Incident in schools

What has happened and who is involved? Are there any aggravating factors?

Schools or colleges will need to decide whether to involve the police by establishing:

• Is the damage of a high value? (What constitutes high value is a professional judgement call for the school)
• Is there evidence of escalating behaviour? Or previous incidents of a similar nature?

• Have any threats or violence been used in the course of the damage?
• What is the impact on the victim?
• What are the victim’s wishes?
• Is there a hate element?

Schools or colleges may decide that the presence of aggravating factors requires the police to be involved, but schools or colleges should be able to deal with most incidents of criminal damage.