Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

[Megan Elizabeth Selheim <>]

We’re in the process of revising our sexual misconduct policy, and I have a question about how other schools are handling orders of protection, specifically:

 

When someone with a UW affiliation is granted an order of protection, or is restrained, in the county circuit court, the court forwards a copy of the order to our university policy (when the court knows about the UW connection). Our UWPD often communicates about orders with our Dean of Students office, and students have occasionally provided a copy of an order of protection as proof that they were in court to support their request for an excused absence.

 

If a student doesn’t want to report something to the university, but the university does get a copy of an order of protection application detailing the reason for the order, does the university need to initiate an investigation? Anyone have experience with this?

 

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Megan Selheim

STOP Violence Program Coordinator

Dean of Students Office

Dept. 3135, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie WY 82071-2000

118 Knight Hall

307-766-3296

www.uwyo.edu/stop