Police in suburban Kankakee and Bradley are investigating what they believe were AI-generated robocalls that threatened multiple schools Monday morning.

According to a press release , calls were placed to non-emergency numbers in both Kankakee and Bradley on Monday at approximately 4:33 a.m. that made threats toward an unspecified Kankakee school and toward Bradley East Elementary School.

According to the release, the caller told a dispatcher “they were being forced to make the threats, and some other (incoherent) verbiage before disconnecting.”

Based on an investigation, police believe the calls were made by an AI-generated robocall, and were deemed not credible.

Police presence was still beefed up at schools on Monday, with officials in Bradley alerting parents to the threats.

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