[Durus]

“The people” at the meeting called it in? Who did? Were there multiple calls made? Was it the head of the company hired to access property taxes that she was questioning at the town meeting that called it in? Was it the town tax collector that purportedly told the accused to “sit down and shut up” one of the people who called the police?

If someone called the police and claimed John Smith made terroristic threat at a town meeting, should police arrest John Smith without determining if John Smith made any terroristic threats at a town meeting?

[AppyPappy]

No but if you were in a meeting with a group and someone made threats involving guns, would you want the police to investigate?

The lack of data in the article usually means the data doesn’t support the story.

[PapaBear3625]

If someone called the police and claimed John Smith made terroristic threat at a town meeting, should police arrest John Smith without determining if John Smith made any terroristic threats at a town meeting?

I would guess that the police would not show up in force like that if some unknown, anonymous person made the call. I'm guessing some official at the meeting made the call, and the the identity of the caller will be missing from the police report.