LAW: ON SCHOOL/POLICE RELATIONS
601 School/Police Relations
1.0 All local school districts, charter schools and alternative schools or consortia shall establish a policy on
school/police relations. Each school district, charter school and alternative school or consortium shall develop a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) with each police department which provides services to it and provide a copy of such to the Department of Education
upon request. Each MOA shall be in a form substantially similar to a Model MOA as developed, approved and from time to time revised by
the Department of Education.
2.0 Each school district, charter school and alternative school or consortium shall, at the time of hiring and at the
beginning of each school year thereafter, advise each school employee, as defined in 14 Del.C. 4112, of his/her duty to report school
crimes and the penalty for failure to so report.
3.0 The Superintendent of each school district and program administrator for each charter school and alternative
school, or his/her designee, shall report to the Department of Education all school crimes required to be reported pursuant to 14
Del.C. 4112, and any subsequent amendment thereto. Such reports shall be made on forms as designated by the Department of
Education and filed with the Department of Education within the time prescribed by statute.
4.0 In addition to those school crimes required to be reported pursuant to statute, the Superintendent of each school
district and program administrator for each charter school and alternative school or consortia shall report to the Department of
Education incidents of misconduct 4.1 through 4.7. Such reports shall be made on forms as designated by the Department of Education and
filed with the Department of Education not later than five working days following the incident of student misconduct.
4.1 Pornography, possession and production
4.2 Bomb threats
4.3 Criminal mischief (vandalism)
4.4 Tampering with public records
4.5 Alcohol, possession and use
4.6 Felony theft ($1,000 or more)
4.7 Bullying
5.0 For purposes of the reporting required pursuant to 4.7 of this regulation, "Bullying" is defined as when one
person, or a group of persons, targets another person with repeated direct or indirect negative actions over a period of time which are
harmful to the victim either emotionally or physically. A negative action occurs when a person knowingly inflicts, or attempts to
inflict, physical or emotional injury or discomfort upon another person.