Reporting
To disclose confidentially the incident to one of the following College officials, who by law may maintain confidentiality, and can assist in obtaining services (more information on confidential reporting is available in the Options for Confidentially Disclosing Sexual Violence Policy at http://www.sunyrockland.edu/about/title-ix/options-for-confidentially-disclosing-sexual-violence):
To disclose confidentially the incident and obtain services from the New York State, New York City or County hotlines: http://www.opdv.ny.gov/help/dvhotlines.html. Additional disclosure and assistance options are catalogued by the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and presented in several languages: http://www.opdv.ny.gov/help/index.html (or by calling 1-800-942-6906).
Assistance can also be obtained through:
(Note: These hotlines are for crisis intervention, resources, and referrals, and are not reporting mechanisms, meaning that disclosure on a call to a hotline does not provide any information to the campus. Reporting individuals are encouraged to additionally contact a campus confidential or private resource so that the campus can take appropriate action in these cases.)
To disclose the incident to one of the following College officials who can offer privacy and can provide information about remedies, accommodations, evidence preservation, and how to obtain resources. Those officials will also provide the information contained in the Students’ Bill of Rights, including the right to choose when and where to report, to be protected by the College from retaliation, and to receive assistance and resources from the College. These College officials will disclose that they are private and not confidential resources, and they may still be required by law and College policy to inform one or more College officials about the incident, including but not limited to, the Title IX Coordinator. They will notify reporting individuals that the criminal justice process uses different standards of proof and evidence than internal procedures, and questions about the penal law or the criminal process should be directed to law enforcement or the district attorney:
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Title IX Coordinator and Title IX Deputy Coordinators
845-574-4758, 845-574-4729, 845-574-4280 or 845-574-4294
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RCC Public Safety (available 24/7)
845-574-4911 or 4217
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Coordinator of Judicial Affairs
845-574-4105
To file a criminal complaint with RCC Public Safety and/or with local law enforcement and/or state police:
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RCC Public Safety
Eugene Levy Fieldhouse, Room 5209
845-574-4911 or 4217
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Rockland County Sheriff’s Department
55 New Hempstead Road, New City, NY 10956
845-638-5400
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Town of Ramapo Police Department
237 NY-59, Suffern, NY 10901
845-357-2400
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New York State Police (Haverstraw Barracks)
845-364-0200
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State police 24-hour hotline to report sexual assault on a NY college campus
1-844-845-7269
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“Spirit of Rockland” Special Victims Center
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, 255 Lafayette Avenue, Suffern, NY 10901
845-357-0651
To receive assistance by Public Safety or other College officials in initiating legal proceedings in family court or civil court.
To file a report of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking, talk to the Title IX Coordinator for information and assistance. Reports will be investigated in accordance with Rockland Community College policy and the reporting individual’s identity shall remain private at all times if said reporting individual wishes to maintain privacy. If a reporting individual wishes to keep his/her identity anonymous, he or she may call the Student Development Center (845-574-4306 or 845-574-4307) anonymously to discuss the situation and available options (http://www.sunyrockland.edu/about/title-ix/options-for-confidentially-disclosing-sexual-violence):
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Title IX Coordinator
Melissa L. Roy, JD
Director of Diversity & Inclusion/Chief Diversity Officer
Brucker Hall, Room 6205
845-574-4758
titleix@sunyrockland.edu
When the accused is an employee, a reporting individual may also report the incident to Human Resources (Brucker Hall, Room 6206, 845-574-4289) at the College, or may request that one of the above referenced confidential or private employees assist in reporting to Human Resources. Disciplinary proceedings will be conducted in accordance with applicable collective bargaining agreements. When the accused is an employee of an affiliated entity or vendor of the College, College officials will, at the request of the reporting individual, assist in reporting to the appropriate office of the vendor or affiliated entity and, if the response of the vendor or affiliated entity is not sufficient, assist in obtaining a persona non grata letter, subject to legal requirements and College policy.
You may withdraw your complaint or involvement from the College process at any time.
Every college shall ensure that, at a minimum, at the first instance of disclosure by a reporting individual to a College representative, the following information shall be presented to the reporting individual: “You have the right to make a report to Public Safety, local law enforcement, and/or State Police or choose not to report; to report the incident to the College; to be protected by the College from retaliation for reporting an incident; and to receive assistance and resources from the College.”