Stamford officials are getting to work on plans to harden security at the city's public schools after they say a fraudulent threat called in last month highlighted areas that could use improvement.

Stamford officials say they were already looking into ways to harden school security, but the fraudulent threat called into Stamford High on Oct. 1 provided the catalyst to do it now.

Officials say officers were on scene in under 90 seconds, and the threat was evaluated as a hoax within 16 minutes as at least 10 similar swatting incidents affected districts around the state.

Mayor Caroline Simmons requested 400,000 of Stamford's remaining ARPA dollars to harden school security across the city.

"It is an important reminder that you can never be too proactive when it comes to our children’s safety," said Simmons.

Security chief Joe Kennedy says in the future, it's important to keep schools up to the minute on an evolving situation.

Some of that requested funding is set to be spent as soon as possible to add keycard access to school buildings.

Officials say extra training for students and faculty is also on the way with student and faculty input.

Stamford officials say police will also be visiting local schools to teach students and staff what to expect when police respond to a potential active shooter situation.