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How do police assess threats?
The PSNI's initial advice to some schools that the email was 'spam' shows how police rapidly assess the credibility of threats. They look for patterns, compare with other incidents, and use intelligence to determine if a threat is genuine or a hoax, updating their advice as more information becomes available.
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