Dear School Safety
Partner,
The Ohio Department of
Education and Ohio Homeland Security today premiered a video to encourage
students to report information about any school threats and to help them
understand the consequences of falsely making bomb threats. False bomb threats endanger students, disrupt learning
and stretch the resources of first responders.
The
video, which features Ohio students and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp, is
being distributed statewide. It can be viewed here.
Please share this
video with your students and staff now and
throughout the year to remind your school community of the serious consequences
of making threats. Students can end up facing felony charges resulting in
sentences in prison or juvenile detention. It is critical to inform
students of the harm bomb threats can cause to
their schools
and their futures.
In addition to this
video, the centerpiece of this effort is the SaferOH tip line —
844-SaferOH (844-723-3764) — that enables
students or anyone to anonymously share information with school officials and law
enforcement about threats to student safety. Officials encourage students to
report all such threats — whether they
involve a threatened mass incident or harm to a single student. For more
information on the tip line, please click here.
The Center for P-20
Safety and Security was formed as a collaborative effort between the Ohio
Department of Higher Education, the Ohio Department of Education and Ohio
Homeland Security to create safe and supportive learning environments and
respond to violence and its causes in educational settings throughout Ohio.
Thank you for all you do to keep Ohio children safe!
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