Police for Poland don detain 76 people across di country as dem dey do checks inside schools and oda educational buildings. By Saturday morning, officers record 231 incidents, and dem don check close to 50,000 schools. Di operation follow series of attacks inside schools and worrying reports about wetin dem call ‘bloody Friday.’
Nearly 50,000 educational institutions don pass police inspection so far. Police tok say di action across Poland na to make sure children, young people and all workers inside schools dey safe. Dem add say by 6am on Saturday, dem don note 231 incidents where officers dey carry out work because of reasonable suspicion say person commit offence. ‘For di operation, police don detain 76 people so far,’ na wetin di latest statement read.
Police no dey only investigate those incidents. Dem still dey monitor di internet 24 hours and dey respond to every report, according to di statement. As part of preventive work after di school attacks, police dey conduct checks inside schools. On Friday evening, police said officers don check nearly 35,000 facilities and detain 59 people nationwide. By 5pm on Friday, officers record 172 incidents.
For di past days, two acts of violence happen for schools inside Mazovia. Because of that, on Friday, Mazovian schools and kindergartens get extra police monitoring, with support from city guards. On Thursday, for one primary school inside Leszczydół-Nowiny for Mazowieckie, one 15-year-old attack three people, including one 37-year-old female worker of di school, and she die. One day before, for Zespół Szkół Zawodowych nr 4 inside Ostrołęka, one 19-year-old attack nine people with knife, including five students and two teachers. He also get backpack with homemade explosive material.
Police also stop wetin look like possible attack for one school inside Sierpc. Dem detain one 17-year-old wey threaten say he go ‘do something bad.’ Dem charge am and one court remand am for two months. Also on Thursday, police detain one 17-year-old resident of Przasnysz county. Dem believe say na him likely be di author of one recording wey circulate online. Di recording concern ‘bloody Friday,’ meaning planned attacks inside schools. Local media tok say di author announce ‘slaughter inside Przasnysz.’
For Rybnik, police patrols around educational facilities and even inside di buildings na response to recent loud attacks and worrying events. While police dey maintain order around schools, dem ask Rybnik City Hall about wetin di city dey do inside di buildings and whether dem plan extra steps to protect children and young people. Many parents wan know who get access to school buildings. According to di city authority, control of entrances for Rybnik schools na normal thing.
Katarzyna Fojcik, Head of Education Department for Rybnik City Hall, tok say for most Rybnik primary schools and some secondary schools, doors dey closed during classes and person must use intercom or contact service worker before entering. She tok say access control systems differ and dem adapt to each place: most times na service workers at doors, entry and exit book, intercom, magnetic cards. Practically all schools get video monitoring, she add. For most kindergartens and schools inside Rybnik, movement of outsiders dey restricted, with special zones for them.
But infrastructure alone no be everything. Di procedures and how staff and students prepare for possible threats matter. Di city remind say every school get rules for crisis situations and don implement Standards for Protection of Minors, wey this year pass mandatory evaluation. Recent events make directors and di governing body take extra steps. Because of wetin happen, schools organise extra trainings and meetings with teachers and students to remind dem of procedures and make dem notice unusual situations, Katarzyna Fojcik explain.
Di local government dey react to requests from school directors. If director see say school need extra security, di director send request to di governing body. For example, last week dem release money for additional monitoring cameras. Di Education Department still dey in constant contact with services, and more actions go follow as need arise, according to Katarzyna Fojcik. Police presence inside schools part of wider, regular cooperation between Rybnik local government and uniformed services.
For di coming days, more dedicated trainings for management staff go happen. Rybnik city don dey organise training for directors of schools and kindergartens for several years, and officers of Police, Fire Service and City Guard dey lead am. Dem agree di topics for meetings of team for internal and external security inside educational institutions, Katarzyna Fojcik tok. Di city announce dates: October 13 this year, training for directors by Police officers. October 19 this year, training by Municipal State Fire Service inside Rybnik. Di second meeting go focus on evacuation procedure if alarm sound for air threat.
As City Hall tok, because of situation beyond eastern border, all educational units dey prepare additional procedures for that kind of risk. After official approval, dem go present detailed rules to children and parents. Even though di situation serious, uniformed services and authorities dey appeal for calm and say make people no spread rumors. Di important thing na to separate unverified information wey dey spread anyhow on social media from concrete signal about behavior of one particular person or threat for one particular facility or place.
At this stage, no basis to tok say events inside Ostrołęka, Leszczydół-Nowiny and Sierpc na part of one organised action. Police also no confirm say one internet ‘challenge’ wey people start to write about online exist.
