Violence Prevention
Responding to Potentially Violent Student
**If you are concerned that a student is at imminent risk of harm to self or others, please call Public Safety at 206-296-5911 immediately**
The following can be indicators or "Red Flags" of potential violence:
- Paranoia
- Dramatic change in work or study habits
- Decline in personal grooming
- Deterioration in social relationships
- Impulse control problems
- Argumentative; talks about revenge or vengeance
- Grandiose; always has to be right
- Psychotic, delusional
- Emotional expression that doesn't match context
- Highly disruptive behavior (hostility, aggression, etc.)
- Strange or bizarre behavior indicating a loss of contact with reality
- Suicidal or other self-destructive thoughts or actions: direct or indirect verbal or in written materials (assignments, journals, emails, etc.)