ATLANTA – State Representative Steven Sainz (R-St. Marys) and Camden County Sheriff Jim Proctor today issued the following joint statement regarding active shooter threats made against Camden County High School and other schools across Coastal Georgia:
“Nothing is more sacred than our students’ and staff’s safety in the classroom. Every day parents entrust their children to the educational environments of our local classrooms. This morning, threats were made against multiple South Georgia schools regarding an active shooter; this included a threat to Camden County High School. All threats made today have been confirmed to be false. The school faculty and law enforcement personnel who arrived on the scene and immediately executed a threat assessment are to be commended. However, the fear instilled in the hearts of every parent, child and faculty member is still present.
“Due to the regional nature of multiple threats, we are requesting an immediate effort to coordinate a joint investigation for all affected counties across the Coastal Georgia region. The response to these egregious acts against our communities must meet a deliberate and unified effort to apprehend the guilty parties. We formally request that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation initiate a task force to investigate the threats that were made today. The task force should include relevant state and federal resources, as well as all school systems and law enforcement agencies who responded and are now investigating the school shooting reports in Camden, Glynn, Brantley, Chatham and Lowndes counties.”
Representative Steven Sainz currently represents the citizens of District 180, which includes Camden, Charlton and Ware counties. District 180 will be comprised of Camden County and portions of Glynn County starting in January 2023. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee and Secretary of the Economic Development & Tourism Committee. He also serves on the Creative Arts & Entertainment, Defense & Veterans Affairs, Science and Technology and Judiciary Non-Civil committees.
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