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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Anaheim <\/a>authorities are searching for the person responsible for a hoax emergency call that sent a wave of police cruisers to Disneyland <\/a>on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Officers responded to Disneyland at around 9:45 p.m. following a call reporting a possible mass shooting and bomb threats within the theme park.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n At least a dozen patrol vehicles were spotted as officers worked to secure the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n SUGGESTED: Disneyland hazmat situation sends 7 cast members to the hospital<\/a><\/p>\n Police later confirmed the threats were a hoax and no danger was found. The park returned to normal operations.<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n The identity and location of the caller remain unknown as investigators work to trace the source of the swatting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Police have not yet released details on whether any specific guests or areas of the park were targeted in the initial false report.<\/p>\n Big picture view:<\/p>\n The incident occurred against the backdrop of a broader security alert, with Governor Gavin Newsom recently stating, “While we are not aware of any imminent threats at this time, we remain prepared for any emergency in our state.”\u00a0<\/p>\n This follows an FBI memo warning that Iran has “aspired to conduct a surprise attack” using drones from unidentified vessels off the California coast.<\/p>\n SUGGESTED: FBI warns California of possible Iranian drone attack<\/a><\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Park guests and residents are encouraged to remain vigilant but are advised that Disneyland remains safe for normal operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n If you have any information regarding the source of the hoax call, you can contact the Anaheim Police Department at (714) 765-1900.\u00a0<\/p>\n Authorities are reminding the public that swatting\u2014the act of making a false report to trigger a massive police response\u2014is a serious crime that can lead to felony charges.<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information from the Anaheim Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n Disneyland<\/a>Disney<\/a>Anaheim<\/a>Theme Parks<\/a>Instastories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. – Anaheim authorities are searching for the person responsible for a hoax emergency call that sent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1184,3588,1341,2444,100,611,1768,425,1340,1181],"class_list":["post-216590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-ca","tag-disney","tag-disneyland","tag-instastories","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-organization","tag-series","tag-theme-parks","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}