The Five Levels of Risk Behaviors Indicating Risk

Report threats that are: elevated, severe, or extreme.

Mild Risk:
Disruptive or concerning behavior
Individual may or may not show signs of distress
No threat is made or present

Moderate Risk:

More involved or repeated disruption; behavior is more concerning
Possible threat is made or present
Threat is vague or indirect and lacks detail or realism
Information about the threat is inconsistent or lacks detail
Content of threat suggests threatener is unlikely to carry it out

Elevated Risk:

Seriously disruptive incidents
Exhibiting clear distress; more likely disturbance
Threat made or present
Threat is vague and indirect but may be shared with multiple reporters
Threat is inconsistent, implausible, or lacks detail
Threat lacks realism, or is repeated with variations
Content of threat suggests threatener is unlikely to carry it out

Severe Risk:

Disturbed behavior; not one’s normal self
Threat made or present
Threat is vague but direct, or specific but indirect
Threat is consistent, plausible, or includes increasing details
Threat likely to be repeated with consistency
Content of threat suggests threatener may carry it out.

Extreme Risk:

Individual is dysregulated (way off baseline)
Threat made or present
Threat is concrete and likely to be shared with multiple reporters
Threat is consistent, plausible, and/or includes specific details (often with steps already taken)
Threat may be repeated with consistency
Content of threat suggests threatener will carry it out
Threatener may appear detached