Glenn Max McGee presents at the Indiana Police Conference

1. SD + PD = X CELL:
Case Studies in Collaborative Best Practices
Glenn “Max” McGee, President
Hazard, Young, Attea, and Associates
maxmcgee@hyasearch.com
www.glennmaxmcgee.com
@glennmaxmcgee

2. • It was not long into my interview with DuJuan Green,
Palo Alto High School’s School Resource Officer, that I
knew he was not a typical police officer. Seconds after
meeting me, he approached a troubled student, whom
he had spoken with previously, and warmly greeted him
with, “What’s up man!” followed by a big hug.
• As we were walking away, the student turned back and
said, “I’ll never do it again,” to which Green responded,
“I trust you, man!”
• Although Greene is a police officer, he treated the
student like an equal, like a friend. Green did not act
like he was simply enforcing the law, but rather like an
individual trying to better his community.

3. • He told me a story about how a student stole a
bike. After speaking with the student who took the
bike, Green got the bike back and the student was
not prosecuted or even detained.
• “When they asked him why he gave back the bike
he said, ‘The officer treated me like a human
being,’” Green says. “I respected him, and therefore
he told us what we wanted to know, brought the
bike back and he and I, even to this day, are close.”

5. For today’s discussion
• Issues
• Suicide prevention, intervention, postvention
• Sexual misconduct/Title IX
• Attackers (knives and guns, wrenches and bats)
• Threat assessment
• Controlled substances
• Themes
• Communication
• Collaboration
• School Support
• Potential Conflicts

6. • However, there is hope. This presentation will
share some successful practices driven by
courageous, innovative, compassionate, and
impassioned leaders, teachers, parents, and
students. These practices have made the schools
more humane, healthy, and engaging. Strong
academics have been sustained and definitions of
success have expanded.
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“Experts agree that anxiety is reaching
near-epidemic levels among young people,
with as many as one in eight children —
and 25 percent of teens — contending with
diagnosable anxiety disorders.”
<https://t.co/irGmPMjDOC>

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10. “Outcomes” of anxiety, depression,
mental health struggles. …
• Disengagement
• Truancy
• “School
Refusal”
• Substance
abuse
• Cutting
• Hospitalization
• Credible
Threats
• and worse …
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Alabama 2020 Strategic Plan Goal to Reduce Truancy

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13. Suicide
• Prevention
• Vigilance
• Hotspots
• Means Restriction
• Community Education
• Connect
• Intervention
• First calls
• Family updates
• Joint releases
• Postvention
• Media response
• Attend/convene community meetings
• Supportive presence on campus

14. Means restriction: access to lethal
means is a risk factor for suicide
• 90% of attempters who
survive do NOT go on to die
by suicide later
• Many attempts take place
during a short-term crisis, so
access to lethal means during
these periods of increased risk
is critically important.
• “Access to firearms in the
home triples the risk of
suicide. This is true regardless
of how the guns are stored or
how many there are.” 14
Insert train track photo

15. Sexual
Misconduct/Title IX
• Between Students
• Reporting outcomes of investigations
• Communicating weekend events
• TROs
• Between Adults
• Assessing impact on kids
• Supportive Presence
• Between Adults and Students
• Informing of investigations
• Importance of WRITTEN policies
• Media management
• Know your Title IX

16. Attackers
• Knife Wielders
• “Blunt Force Trauma” Weapons
• Shooters

17. Threat Assessment
• Inform
• Investigate
• Involve

18. Controlled Substances
• Engage
• Examine
• Educate
• Expel?

19. Collaboration: Parent Project
• https://www.parentproject.com/
• https://www.parentproject.com/index.php/about-us/programs-
offered/changing-destructive-adolescent-behavior
Teaching parents to handle kids destructive
behaviors of “strong willed” teens including:
• Aggressive disobedience
• Drugs and alcohol
• Media influences
• Gang behavior
• Depression and anxiety
• Failure in school
• Relationships
Police and school counselors lead parents
through role playing, practice, sharing successes
and failures and emotional support.

20. School Support
• Ceremony
• School Publications
• Student
• Principal
• District
• PTA/PTO
• Invitations
• Hand written notes
• Nominations
• More??

21. Resolving Potential Conflicts
• Competing Investigations
• Contradictory Policies
• Parental access during
interviews
• Sexual Harassment v Assault
• Arrests on Campus
• Mixed Media Messages
• Over/Under Reaction
• Communication Breakdown

22. Clearly, DuJuan Green merits my strongest recommendation
for the Floyd Ledbetter National School Resource Officer of
the Year Award. I know you will have numerous qualified
applicants, but I cannot imagine one that has served with
both integrity, dedication, love, and joy in such trying
circumstances or one that has made a difference to so many.
I have no doubt that our students will remember him fondly
long after graduation and
that the many lives he has
touched will continue to
“pay it forward” with the
lessons they have learned
from DuJuan. Thank you
for considering him for this
most prestigious award.

23. Resources
• Suicide Prevention Resource Center: http://www.sprc.org
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/wp-
content/uploads/2016/01/recommendations.pdf
• PAUSD Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention
http://www.heardalliance.org/help-toolkit/
• California Department of Education (AB2246 and Model Suicide
Prevention Policy)
https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cg/mh/suicideprevres.asp
• Project Safety Net: www.psnpaloalto.com
• Sources of Strength: https://sourcesofstrength.org/
• Max McGee
• maxmcgee@ecragroup.com
• 224.234.6129
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