Telephone Threats:

If you receive a warning;

  • Get as much information about the caller as possible
  • Keep the caller on the phone as long as possible. Delay them
  • Tell a nearby co-worker to contact Suffolk University Police at (617)573-8111 or (617)573-8333 and indicate that a Bio-chemical or chemical threat is being received
  • See “Telephone Procedures Bomb Threat Checklist”
    If area of threat is specified, be prepared to evacuate the specified area at the direction of University Police
  • Responses to Bio-Chemical Threats

Remain calm, be courteous, listen, do not interrupt the caller

  • Do not discuss the threat in public
  • Do not touch suspicious packages, letters or objects
  • Do not start or repeat rumors