Threatening Behavior by Students

PURPOSE AND SUMMARY

The university seeks to promote a safe environment where students and employees may participate in the educational process without compromising their health, safety, or welfare. Chaminade University prohibits threats of physical harm to any member of the university community, including to one’s self. Threatening behavior can harm and disrupt the university, its community, and its families.

DEFINITIONS

Threatening behavior means any verbal or physical threats, intimidation, and/or aggressive physical behavior. Prohibited contact includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1.      Intimidation, harassment, assault, stalking, inappropriate physical contact, or any other conduct that causes a person to believe that he or she is under a threat of death or serious bodily injury.

2.      Inflicting or threatening injury or damage to another person’s life, health, well-being, family, or property.

3.      Possessing a firearm, explosive, hazardous device or substance, or other dangerous weapon on university premises or at a university function, or using an object as a weapon.

4.      Abusing or damaging university, employee, or student property.

5.      Using obscene or abusive language or gestures in a threatening manner.

6.      Raising voices in a threatening manner.

POLICY

Threatening behavior is prohibited. Because of the potential for misunderstanding, joking about any of the above conduct is also prohibited.

Procedures for Reporting of Threatening Behavior by Students

If threatened by any student’s conduct to the point of reasonable fear of immediate physical harm to self, others, or property:

1.      Leave the area immediately.

2.      Call Campus Security by dialing ext. 4792 or 735-4792 to request that an officer come to the location.

Anyone who observes what appears to be threatening behavior must report it to the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students after reporting the threatening behavior to Campus Security.

University employees who observe what appears to be threatening behavior must also report it to the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students or their supervisor or department head, who should report it to the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students.

STUDENT CONDUCT PROCESS

The Student Conduct Process will be utilized as outlined in this Chaminade University Student Handbook.

The Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students may utilize the Care Team to assist in determining whether the student can remain on campus or whether other appropriate student conduct actions should be taken. The Care Team is an advisory committee that shall include representatives from the Counseling Center, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students, Student Conduct, Campus Security, Housing & Residence Life, and/or other ad hoc members and consultants as deemed necessary by the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students on a case- by-case basis. The committee will receive its charge from the Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students as necessary.