the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Lyndhurst NJ, on Wednesday around 9:25 am the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office has placed Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst on lockdown due to a report of a suspicious item found in an elevator shaft. No student, faculty or staff can enter or exit the facility. Additional members of law enforcement have responded and are securing the facility. The Paramus and Hackensack campuses were unaffected by this lockdown. The College will provide further updates as available.
At 10:31 am the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the lockdown at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. Acting in an abundance of caution, law enforcement responded, secured and cleared the facility and determined no threat existed. The College thanks law enforcement for its expedient response.
