A coalition of central Illinois leaders who do emergency planning for schools recently discussed how to utilize students who carry a cell phone in those procedures.

On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, Monticello Police Chief Rob Bross told the Hart Media Group that the Regional Office of Education regularly brings together schools in DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt Counties to do planning scenarios for emergencies within the school systems.

According to Chief Bross, the coalition recently heard from an FBI agent regarding youth and their cell phones, specifically how those have become detrimental to student safety.

Chief Bross notes the conversation shifted to at least utilizing students' access to their cell phones in their reunification plans. 

A portion of the presentation by the FBI agent brought to their meeting also discussed the dangers of kids' unfettered access to their cell phones and some of the dangers kids face today online.