'Suspicious Package' at Branford High School Turns Out to be Roofing Supplies: Police

BRANFORD, CT — Branford Police and Fire Department personnel responded to the Branford High School, 185 East Main Street, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday after an alert neighbor walking in the area noticed a suspicious package in the bushes at the rear of the building, police said.

The caller told the Telecommunicator answering the phone call, “This is one of those calls that if you see something, say something…” and described to the Telecommunicator what she believed was an out of the ordinary package, said Police Capt. Geoffrey Morgan.

Responding officers located the package, which appeared to be a tightly wrapped garbage bag with an unknown content inside, police said.

As a precaution, along with firefighters, officers evacuated the rear of the building until members of the Connecticut State Police Emergency Services Unit arrived and swiftly determined the package was misplaced, discarded roofing supplies, police said.

Police Chief Kevin Halloran commended the caller for her diligence in reporting the package.

“The public are our eyes and ears in the community and we rely on their assistance.” said Halloran. “We are equally as grateful that the package was nothing more than trash and we apologize for any inconvenience it may have presented to the school’s occupants.”