For more information, see
    Delgado’s Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery Policy
     
     
     
    EMERGENCY PLAN
    for
     
    HOSTAGE SITUATION
     
     
    Witness to a hostage situation:
     
    If the hostage–taker is unaware of your presence, DO NOT INTERVENE!
     
     
    Notify building administrator. Building administrator may wish to initiate lockdown
    procedures or evacuation.
     
    Call
    911
    . Give dispatcher details of situation.
     
    Seal off area near hostage scene.
     
    Police will take control of hostage scene; building administrator coordinates with
    police for safety and welfare of students and staff.
     
    Document all activities.
     
    If taken hostage:
     
     
     
    Cooperate with hostage–taker to the fullest extent possible.
     
    Try not to panic. Calm students if they are present.
     
    Treat the hostage–taker as normally as possible.
     
    Be respectful to the hostage–taker.
     
    Ask permission to speak; do not argue or make suggestions.
     
     
    Approved 12/10/08

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