Averted School Violence Reporting System

 

The Police Foundation recently launched the Averted School Violence Near Miss Reporting System (ASV) for law enforcement officials, school officials, and mental health professionals with funding from the Community Oriented Policing Services. The mission of the ASV system is to share information about averted school violence incidents and lessons learned in order to "improve school safety and help prevent future tragedies."

 

An averted school violence incident is a shooting, bombing, stabbing, or other violent attack that was thwarted, either before or after the potential perpetrator arrived on school grounds, and before any injury or loss of life occurred at the educational institution. ASV uses the term "school" inclusively to mean K-12, colleges/universities, and graduate schools. Individuals are encouraged to share their experiences anonymously through a secure, confidential, non-punitive reporting process via the ASV website.

 

Submitted incident reports go through a vetting and de-identification process, which typically takes five days but may last up to two weeks. If there is any risk that an incident could be linked to a specific individual, organization, or case that must remain anonymous, it will not be posted or made publicly available. Reports are analyzed to identify trends, emerging hazards, lessons learned, and to inform academic research and school policies. The analyses will ultimately be published on the ASV site. Submitted reports are categorized by education level: elementary, middle, and high school, and college/university. They are also searchable using keyword tags such as bomb, explosive, hostage, Instagram, and many more.

 

Please share this valuable information with colleagues and law enforcement partners and contact ASV directly via email or phone, 202-833-1469 with any questions or comments.

Join Us in DC this June for our NCCPS Institute

 

 

The purpose of our DC Institute is to provide college and university administrators involved in investigating and adjudicating sexual misconduct cases information and resources necessary to conduct trauma-informed investigations in line with evolving best practices.

 

This course is intended for campus officials involved in the investigation and adjudication of reports of policy violations relating to sexual and gender-based violence. These officials may include Title IX coordinators, administrative investigators, hearing or appeals board members, student conduct professionals, residential life staff, human resources personnel, deans of students, advocates, legal counsel, public safety officials, and others. While not specifically designed to meet the needs of criminal investigators, we encourage colleges and universities to send a representative from their law enforcement or campus safety agency.

 

If you have any questions, including those related to course objectives, you may contact us. Please note, seats are reserved on a first come, first served basis, and this course is filling quickly.