Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus: What You Need to Know
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This presentation is from the webinar, Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus: What You Need to Know, presented by the National Center for Campus Public Safety (NCCPS). Does your campus have the ability to address threatening behavior from students, employees, or external sources? Does your process meet current best practices for campus violence prevention? In this webinar, Dr. Marisa Randazzo provides an overview of best practices in campus threat assessment, components of effective campus threat assessment programs, and steps in the threat assessment process to guide your campus to success.
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Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus: What You Need to Know
- 2. © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015) www.SigmaTMA.com BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT ON CAMPUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW MARISA R. RANDAZZO, PH.D. SIGMA Threat Management Associates
- 3. WEBINAR OVERVIEW § What is Behavioral Threat Assessment? § Current Best PracCces in Campus Threat Assessment § Components of EffecCve Programs § Steps in the Threat Assessment Process § Resources Slide 3 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 4. WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT? Slide 4
- 5. BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT 1 • Identify person of concern 2 • Gather information / investigate 3 • Assess information and situation 4 • Manage the person / situation A systemaEc process that is designed to: Slide 5 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 6. THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS Facts Conclusions Strategies Threat assessment is a deducEve process: Slide 6 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 7. WHY THREAT ASSESSMENT WORKS § Targeted campus aMacks are preventable; they follow a logical & detectable pathway to violence. § A person’s ideas and plans for violence are potenCally detectable before harm occurs. § InformaCon is likely to be scaMered and fragmented. § Team should act quickly upon iniCal report, gather informaCon and pieces of the puzzle, and assemble the informaCon to see is person is on pathway to violence. § Threat assessment and case management is not an adversarial process. Engagement with a person of concern can be criCcal to prevenCng violence or harm.
- 8. BROAD CONSENSUS Recommended by: § Virginia Tech Review Panel (governor’s panel) § Report to President from U.S. Departments of EducaCon, JusCce, Health & Human Services; § Numerous professional associaCons: • AASCU, ASJA, IACLEA, MHEC, NAAG, NASPA § Several state task forces on campus safety: • CA, FL, IA, IL, KY, MA, MO, NC, NJ, NM, OK, PA, WI, VA § American NaConal Standard (ANSI-‐approved): “A Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-‐Made Hazards to Higher EducaCon InsCtuCons” Slide 8 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 9. REQUIRED IN 3 STATES Required by law: § Commonwealth of Virginia § State of Illinois § State of ConnecCcut Slide 9 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 10. CURRENT BEST PRACTICES IN CAMPUS THREAT ASSESSMENT Slide 10
- 11. CURRENT BEST PRACTICES § MulC-‐disciplinary team § Authority to engage in threat assessment § Basic threat assessment training § Standard threat assessment processes and procedures § Resources and acCviCes that support threat assessment operaCons Slide 11 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 12. BEST PRACTICES REFERENCES § A Risk Analysis Standard for Natural and Man-‐Made Hazards to Higher Educa<on Ins<tu<ons (2010). ASME InnovaCve Technologies InsCtute LLC § Campus Threat Assessment and Management Teams: What Risk Managers Need to Know Now (2011). Nolan, Randazzo & Deisinger § The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment and Management Teams (2008). Deisinger, Randazzo, O’Neill & Savage § Implemen<ng Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus: A Virginia Tech Demonstra<on Project (2009). Randazzo & Plummer Slide 12 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 13. COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE CAMPUS THREAT ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS Slide 13
- 14. COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS q MulC-‐disciplinary team(s) q InsCtuCon-‐wide OR Student-‐only and employee-‐only q Training from qualified & experienced trainer q Access to case management / support resources q AdministraCon support q Legal counsel input q Database / case documentaCon q ReporCng mechanisms & campus-‐wide awareness q Community relaConships Slide 14 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 15. THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM: MulE-‐Disciplinary Membership n Student Affairs n Human Resources n Campus Police / Campus Security n Counseling Center / Employee Assistance n Local Law enforcement n General Counsel n Alternates (opConal) n Others as needed
- 16. TRAINING FOR TEAM / CAMPUS q Training for team members § Basic training in behavioral threat assessment procedures § Self-‐guided tabletop exercises / amer-‐acCon reviews § Advanced training q Trainers should be qualified, have significant direct case experience § Review and vet potenCal trainers § Check for feedback from other clients q Campus-‐wide training / strategies to encourage community to report threats and other troubling behavior
- 17. WAYS TO ENCOURAGE REPORTING For effecEve reporEng, people need to know: § Their role and responsibility to report § What to report § Where to report § Reports are wanted § Something will be done § Regular reminders of issues and process “If you see something, say something.” Source: NYC Metropolitan TransportaEon Authority Slide 17 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 18. STEPS IN THE THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS Slide 18 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 19. THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS 1. Encourage reporCng to the team(s) 2. IdenCfy person / situaCon of concern 3. Screen case for imminence / team scope 4. Gather InformaCon § Seek out informaCon from mulCple sources § Include person of concern where possible § Include Internet / social media search § Include previous schools / employers § Include local law enforcement checks © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 20. THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS (CONT.) 5. Analyze informaCon & Assess person of concern § Answer Key InvesCgaCve QuesCons § Answer Assessment QuesCons 6. Manage person / situaCon if needed § Develop threat management plan § Implement threat management plan § Monitor and re-‐evaluate plan to ensure safety © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 21. CAMPUS THREAT ASSESSMENT RESOURCES Slide 21 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 22. HANDS-ON RESOURCES Books § The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment & Management Teams www.SigmaTMA.com/about/our-‐books/ § Implemen<ng Behavioral Threat Assessment on Campus: A Virginia Tech Demonstra<on Project www.SigmaTMA.com/about/our-‐books/ Slide 22 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 23. HANDS-ON RESOURCES Training & Tabletop Resources § Campus Threat Assessment Case Studies: A Training Tool for Inves<ga<on, Evalua<on & Interven<on www.CampusThreatAssessment.org § How to Find a Good Threat Assessment Consultant: 5 Ques<ons to Ask Before You Hire www.SigmaTMA.com/news/ Slide 23 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 24. § PrevenCon is possible § Threat assessment team is most effecCve when supported by campus and community resources § Team needs quality training to work effecCvely § Focus is on safety for all § Evaluate periodically § Consult, consult, consult! CONCLUSION Slide 24 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)
- 25. CONTACT INFORMATION: Marisa Randazzo, PhD Managing Partner SIGMA Threat Management Associates 703-‐647-‐7419 MRandazzo@SigmaTMA.com www.SigmaTMA.com Stay in touch with us on: Facebook SIGMA Threat Management Twiber @SigmaTMA LinkedIn SIGMA Threat Management Book available at: www.SigmaTMA.com Slide 25 © SIGMA Threat Management Associates (2015)