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School Threat Assessment and Response System (STARS)
NEMLEC The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) and regional school officials have come together to help ensure safe and secure school environments that are conducive to school based learning. Medford has a comprehensive plan and has participation in the School Threat Assessment and Response Program (STARS) through NEMELC. School Threat Assessment and Response System (STARS) is a comprehensive program to prepare, assess, respond, and strive to prevent threats of violence in our schools through mobilizing regional resources that recognize the individual uniqueness and integrity of each community. This multi-tiered assessment and response system is designed to provide local officials access to specialized resources developed through a collaborative effort. Utilizing the STARS System Protocol, incidents and threats are addressed through response classifications involving varying degrees of consultation, readiness, and intervention. Once STARS is initiated, local response are augmented by NEMLEC's regionally coordinated resources including access to personnel and experts with specialized skills, planning and training opportunities, communications systems, equipment and advanced technologies, and protocols for program and technique evaluation. As with all NEMLEC programs and initiatives, the School Threat Assessment and Response System provides a mechanism to ensure communication, coordination, and interaction between member agencies in an efficient and cost effective manner. This is done with a focus on the need to maintain control at the community level. The STARS program makes certain resources available to member communities. At this time in the program's development these resources include the following.
Additional STARS program resources currently under development include:
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