Sexual Assault Prevention and Response at Reed
Sexual Assault Immediate Threat Assessment
Guidelines
This is a preliminary, rapid threat assessment intended to ensure that all relevant questions are asked and to help determine the potential need for immediate and short-term safety measures only. The person receiving the report should review the questions based on information immediately available from the reporting party and available witnesses, and any other immediately available information. Completion of the assessment and initiation of appropriate safety measures should not be delayed unnecessarily. If any significant threat exists, a complete threat assessment should be conducted by the appropriate individual(s) as soon as possible.
“Risk” levels based on this tool are generalized, preliminary, and subjective. They are intended to guide the assessor toward an initial determination of whether or not a significant risk may be present and inform decisions about whether or not to engage community safety and/or police, issue community alerts, and/or implement specific immediate safety measures.
Reed staff exempt from mandatory reporting requirements may use this assessment confidentially and are only required to report threats that rise to the level of an imminent threat of death or serious physical harm.
Reports of sexual assault made to Reed staff or faculty should be immediately reviewed using this assessment form, or immediately referred to staff or faculty who are able to perform this assessment. The rapid threat assessment process should be completed as soon as possible after the initial report—ideally with direct input from the survivor, any witnesses with first-hand information, and/or any witnesses with first-hand information related to the subject. The completed assessment should be immediately forwarded to community safety and the dean on call for appropriate follow up. If the threat assessment involves a student, the SASSI system shall be used to document the relevant information. If the threat assessment involves a college employee, the human resources director shall be notified. If the threat assessment involves college faculty, the dean of faculty shall be notified.
This short-form assessment is not intended to take the place of a full threat assessment, a SAFER (Staff And Faculty Evaluation of Risk) assessment, or be used to determine long-term follow-up actions.
A threat assessment using this document should be done regardless of whether or not the reporting party wants to pursue criminal and/or judicial processes, and regardless of whether or not the name of the subject is known.
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