Security Policies - Sexual Assault Sexual Assault Sexual assaults harm individual victims and represent the possibility of ongoing harm to others.
Sexual assault is a topic also addressed during orientation programs.
All these presentations stress the necessity for clear communications regarding desired or undesired sexual interactions as well as the extraordinarily negative role played by alcohol use in relation to sexual assaults. If a student is injured and requires immediate medical attention, Security will call the Mahwah Police who will request an ambulance to transport the student to the hospital. The Security Officer and the duty professional will advise the student, urge the preservation of any physical evidence of the sexual assault, and alert the victim to other helpful campus service providers. Students who have been assaulted will receive assistance from Student Affairs Division staff members in considering a number of legal and disciplinary system options which are available to them. All these options, both on campus and off, require that certain due process regulations be followed and that both parties have the right to present evidence or witnesses.