Hostage Situation

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Emergency Response Guidelines

  • Remain calm.
  • Notify the Security Department or 911.
  • Avoid confrontation with the intruder.
  • Evacuate others from the area if it safe to do.

If you are taken hostage:

  • Follow instructions of hostage taker.
  • Calm students if they are present.
  • Treat the hostage taker as normally as possible.
  • Be respectful to hostage taker.
  • Ask permission to speak and do not argue or make suggestions.