Critical incident response procedures

Definition

A critical incident is a legal term and should be used only to define incidents meeting the following criteria:

Occurs on library property or is directly associated with someone’s role at the library.
Involves one or more of the following elements:
- An attempt to physically harm a library employee, volunteer, or vendor.
- An actual threat of immediate physical violence directed toward a library employee, volunteer, or vendor.
  - An “actual” threat is one made in the time and can be immediately carried out; whereas an “implied” threat is made to intimidate and non-specific over the course of action.
- Sexual misconduct directed toward a library employee, volunteer, or vendor.
- When an active threat is occurring. An active threat is a security-related evacuation or lockdown that is not a drill.

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