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Following an Incident, the Online Safety Coordinator and/or Headteacher will
need to decide quickly if the incident involved any illegal activity

If you are not sure if the incident has any Incident Illegal means something against the law
illegal aspects, contact for advice: such as:
Flow • Downloading child pornography
• Youth Crime Reduction Officer. • Passing onto others images or video
•
Local Safe Neighbourhood Officer.
containing child pornography
• Online Safety Adviser Chart • Inciting racial or religious hatred
• Besafe Online • Extreme cases of Online Bullying
• Promoting illegal acts

1. Inform police. Follow any advice given
by the police otherwise:
2. Confiscate any laptop or other device

and if related to school network
Yes No
disable user account
If the incident did not involve any illegal
3. Save ALL evidence but DO NOT view Was illegal material activity, then follow the next flowchart
or copy. Let the Police review the or activity found or
relating to non-illegal incidents
evidence suspected?
 If a pupil is involved inform the
Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
 If a member of staff, contact the Local
Authority Designated Officer for
Allegations Management (LADO)

Users must know to switch off their monitor or close laptop
if they find something unpleasant or frightening and then
talk to a member of staff or the Online Safety Coordinator