The Mount Shasta Police Department will investigate, arrest, and prosecute anyone making threats to the fullest extent of the law, according to Chief Robert Gibson. This comes after community concerns and threats of violence against city officials over a possible data center in the area.

Background

Mount Shasta City Manager Todd Juhasz informed the council that the city had received an inquiry from an unnamed entity expressing interest in developing a data center at the former Crystal Geyser Water Company facility. The site is located near a coveted water source, and some community members have responded with concerns and outrage, noting the immense environmental impacts that data centers have had elsewhere.

Chief Gibson said in his social media announcement that he welcomes the public to use their voice to participate in public forums, but that threats of violence will not be tolerated. He added that threats over a project like this are an unprecedented occurrence in his tenure as chief.

Community Response

Mount Shasta Mayor Casey Glaubman told Shasta Scout that he was disheartened that some people see threats of violence as a way to achieve their aims. He said that those who have been threatened are on the same side as the people in the community who are opposed to the project.

Some community members have been mobilizing online to speak up against the project at upcoming city and county public meetings, including a July 7 supervisor meeting and a July 13 council meeting.

Original reporting: Shasta Scout (Redding) — read the source article.