Bergenfield, Waldwick and Mahwah were among the schools receiving threats Friday morning, officials said.
(File photo) Several Bergen County high schools were the targets of bomb threats on Friday morning, authorities said.
The threats were the second time in the past several weeks that some of the schools have been evacuated due to threats.
Another bomb threat? [?] [?]
-- Jay (@joshechon_) February 26, 2016
Bergenfield High School received a bomb threat about 8:40 a.m. via a threat called into Washington Elementary School, police said in a statement.
"Bergenfield police are on scene and a perimeter is set up with traffic detours in place," police Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said in a statement. "The high school has been evacuated and the students have been escorted to a safe location."
26 N.J. schools targets of bomb threats
Mahwah police also reported a high school bomb threat via social media.
In Waldwick, officials said students were in a "shelter in place" as officials investigated the credibility of a threat to the middle and high schools.
The Bergen County Sheriff's Office bomb squad had been dispatched to several schools Friday morning, confirmed Sheriff's spokesman Anthony Cureton.
By late morning, most of the schools had completed their investigations and announced the threats were not credible.
Several weeks ago, bomb threats were sent to several schools across the country, including more than two dozen in New Jersey.
Hackensack high school: where the bomb threat rate is higher than my GPA
-- janina (@Janinasantoro) February 26, 2016
Bomb threat for BHS. Students being evacuated to a safe location. Police on scene, bomb squad notified and responding.@BergenfieldSD
-- Bergenfield PD (@BergenfieldNJPD) February 26, 2016