PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Yavapai County’s administration building in Prescott has been closed to the public for up to two weeks because of an alleged threat by a person described as a disgruntled former employee.
County spokesman David McAtee said the threat was one of violence. He declined to elaborate but a county news release said officials were taking the alleged threat seriously, The Daily Courier reported.
The closure that began Monday would last five to 10 business days, the news release said.
No arrest had been made but the county likely would seek a restraining order to keep the person from the premises, Board of Supervisors Chairman Craig Brown said Monday.
The recent rash of mass shootings around the country did not enter into the decision to close the building, Brown said. “This would have been standard operating procedure.”
The building was closed just weeks after the county reopened it after about a year of being closed to the public due to the pandemic.
County services will continue to be available to the public during the closure, including by arranging by telephone to meet a county employee outside the building, according to the news release.
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