sexual assault crisis response team
The College's Sexual Assault Crisis Response Team is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week via published cell phone number, (925) 878-9207, for confidential referral and support services. Members of the team are trained to assist victims by providing information and discussing available resources and options (medical, legal, emotional, and academic), by making referrals and providing access to appropriate College and community services as needed, and providing on-going follow-up to the victim. Members of the Sexual Assault Crisis Response Team do not act as counselors.
The Sexual Assault Crisis Response Team assures confidentiality if contact is made via the Response Team cell phone number. The victim's name and personal information will be kept confidential within the team unless written permission is received to release the information or unless one of the following exceptions exists:
- Knowledge of suicidal or homicidal thoughts; or
- Knowledge that child/elder abuse has occurred; or
- Information release is court-ordered; or
- There is an imminent threat to the safety of the victim, another student and/or a member of the College community.
If any of the above exists the Sexual Assault Crisis Response Team coordinator will consult with appropriate staff regarding next steps.
Students who believe they have experienced a violation of the Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct Policy or of the sexual harassment provisions of the Policy Prohibiting, and Procedures for Reporting, Discrimination, Harassment, including Sexual, and Retaliation may choose to contact the Sexual Assault Crisis Response Team for assistance via the Response Team cell phone. When an individual contacts the response team via the cell phone number, no College discipline action will take place unless the individual chooses to move forward and make a formal report to the Director of Student Conduct or Director of Human Resources as described in the following section on Reporting. Any reports not initiated through the response team cell phone will be considered formal reports and will initiate college action.
