Dallas Police On Alert After New Threat

<p>Police were on alert Saturday evening after what was described as a credible threat was made against Dallas Police headquarters, CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reported. </p>

Saturday, July 9th 2016, 7:58 pm

By: News 9

Police were on alert Saturday evening after what was described as a credible threat was made against Dallas Police headquarters, CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

SWAT officers were called to the scene and were checking the area, according to the station.

Sources told the station the police department received an anonymous message about a group coming from Houston with the intent to kill officers. One person from the group was spotted in Dallas, the sources said.

Police spokeswoman Sr. Cpl. Monica Cordova called the measures precautionary. On Twitter, Dallas Police said reports of shots fired were inaccurate and that police were searching a police parking garage for a suspicious person.

There has been media reports of shots fired at police HQ, there has been NO shots fired. SWAT set off a device to enter a locked fence.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016

Officers are searching the police parking garage for a suspicious person.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016

Officers are conducting a systematic search of the parking lot.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016

Shortly after 7 p.m., Dallas police said they did not find a suspect in the parking garage after a manual search was completed. K-9 units were sent in to conduct a secondary search to make sure there is no suspicious person in the garage.

Officers have completed manual search of the garage. No suspect found.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

As a precautionary measure, K9 is conducting a secondary search.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

Shortly before 8 p.m., police cleared all three floors of the garage and said they did not find a suspicious person or suspicious items in the garage.

Out of an abundance of caution, officers searched the garage to ensure reports of a suspicious person was thoroughly investigated.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

An armored vehicle was moved to near the department's downtown headquarters late Saturday afternoon and heavily armed officers were seen walking nearby. But members of the public were still able to walk about freely around the building.

Other departments around the country have been receiving threats. They follow videos involving police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Mississippi and the killing of five police officers by a sniper in Dallas earlier this week.

Officers are searching the police parking garage for a suspicious person.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016

Officers are conducting a systematic search of the parking lot.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 9, 2016

Officers have completed manual search of the garage. No suspect found.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

As a precautionary measure, K9 is conducting a secondary search.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

Shortly before 8 p.m., police cleared all three floors of the garage and said they did not find a suspicious person or suspicious items in the garage.

Out of an abundance of caution, officers searched the garage to ensure reports of a suspicious person was thoroughly investigated.
— Dallas Police Depart (@DallasPD) July 10, 2016

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Police were on alert Saturday evening after what was described as a credible threat was made against Dallas Police headquarters, CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

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