SARANAC LAKE — A report of a threat made by an Adirondack Educational Center student prompted a K-9 sweep of the building on Wednesday, but Tupper Lake Village Police Chief Eric Proulx said the department’s investigation found that there was no threat made.

“There was no threat made toward any single person, toward any single business, toward any single building,” he said.

Proulx said a Tupper Lake student talking with other students in a group chat made comments that seem to have gotten “turned around” into a perceived threat toward the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES building, but TLPD’s investigation has revealed otherwise.

Proulx said there is the potential someone might file an aggravated harassment charge, but that would require someone involved to pursue it. He said there are no pending charges against the student, and the investigation is still open.

“This kid made a comment that we’re glad that other students made law enforcement aware of … but we don’t find any validity at this time of the investigation,” Proulx said.

Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES Spokeswoman Jess Collier said an AEC student was speaking with other students on Snapchat outside of school hours and another student reported their comments to staff on Wednesday morning.

“Obviously one student felt that it was serious enough that they needed to say something,” Collier said. “We’re grateful that that was reported.”

At around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Collier sent a message to families through the communication app ParentSquare, letting them know school officials were evaluating a potential threat.

“We do not believe there is any credibility to the threat at this time, and we are taking every precaution to ensure that no harm comes to anyone,” she wrote.

She said the student involved was not in attendance at AEC Wednesday. Collier said the school did not lock down and classes continued as normal, but that there was heightened security as a precaution.

New York State Police brought in a K-9 unit to sweep the center for any dangers and as of 1:30 p.m. Collier said they were “confident that the building is fully safe and secure.”

“We do not expect this to turn up anything,” Collier wrote in a message sent during the search, “but we want to be exhaustive in ensuring that our students are safe and secure.”

The investigation was turned over to local police, she said, adding that law enforcement will take further action if needed.

“Students did OK with the whole thing,” she wrote in a message. “They were curious when they saw the state troopers and their K9 unit. We made sure to have staff around to let them all know everything was OK.”

She added that the school has a “great” social worker on staff who can help students with any emotional impacts in the coming days.

“We at AEC take our responsibility to your student very seriously and prioritize student safety above all else,” Collier wrote. “We’ll continue to be vigilant in any potential dangers and take immediate action when issues arise.”