Betsy DeVos Does the Right Thing On Title IX

[wvkeeper(HN)]

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

"The Obama rules were written to address a real problem: a tendency by colleges to sweep sexual assault allegations under the rug."

That's a great point. And that has been a serious problem.

I believe colleges should not be in the criminal investigation business. All rape allegations should be handled by police agencies, period.

 

[herdfan06]

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I believe colleges should not be in the criminal investigation business. All rape allegations should be handled by police agencies, period.

What about when the college has their own police agency?

 

[Bankerreturns]

What about when the college has their own police agency?

Not independent enough. It has played out too many times that campus police are controlled by, or acquiesce to, the school administration.

 

[Raoul Duke MU]

What about when the college has their own police agency?

As Banker noted, almost all report to the university administration and not an elected official, so no dice.

Ideally, such a requirement would result in such agencies being restructured to report to the head of the state police or directly to the governor.

 

[herdfan06]

Not independent enough. It has played out too many times that campus police are controlled by, or acquiesce to, the school administration.

That is what I was getting at.

 

[ohio herd]

True the victim needs to go to a local hospital and
be seen by a SANE nurse and MD. Then the local police called to invi stigate. The accused needs to be given legal help as well. Good move on the part of DeVos.