Campus Threat Assessment Committee
1. PURPOSE
The Brigham Young University–Hawaii ("university") Threat Assessment Committee will evaluate situations in which individuals, faculty, staff, students and/or visitors may constitute a campus safety threat by demonstrating threatening conduct. By assessing and implementing ways to safeguard the campus community, this committee makes recommendations to university administration and/or law enforcement officials or others as it sees fit.
2. POLICY
Threatening conduct – Includes but not limited to:
- physical injury;
- threats that create a reasonable fear of injury;
- possessing or brandishing a weapon;
- behavior that subjects another individual to undue emotional distress;
- intentionally damaging property;
- threatening to injure or damage property;
- retaliation towards those who report such conduct to university officials;
- physical actions, short of actual contact, such as aggressively moving closer to a person, waving arms or fists, yelling in an aggressive manner; etc,
- threats made in a joking fashion;
- stalking behavior;
- hate speech or other derogatory speech;
- repeated erratic behavior that causes other individuals to be apprehensive or fearful for their safety or the safety of others;
- threatening or disturbing behavior or written, verbal or electronic communication in academic work;
- threatening or disturbing behavior in written, verbal or electronic communication to professors, staff, and students.
3. IMPLEMENTATION
Original Approval by President's Council: 11/02/2009
Updated by President's Council: 02/14/2012
4. RELATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Campus Safety & Security Policies
Disruptive Student Conduct Policy