Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Zero Tolerance Policy

[Bob Finn (finn]

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> It seems to me that if a member of the community is threatening or
committing violence the situation has escalated beyond the reach of any
policy.

In most jurisdictions violence or even the threat of violence is considered
assault. It’s a crime, and the police should be called.

Bob Finn
Finn [at] nasw.org


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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:27:20 -0500
> From: lkmiller [at] qis.net
> To: Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ Zero Tolerance Policy
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> Our community is looking at developing a Zero Tolerance policy with
> Escalating Steps.
> We have one member who can become very threatening when triggered and
> the multiple times our Culture Team has met with him over the years
> have not worked to deescalate his reactions, hence some community
> members do not feel safe.
>
> I've looked at past posts to the list-serve, mainly on conflict, and
> read multiple articles from Communities magazine.
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> I'm interested in what experience other communities have had with a
> Zero Tolerance policy and if any community that has one would be
> willing to share their policy?
>
> Doing a Google search on Zero Tolerance policies they seem to be
> mainly used by schools and in the work place with varying results-
> sometimes detrimental.  Hence, I'm interested in people's community
> experience and the policy you have.
>
> Linda Miller
> Elderberry Cohousing
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:23:08 -0500
> From: Ken Winter <kenatsun [at] gmail.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Zero Tolerance Policy
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> Zero tolerance for what?
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> On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 7:27?PM <lkmiller [at] qis.net> wrote:
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> >
> > Our community is looking at developing a Zero Tolerance policy with
> > Escalating Steps.
> > We have one member who can become very threatening when triggered and
> > the multiple times our Culture Team has met with him over the years
> > have not worked to deescalate his reactions, hence some community
> > members do not feel safe.
> >
> > I've looked at past posts to the list-serve, mainly on conflict, and
> > read multiple articles from Communities magazine.
> >
> > I'm interested in what experience other communities have had with a
> > Zero Tolerance policy and if any community that has one would be
> > willing to share their policy?
> >
> > Doing a Google search on Zero Tolerance policies they seem to be
> > mainly used by schools and in the work place with varying results-
> > sometimes detrimental.  Hence, I'm interested in people's community
> > experience and the policy you have.
> >
> > Linda Miller
> > Elderberry Cohousing
> >
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:17:00 -0700
> From: Joanie Connors <jvcphd [at] gmail.com>
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Zero Tolerance Policy
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> Violence
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> On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 7:24?PM Ken Winter <kenatsun [at] gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Zero tolerance for what?
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 7:27?PM <lkmiller [at] qis.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Our community is looking at developing a Zero Tolerance policy with
> > > Escalating Steps.
> > > We have one member who can become very threatening when triggered and
> > > the multiple times our Culture Team has met with him over the years
> > > have not worked to deescalate his reactions, hence some community
> > > members do not feel safe.
> > >
> > > I've looked at past posts to the list-serve, mainly on conflict, and
> > > read multiple articles from Communities magazine.
> > >
> > > I'm interested in what experience other communities have had with a
> > > Zero Tolerance policy and if any community that has one would be
> > > willing to share their policy?
> > >
> > > Doing a Google search on Zero Tolerance policies they seem to be
> > > mainly used by schools and in the work place with varying results-
> > > sometimes detrimental.  Hence, I'm interested in people's community
> > > experience and the policy you have.
> > >
> > > Linda Miller
> > > Elderberry Cohousing
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________________
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