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["S. Daniel Carter" <>]

To Brett & Others,

 

I wholeheartedly agree with Brett’s assessment. This is a dangerous bill from intent to construction.

 

One of the things I heard about the committee hearing where it was sent to the Utah state House floor was that there were no statistics cited by those in opposition. Given that it is roughly similar to Virginia’s law, enacted after the Rolling Stone article, I was wondering if anybody is aware of data on how that law has impacted reporting?

 

Also, I’m trying to put together some organized resistance to it in Utah. Is there anybody on this list from the state, or who knows colleagues there, who would be interested in passing along feedback to the legislature?

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From: <> on behalf of Brett Sokolow <>
Reply-To: Brett Sokolow <>
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 11:23 AM
To: "" <>
Subject: Re: Mandatory Reporting to Off-Campus Police Isn’t the Solution to Campus Sexual Violence

 

The standard might make more sense as “emergency” rather than articulable threat, but it still would create a potential slippery slope. And, the bizarre thing in all these bills is the assumption that survivors cannot go to the police directly themselves, somehow, and that a school should paternalistically step into that role. I think, arguably, there is already a duty to notify law enforcement of jurisdiction (campus or local law enforcement) in emergencies, either in fact or in practice in most states. Any bill that seeks to lower the threshold for campus reporting will likely have exactly the effect that this blog asserts. “Articulable threat” is a somewhat meaningless standard as well (of course, so can “emergency” be if not defined). In some states and the proposed HEA, this is a cynical attempt at different levels and in different ways to create a poison pill to the effectiveness of Title IX.

 

Regards, 

Brett A. Sokolow

Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.


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From: <> on behalf of "S. Daniel Carter" <>
Reply-To: "S. Daniel Carter" <>
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 7:58 PM
To: "" <>
Subject: Mandatory Reporting to Off-Campus Police Isn’t the Solution to Campus Sexual Violence

 

http://safecampuses.biz/mandatory-reporting-to-off-campus-police-isnt-the-solution-to-campus-sexual-violence/

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