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Cooperation with Police Authorities
1) Consistent with requirements of state law, the School District’s cooperation with law enforcement officials shall include the obligation of employees to turn over physical evidence indicating the commission of a crime to appropriate law enforcement officials and the school principal or his/her designee immediately after receipt of such physical evidence.
When such evidence is received by the principal or his/her designee, it shall be then turned over to appropriate law enforcement officials immediately by the principal or his/her designee.
a) The Superintendent of Schools is directed to establish lines of communication with local law enforcement officials in order to effect the cooperation needed for the security of school facilities and the safety of students and staff.a) A criminal act is, by its very nature, a police matter. School personnel who have knowledge of incidents of a criminal nature should report this information to the principal or his/her designee.The principal or his/her designee shall report such information to the applicable law enforcement agencies.
b) In effecting such cooperation, however, the right of professional employees of the school district to maintain the confidentiality of certain communications with students as set forth in Connecticut General Statutes §10-154a shall be given recognition. Consistent with state law, a professional employee of the district shall not be required to disclose any information concerning a student’s problem with alcohol or drug use or abuse that is obtained through a professional communication with that student. Under state law “professional employee” includes an employee holding a certificate from the State Board of Education and a registered nurse assigned to a school. “Professional communication” means “any communication made privately and in confidence by a student to a professional employee of such student’s school in the course of the latter’s employment.” Although disclosure of a “professional communication” may only be made voluntarily, any “professional employee” who obtains physical evidence of the commission of a crime by a student as a result of a professional communication with that student must turn over such evidence, as described above.
2) When a pupil is expelled pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §10-233d for possession of a firearm or deadly weapon, the Superintendent of Schools shall report the violation to appropriate law enforcement officials.
Statutory references:
Connecticut General Statutes §10-154a
§10-221
§10-233d
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