Safety and Threat Assessment Team

The Safety and Threat Assessment Team (STAT) exists to improve the safety of the Clark community by managing situations where students, 工作人员, or faculty are displaying disruptive or threatening behaviors that potentially endanger their own or other’s health and safety.

As appropriate to the circumstances of a particular situation, the Team may engage in activities that may include, but are not limited to, 以下几点:

• Receiving reports on persons or situations of concern that may pose a risk of harm to a member of the Clark community, including but not limited to, 暴力事件, threatening behavior or statements, 不必要的追求, 跟踪, 和骚扰. Reports may be submitted to the team by any member of the Clark community or brought to the team’s attention by one of the team members.
• Gathering information from multiple sources (on campus and outside the institution) regarding the person or situation of concern and evaluating the information to determine whether the person or situation of concern poses a threat of violence, 自残, 或两者兼而有之;
• 发展中, 实现, and monitoring intervention strategies and management plans, which are designed to respond appropriately to statements, behavior and/or circumstances that generate concern that an individual may pose a threat.
• Coordinating with appropriate authorities, including law enforcement, 医疗人员。, and other outside agencies, 适当的;
• Implementing reporting protocols and developing strategies to encourage reports from the Clark community;
• Assisting in conducting periodic campus-wide awareness education for students, 工作人员, and faculty regarding threat assessment, 威胁管理, pertinent information-sharing issues, and the team’s responsibilities.
• Keeping appraised of best practices and participating in periodic trainings in threat assessment and management.