mary: dan linsky is a security expert and retired superintendent chief of the boston police. he says everyone needs to have a plan, and be ready to respond. this video found on dept of homeland security website shows a workplace scenerio, but the rules are the same regardless of the targeted location. if you can get out, do. always try to escape or evacuate. mary if you can't get out, then : you need to hide, barricade yourself in a safe place, and get quiet. the final part of the plan, fight, only as a last resort, but you need to be ready. >> it can go as you can go and download the video. you should make yourself aware. you should make your children aware. this is a conversation that families should be having with kids. mary it was just 10 days ago : that police descended upon the gunman that wound up being a hoax. but linsky predicts the coordinated response did not go unnoticed by real would-be attackers looking for an easy target. >> if you have good countermeasures, good training, good personnel, good response policies, they will go someplace else. every: this is somet

try to get a little bit more information and shed light on all of this and joined on the phone by dan linsky, former superintendent chief of police department and, dan, when you hear about the police response and police on? >> threat, you know, fact that they are saying there's a presence and haven't identified was. and what it either. credibility. or what helps say this is to verified threat or nothing they need to be concerned about. you will see investigator tactical will be doing their job. make sure it is safe clearing rooms. clearing location. tunnel hadding do techives will be evaluating whether they need cameras. to determine exactly what happened across the area. we haven't heard anything about healther in place situation or anything alicense those lines. so it safe it assume that any one in library or in that air area 771 come avenue they are free to >> i would -- i would say because of the no shelter place notice from the college that they probably evacuated people from the impacted area where they could. and they are looking to see if in fact they have got valid threat here. but

tonight i sat down with security expert dan linski who says that's last thing parents should do. if your child is hiding in cl desk that phone rings that subject may then identify your child as a potential victim. >> you should text your child instead. now we posted my full interview on the website fox25boston.com. >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney will meet with president-elect donald trump tomorrow. romney is being considered for secretary of state but he's not the only person who wants the job. retired army general david petraeus met with trump today to discuss the prestigious position. around the world. showed a great grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities as well. >> last year petraeus pleaded guilty for passing classified information to his former mistress and biographer. he was sentenced to two years probation avoiding jail time as part of a plea deal. >>> michigan's recount is over tonight and president-elect donald trump is once again confirmed the winner. fox 25's crystal haynes spoke to former green party candid

. >> the reporter: dan linski is a former boston police superintendent and chief. >> things that can happen. officers are driving aft high rates of speeds to get here, interacting with the community that's frightened and engaged. you can have other effects where people's lives, someone can get hurt. >> the reporter: late friday afternoon, the university released a statement and said the call came from outside the united states. investigators say the caller never discussed politics or any political motivations. jason law, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: new at 6:30 p.m., a convicted sex offender who violated probation at a quincy library is headed back to prison. richard gardner to another year behind bars. gardner was just released last month after serving 28 years in prison for sexually assaulting several boys. gardner admitted he violated the terms of his probation by using a computer at the quincy library when he was prohibited from going to libraries or schools. >> mark: there's a serial bank robber who spells big trouble for the f.b.i. the man has robbed four banks and each time he lea