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Note:
This policy has been replaced with Policy Code GBEBE, Use
of Physical Force (Available
in MS Word | Available in
Adobe PDF) -- October 5, 2004
PROTECTION FROM
PHYSICAL ASSUALT
BOARD POLICY 4320
An employee may use
reasonable force as is necessary to protect himself/herself from attack, to protect
another person or property, to quell a disturbance threatening physical injury to others,
or to obtain possession of weapons or other dangerous objects upon the person or within
control of a student. Furthermore, an employee shall use reasonable force to take other
reasonable steps to protect students from attack and injury.
Employees shall immediately report
instances of attack, assault or threat against them by any student to their principal or
other immediate supervisor, and also to the appropriate local law enforcement agency. The
report shall be forwarded immediately to the Superintendent or designee, who shall comply
with any reasonable request from the employee for information in the possession of the
Superintendent relating to the incident or the persons involved, and shall act in
appropriate ways as liaison between the employee, the police, and the courts.
TUCSON UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Tucson, Arizona
Adopted by Board: September
17, 1985
Replaced with Policy Code GBEBE, Use of Physical Force: October
5, 2004
(Available in MS Word | Available
in Adobe PDF)
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