Harassment and Bullying

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Harassment and Bullying
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Presented by

• Deputy James Phelps
• Clark County Sheriffs Office
• School Resource Officer- Heritage HS

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What is Bullying?

• Telling someone you are going to
• - Hurt or Injure them.
• - Steal or Break their property
• - Not let them leave
• - Do anything else that makes them feel hurt
  or scared

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Bullying is Bad News

• If you bully someone, and they really think you
  will hurt them, it is a CRIME called,
• HARASSMENT
• You can get in trouble at school AND with the
  police.

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Other Kinds of Bullying

• Bullying someone because of the COLOR of their
  SKIN (RACE)
• WHERE THEY COME FROM (NATION)
• WHAT THEY BELIEVE (RELIGION)
• PROBLEMS THEY HAVE (DISABILITY)
• Is a very bad kind of bullying called
• MALICIOUS HARASSMENT

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Other Kinds of Bullying

• If you bully or threaten someone by sending an
  EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, INSTANT MESSAGE, or other
  ELECTRONIC MESSAGE, it is called
• CYBER-BULLYING

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What Does Bullying Look Like?

• Physical Hitting, kicking, pushing, biting, or
  hurting someone. Stealing or hiding someones
  stuff.
• Non-Physical Name calling, teasing, making up
  stories or rumors, and threats.
• Cyber Text, email, My Space.

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Bullying and Intimidation

• Another kind of bullying is INTIMIDATION
• Telling someone you will hurt them if they tell
  about what you did.
• If you INTIMIDATE someone in this way, you can
  get into BIG TROUBLE.
• When adults do this, they go to JAIL

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Criminal Consequences forOlder Kids

• Arrested and transported to Juvenile Detention
• Have to go to Court
• Parents have to pay a fine
• Might have to spend time in JUVENILE HALL

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School and the No Snitching Rule

• The No Snitching Rule
• Do not tell, tattle, snitch or talk about what
  someone else has done or said.
• I dont want to be a snitch!
• Im not a rat.
• OK, then what are the consequences . . .

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School and the No Snitching Rule

• Who WINS with the No Snitching Rule?
• gt Kids who are causing problems, making
  threats, harassing others, and creating drama
• If they keep getting away with it, theyll keep
  doing it! You may be the next victim.
• But who LOSES?
• gt EVERYONE! Kids who are being bullyed and
  threatened, kids who get caught up in the drama,
  even the BULLYS- because if they keep doing it,
  they will eventually get into even more trouble.

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What can you do if someone is BULLYING YOU?

• Talk to your parents
• Talk to your counselor
• Talk to Security or an Administrator
• Telling an adult about the problem is the first
  step in solving it.

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Final Warning

• BULLYING is NOT COOL, and can lead to BIG
  TROUBLE.
• Teasing, Bullying, and Hurting people IS NOT the
  way to solve problems or get what you want.
• If someone bullies or threatens you- REPORT IT
  RIGHT AWAY!!!