Requirements of support center. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

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The support center must:

1. Be capable of receiving reports made using the hotline, Internet website, mobile telephone application and text messaging application established pursuant to NRS 388.1455;

2. Be available to receive reports and staffed with trained personnel 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays and other days when school is not in session;

3. Establish a process for handling a report if personnel at the support center are unable to determine the location of the school or the person about whom the report is made, or if the report concerns a private school or an entity other than a school;

4. Train personnel at the support center who are involved in responding to reports to follow up on each report by gathering information necessary to determine the validity of the report and the severity of any threat;

5. Use a software system that is resistant to hacking and copying of information to protect the anonymity of persons who submit reports;

6. Develop and implement a standardized procedure for tracking the outcome of reports;

7. Compile statistics to determine:

(a) The most frequent days of the week on which reports are made;

(b) The most frequent times of the day for making reports;

(c) The types of dangerous, violent or unlawful activity that are reported and the frequency of reports of each type of dangerous, violent or unlawful activity;

(d) The frequency with which reports are submitted using the hotline, Internet website, mobile telephone application and text messaging application, respectively; and

(e) The outcome of reports;

8. Submit to the Director a quarterly report that contains the information compiled pursuant to subsection 7 and any other information necessary for the Director to evaluate the Program or that is requested by the Director; and

9. Provide each report received to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4011)


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