Missing Student Notification Policy

Students are given the opportunity during each semester’s registration process to designate an individual or individuals to be contacted by the College no more than 24 hours after the time the student is determined to be missing. 如果有的话 原因 相信一个学生失踪了, all possible efforts will be made to locate the student and to determine the student’s state of health and well-being. The efforts to locate the student will be a collaborative effort between Blinn Division of 学生服务, 房屋署, 警察局, 的同学, 家庭, 和朋友.

失踪人员 – A person residing on campus at Blinn has the option of listing a confidential name to be notified in the event they are reported missing, and this name is separate from their emergency contact information. ShouId a student decline to list a separate name, the person listed as the emergency contact will be notified in the event the resident is reported missing. The notification is made to Residence Life staff; the appropriate Residence Life Area Coordinator should be immediately notified to assess the situation.

If the notification is made to the 布林警察局, officers should immediately notify the Residence Life Office and work together to get the appropriate Residence Life Area Coordinator to assess the situation. The 布林警察局 and/or Residence Life personnel will notify the designated contact person within 24 hours of the individual being reported missing. If a student is under 18 years of age and not emancipated, the College must notify a custodial parent or guardian within 24 hours of the determination that the student is missing, in addition to notifying any additional contact person designated by the student.

All 失踪人员 shall be reported to the 布林警察局 immediately. If a student is reported as missing for a full 24 hours, the 布林警察局 and Residence Life personnel will initiate their 失踪人员 Notification Procedures. The 布林警察局 and Residence Life may initiate the procedures prior to the 24-hour requirement. When a missing person report is made regarding a student residing in the Residence Life Program, 下面的协议 行 实施:

评估形势: (Residence Life Hall Directors or Assistant Hall Directors)

A. Search the room and building for the individual. 如果未定位，请转步骤B.

B. What are the circumstances that led one to report a missing person?

C. What was the emotional state of the missing individual?

D. What are the missing person's normal habits?

E. How long has the individual been missing?

F. When was the last time the person was seen?

G. 他们当时和谁在一起?

H. What was the last known destination?

I. What type of transportation did he/she have?

J. 失踪人员描述:

1. Age and build (a photograph is most useful).
2. Clothes they were wearing when last seen.
3. Facial hair, glasses, color and length of hair, etc.
4. Other unusual or identifying characteristics (tattoos, braces, scars, etc.).

应采取的行动:

A. Residence Life Hall Directors or Assistant Hall Directors

1. Notify the Director of Residence Life.
2. 通知布林警察局.
3. Notify missing person listed on the housing application. If the student did not designate an individual to be contacted in the event of a missing person report, notify the person listed as their emergency contact.

B. Director of Residence Life (or designee)

1. Gather information collected by the Hall Director or Assistant Hall Director.
2. Turn collected information over to the 布林警察局.
3. Assist the 布林警察局 as requested.

C. 布林警察局

1. Vice Chancellor for Finance and 政府 (Vice Chancellor will contact administrative hierarchy per policy) and Vice Chancellor for 学生服务.
2. TCIC / NCIC
3. 地区执法机构.