It is the
policy of the Department of Education to provide services to all persons, without
regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, disability,
ancestry, or national origin, in accordance with federal
and state laws.
Bomb threat procedures
available from sheriffs, county emergency coordinators
Schools that do not have
written procedures in place for responding to bomb threats are urged to
contact either the local sheriff or the county emergency coordinator for
materials and whatever other assistance is needed. The Office of Homeland
Security in Pierre recently provided bomb threat procedures to all sheriffs’
offices andcounty emergency coordinators throughout the state.
Available to schools are:
“Recommended Bomb Threat Procedures for Schools,” a step-by-step outline of
procedures a school should follow if a bomb threat is received or if a
suspicious package is discovered.
“Bomb
Threat Aid” is a form that can be located near the school’s phones and used
by whoever answers the phone in the case of a phoned-in bomb threat. The
form will help the person receiving the bomb threat record information that
will be helpful to investigators arriving on the scene; it includes
questions that the person can try to ask the caller in order to get more
details.
