Common use of Requirement to Report Incidents Involving Planned or Threatened Violence Clause in Contracts

Requirement to Report Incidents Involving Planned or Threatened Violence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is agreed that (school official) must immediately notify (law enforcement agency) whenever any school employee in the course of his or her employment develops reason to believe that anyone has threatened, is planning, or otherwise intends to cause death, serious bodily injury, or significant bodily injury to another person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that the person genuinely intends at some time in the future to commit the violent act or to carry out the threat, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.3(c) through (e). In making these determinations, the school official should employ risk management and assessment tools. Chapter 7 of New Jersey Department of Education publication titled School Safety and Security Manual: Best Practices Guidelines provides an approach to behavioral assessment and risk determination. Specifically, section 7.2., the Four-Pronged Threat Assessment Model, addresses evaluation of persons making threats. The school official must provide to the responding law enforcement agency all known information relevant to the threat, including but not limited to any historical or background information concerning the person’s behavior or state of mind. For the purposes of this reporting requirement, the threatened or planned act of violence need not be imminent, and the intended victim of the violent act need not be aware of the threat. Nor must it be relevant for the purposes of this reporting requirement that the intended victim is not a student or member of the school community, or that the violent act is not intended to be committed on school grounds. The parties to this Agreement understand and agree that students who make a credible threat of harm to themselves or others should be taken seriously. Accordingly, the provisions of this paragraph must be liberally construed with a view toward preventing future acts of violence.

Requirement to Report Incidents Involving Planned or Threatened Violence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is agreed that (school official) the Superintendent of Schools, Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Pereira must immediately notify (law enforcement agency) the Lacey Township Police Department whenever any school employee in the course of his or her employment develops reason to believe that anyone has threatened, is planning, or otherwise intends to cause death, serious bodily injury, or significant bodily injury to another person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that the person genuinely intends at some time in the future to commit the violent act or to carry out the threat, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.3(c) through (e). In making these determinations, the school official should employ risk management and assessment tools. Chapter 7 of New Jersey Department of Education publication titled School Safety and Security Manual: Best Practices Guidelines provides an approach to behavioral assessment and risk determination. Specifically, section 7.2., the Four-Pronged Threat Assessment Model, addresses evaluation of persons making threats. The school official must provide to the responding law enforcement agency all known information relevant to the threat, including but not limited to any historical or background information concerning the person’s behavior or state of mind. For the purposes of this reporting requirement, the threatened or planned act of violence need not be imminent, and the intended victim of the violent act need not be aware of the threat. Nor must it be relevant for the purposes of this reporting requirement that the intended victim is not a student or member of the school community, or that the violent act is not intended to be committed on school grounds. The parties to this Agreement understand and agree that students who make a credible threat of harm to themselves or others should be taken seriously. Accordingly, the provisions of this paragraph must be liberally construed with a view toward preventing future acts of violence.

Requirement to Report Incidents Involving Planned or Threatened Violence. ‌ Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, it is agreed that (school official) must immediately notify (law enforcement agency) whenever any school employee in the course of his or her employment develops reason to believe that anyone has threatened, is planning, or otherwise intends to cause death, serious bodily injury, or significant bodily injury to another person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that the person genuinely intends at some time in the future to commit the violent act or to carry out the threat, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.3(c) through (e). In making these determinations, the school official should employ risk management and assessment tools. Chapter 7 of New Jersey Department of Education publication titled School Safety and Security Manual: Best Practices Guidelines provides an approach to behavioral assessment and risk determination. Specifically, section 7.2., the Four-Pronged Threat Assessment Model, addresses evaluation of persons making threats. The school official must provide to the responding law enforcement agency all known information relevant to the threat, including but not limited to any historical or background information concerning the person’s behavior or state of mind. For the purposes of this reporting requirement, the threatened or planned act of violence need not be imminent, and the intended victim of the violent act need not be aware of the threat. Nor must it be relevant for the purposes of this reporting requirement that the intended victim is not a student or member of the school community, or that the violent act is not intended to be committed on school grounds. The parties to this Agreement understand and agree that students who make a credible threat of harm to themselves or others should be taken seriously. Accordingly, the provisions of this paragraph must be liberally construed with a view toward preventing future acts of violence.