The decision was made in "abundance of caution"

  • It's not yet clear if the GO will reopen Thursday

On Tuesday, the Kenton County Sheriff's Office contacted the Cincinnati Police Department about intel it received about P&G. At that time, CPD offered to provide a security presence to P&G’s downtown General Offices (GO) – located at 1 Procter & Gamble Plaza between Fifth and Sixth streets on the eastern side of downtown – as employees came to work, according to a spokesperson for the police department.

At 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, P&G made the "security decision" to close the GO for the day out of an abundance of caution, per CPD.

In a letter to employees, the Cincinnati-based company said there’d be an “extended Cincinnati Police presence at all (General Office) entrances” throughout the day Wednesday because of a potential safety issue there. No other details on the threat are available.

All other P&G sites in the Cincinnati area remained open.

"Given awareness of a potential security concern by Cincinnati Police, we have closed our downtown offices today out of an abundance of caution," P&G said in a statement to Spectrum News.

The move comes days after a pair of mass shootings in cities across the United States.

On May 14, 10 people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting that occurred at a supermarket in the Kingsley neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y. An online post allegedly attributed to the suspect showed he may have had plans to target neighborhoods in Rochester, N.Y. as well.

That following Sunday, a man opened fire inside a Laguna Woods, Calif., church, killing one person and injuring five others. The shooting was believed to be motivated by hate due to political tensions between China and Taiwan.

Earlier in the day, CPD Sgt. Anthony Mitchell said "with the recent incidents surrounding the nation, P&G made the decision for their employees not to report to work this morning." CPD and P&G later clarified there was "no reason to believe there is a correlation to this potential security threat and recent incidents in our country."

P&G advised employees to check their email for an update later in the day Wednesday. Decisions about plans to open the GO on Thursday aren't yet available.