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• Raise your hands and drop your knees obeying any commands from responding Ask Questions Such As:
law enforcement • When is the bomb going to explode?
• Provide first aid to injured victims • Where is the bomb right now?
• What kind of bomb is it?
Emergency Procedures: SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY • What does it look like?
• What will cause it to explode?
General Tips • Why did you place the bomb?
• Remain calm • What’s your name?
• DO NOT let anyone into a locked room or building without proper authority
• DO NOT engage in a physical confrontation with the person Take Notes About the Call, Such As:
• DO NOT block the person’s exit • Identity: male/female and age
• Voice: loud, soft, high-pitched, deep, raspy, hoarse, nasal, pleasant
Signs of Suspicious Activity • Background Noise: office, factory, street, traffic, train, airplane, animals, party,
• Anything out of the ordinary music
• A person(s) running or leaving quickly - as if he/she were being watched or chased • Speech: accented, deliberate, fast slow, lisp, slang, taped/recorded, stuttered,
• A person(s) hauling property - lab equipment, laptops, books, bikes - at an unusual slurred
time or location • Manner: calm, angry, rational, irrational, coherent, incoherent
• A person(s) going door to door in a residence hall or office • Time of call
• a person(s) pulling on multiple doorknobs or trying to open residence hall/office • Exact words
doors • Phone Number: Check caller ID if available
• A person(s) pulling on car handles or looking into multiple vehicles • Any other pertinent information
• A person(s) forcibly entering a locked vehicle or door Handbook Student
• Car or person(s) repeatedly circling an area Call, or have someone else call, SUSCC Police or 911
• A person(s) being forced into a vehicle State your location and report the information you noted. If you are unable to speak
• Strange noises - arguing, yelling, gunshot, etc. to the police dispatcher, call 911 and leave the line open to allow the dispatcher to
• A person(s) who photographs, videotapes, sketches or asks detailed questions about listen in on the conversation
power plants, buildings, bridges, hospitals, utility infrastructure, etc.
• A person(s) who doesn’t belong attempting to gain or gaining access to a restricted WRITTEN THREAT
area • Call SUSCC Police or 911 (depending on the situation)
• State your location and report the information in the written threat
Call SUSCC Police or 911 (depending on the situation) and tell the dispatcher: • Stay on the phone until released by the dispatcher
• Your location • Don’t touch or move the letter; it should NOT be altered or destroyed
• Person’s behavior • Preserve the scene for SUSCC Police
• Person’s physical description • Prevent others from handling or going near the letter
• Person’s location and direction of travel
• What you saw Emergency Procedures: A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
• Where and when it happened
• Stay on the phone until released by the dispatcher. Consider the specific circumstances when evaluating the following signs. The presence of
one characteristic may not necessarily mean a package is dangerous, but if in doubt, call
Emergency Procedures: BOMB THREAT SUSCC Police.

TELEPHONE THREAT General Tips
• Remain calm • Remain calm
• Do not hang up; keep the caller on the line as long as possible and listen carefully • Stay away from the package
• Obtain as much information as possible • DO NOT allow anyone to handle or go near the package
• Use the bomb threat checklist