Police stepped up their security presence at the Mall at Rockingham Park after officials discovered a note in a changing room threatening to bomb the facility on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The note, which was found in a public changing facility on Friday, Aug. 14, did not specify a time and listed no demands, according to Salem police Capt. Shawn Patten.

The exact message in the note was not released by police.

The authorities had worked closely with mall officials to develop a plan to address the situation and ensure public safety, Patten said, though, owing to the nature of the threat, the specifics could not be made public.

The police department has also made whatever resources it has to handle the situation available to mall officials, according to Patten.

“We obviously have a lot of resources that we can tap into, not just in Salem, but statewide. We will do whatever is necessary to ensure safety,” Patten said. “Obviously, we’ve made calls in order to get as much resources we need to handle it. Really what it boils down to working with the mall to see what they want to do.”

Spokesman Kevin Flynn said the mall was cooperating with the Police Department in every way possible.

“It goes without saying that safety and the well-being of our customers and employees is our first priority,” Flynn said. “We have a proactive and vigilant security team together with the Salem Police Department.”

While police don’t have any information that the bomb threat is serious, Patten said the department takes all threats extremely seriously.

“We’ve had other bomb threats of this nature. A lot of time they happen at the schools, or there are some suspicious packages left in areas,” he said. “Once 2001 hit, the way we handled these things changed.”

The investigation into the note is ongoing, though police have not yet found a suspect behind the bomb threat.