Authorities gave the all-clear at Zoo Miami on Monday after another swatting call, deputies said.<\/p>\n
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, specialized units conducted a sweep at the zoo after receiving the latest of several swatting calls at Zoo Miami.<\/p>\n
Zoo Miami reopened on Monday following the series of bomb threats.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the threats appeared to be hoaxes, but they still prompted large law-enforcement responses and temporary closure.<\/p>\n
Officials on Sunday said enhanced security measures were going to be put in place following the threats.<\/p>\n
Visitors who returned to the zoo today saw a stronger law enforcement presence, including K-9 units<\/p>\n
The first threat came on Friday, forcing the zoo to shut down while deputies searched the property.<\/p>\n
Some visitors who frequent the park said hearing about the threats was unsettling.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the threads are awful, but they exist, walking into a grocery store or anywhere else,” Cindy Smith said. “We have to overcome that by not living in fear.\u201d<\/p>\n
A second threat on Saturday led to another evacuation and sweep, and a third threat was reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Each time, deputies cleared the zoo and found no explosives.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the calls appear to be swatting incidents, which are false reports meant to trigger a large emergency response.<\/p>\n
One parkgoer, who is a school teacher, told NBC6 that, unfortunately, this is the norm for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no concerns at all,” Rene Wolfe said. “I\u2019m a school teacher. We get them all the time at school. We\u2019re prepared, we\u2019re just going to live our life like we always do without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the scares, Wolfe said that she has dealt with bomb threats before at the school where she teaches, and this moment prepared her for it<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were all hoaxes, we pretend to make it as normal as can be. We do our safety protocol and keep the kids safe and loved.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement, Miami-Dade Parks said safety remains the top priority, stating:<\/p>\n
“Officials say they are working closely with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, implementing additional precautionary measures including K-9 sweeps, increased surveillance, and enhanced screening protocols.”<\/p>\n
They add that they will continue coordinating with law enforcement to assess and strengthen security if needed.<\/p>\n
As the investigation into those threats continues, the zoo said its number one priority is the safety of the staff, guests and animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities gave the all-clear at Zoo Miami on Monday after another swatting call, deputies said. According to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,373],"class_list":["post-194536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}