Parents demand answers from police for slow response to threat made against Delaware school

Concerned parents packed a meeting called by the Delaware State Police to explain why it took officers more than an hour to respond to a threat made against a local school.

Officials say La Academia Charter School in Newark was placed on lockdown on Oct. 24 after a call was made threatening the school's executive director and the students.

Police tried to explain to an enraged crowd of school community members and parents that there were problems at the dispatch center because the initial call came in as a non-emergency.

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