Threat Assessment protocol signed

It is being called a big step in improving the safety of school children in Northumberland and Peterborough Counties.

Police and community agency officials signed the Threat Assessment Protocol in Peterborough yesterday. The document and training provide an outline of how agencies should respond whenever schools receive information about a potential threat, like a student who may act violently toward classmates.

The director of the Canadian Centre of Threat Assessment and Trauma Response, Kevin Cameron, said the training focuses on one key element, that serious violence is an evolutionary process, and pupils who act violently often have previous behavioural problems.