Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Bayview Officer Doherty responded to the International Studies Academy on Vermont St. when the principal there reported that four unknown teenagers had threatened several female students with a knife. The Officer met with the principal and six girls, some of whom were crying and obviously frightened, in the school office. The girls explained that they had been standing in front of the school waiting for rides home when 4 strange male teenagers approached them. The boys began to ask the girls for dates and phone numbers. All of the girls reported that the smell of alcohol was strong on the boys’ breath. Repulsed by their drunken antics and less than romantic ways, the girls retreated into the school. Angered by the girls’ rejections, the boys followed the girls onto school property and became verbally abusive. Several of the boys began pulling on the girls’ coats and backpacks. At one point, one of the boys brandished a knife and threatened two of the girls. Eventually the boys, none of whom are students at the school, fled on foot. Officers searched the area but did not find the suspects. Officer Doherty passed his report along to Officer Tony Miller, who is the SFPD School Resource Officer assigned to the International Studies Academy.

Friday, November 4, 4:23 PM - Disturbance on School Property, Weapon on School Grounds, Terrorist Threats - Case #: 051248893 - 600 Block of Vermont St