Four Scarborough schools were placed in hold and secure as police investigated reports of an armed person on Thursday.

Police received reports of an armed person near Brimwood Blvd. and Delburn Dr. around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

Nearby Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute and Francis Libermann Catholic High School were both immediately secured.

Brimwood Boulevard junior public school and Our Lady of Grace Catholic elementary school were later under the same status as a precaution.

In a hold and secure, the school’s outer doors are locked and no one is allowed in or out until the status is lifted. Schools are usually given this status when there is a threat in the general vicinity of the school, but not on or near school property.

Police secured the area, the “hold and secure” was lifted around 12:15 p.m.