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- About Risk Management
- Bloodbourne Pathogens-Exposure Control Plan
- Department Resources for Parents and Students
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Hazard Communications Plans
- Mission Statement
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- Visitor Identification
- What to Do When Winter Weather Strikes
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- Workplace Safety
Law Enforcement and Security Measures
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Stafford County Public Schools, in cooperation with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, provide the following:
- Campus surveillance to ensure a secure, safe, and clean of graffiti or other gang paraphernalia.
- Staff to visually supervise all school areas.
- In-house and contracted security personnel.
- Sheriff’s Office Deputies work large functions.
- School Resource Officers are at all high schools, full time.
- Digital Video Recording System (CCTV’s) installed at all schools with ongoing contracted enhancements.
- Sheriff's Office provides random inspections and drug sweeps with canines.
- Visitors must sign in at all schools/facilities.
- High school students are provided I.D. cards.
- All Stafford County Public Schools contracted staff are provided I.D. cards.
- A school audit is prepared by each school yearly to identify crime conducive areas, which may be receptive to gang or criminal activity.
- All schools are protected with security alarm systems.
- A strong academic mission.
- Effective academic instruction for all.
- Student involvement in decision making.
- Clear rules and consequences governing student behavior.
- Good social behavior rewarded.
- Positive and supportive role models.
- Zero tolerance policy on drugs, weapons, and violence.
- Student and staff training in violence prevention and safety education.
- School counselors in all schools.
- Crisis response team and plan, which includes notifying police, parents, and other authorities during a crisis and communicate with the media.
- Violent and non-criminal incidents reporting procedures.
- School evacuation plan.
- School-centered leadership programs like mentoring.
- School Resource Officer (SRO), conflict resolution, and mediators to resolve conflict instead of suspension, detention, and expulsion.
- Teacher/staff development about gangs and gang interaction and intervention.
- Prompt parent contact at first sign of gang involvement, offering alternatives to dropping out, providing counseling.
- D.A.R.E.