The first incident that I ever had to deal with involved social media. A 7th grade resident, Johnny, came up and said that someone had recorded him and sent it to her friends via snapchat. I had to ask my supervisor what to do about this and she said that the Gemini Center has a policy where no one can take videos in general, due to liability reasons. I approached the girl who took the video and told her she needed to delete the picture from her snapchat story. In addition, I got Johnny’s account of the situation as well in order to write an incident report on the situation. Thankfully, the girl was very cooperative, but she did ask a lot of questions in regards to taking pictures and videos in the Gemini Center. I just had to explain to her that it was a liability issue: if pictures are posted inside the Gemini Center and something occurs due to the picture/video, then the Gemini Center is liable. My best example is say there is an abusive father and the mother has a restraining order so the father cannot see the son, but if the son posts a picture in the Gemini Center, the father could come and talk to him or worse take him. While this is an extreme case, it is a possibility and the Gemini Center needs to take as many precautions as need be.
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August 2016
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