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11 THE COLLEGE'S ANNUAL SECURITY AND FIRE SAFETY REPORT 2021 Reducing Risk of Committing Unwanted Sexual Acts If you find yourself in the position of being the initiator of sexual behavior, you owe respect to yourself and your potential partner. ese suggestions may help you to reduce your risk for being accused of sexual misconduct. • Clearly communicate your intentions to your sexual partner and give them a chance to clearly relate their intentions to you. • Understand and respect personal boundaries. • Don't make assumptions: • About consent. • About someone's sexual availability. • About whether someone is attracted to you. • About how far you can go or about whether your partner is physically and/or mentally able to consent. • If there are any questions or ambiguity, then you DO NOT have consent. • Mixed messages from your partner are a clear indication that you should stop, defuse any sexual tension, and communicate better. You may be misreading each other. Your partner may not have figured out how far they want to go with you yet. You must respect the timeline for sexual behaviors with which your partner is comfortable. • Don't take advantage of someone's drunkenness or drugged state, even if they did it to themselves. • Realize that your potential partner could be intimidated by you, or fearful. You may have a power advantage simply because of your gender, size, or position in a club or organization. Don't abuse that power. • Understand that consent to some form of sexual behavior does not automatically imply consent to any other forms of sexual behavior. • Silence and passivity cannot be interpreted as an indication of consent. • Read your potential partner carefully, paying attention to verbal and nonverbal communication and body language. e NCHERM Group/ATIXA. (2014). ATIXA gender-based and sexual misconduct model policy and model grievance process can be retrieved from atixa.org/resources/model-policies. For more information on risk reduction strategies: rainn.org/safety-prevention. Reporting Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking When an assault occurs, safety and medical attention are the most pressing issues. Victims are strongly encouraged to contact the Office of CPS at 609.771.2345 or 911 or report directly to the Office of CPS, which is located in the Administrative Services Building, Room 104, as soon as possible. Victims have the right to pursue criminal and/or campus disciplinary proceedings. Additionally, the Office of CPS and/or the Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct will provide the reporting and responding students and employees with verbal and written information on how they can obtain restraining orders, or similar lawful orders issued by a criminal, civil, or tribal court, or no contact directives issued by the college. Reporting and responding students and/or employees can also request this information directly from the Office of CPS at 609.771.2345, the Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct at 609.771.3112, and/or the victim's local law enforcement if it is outside the jurisdiction of the college. Victims also have the right to decline to report to or notify law enforcement. College Reporting Students and employees receive information verbally and in writing that they may seek assistance from the Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct, Office of Student Conduct & Off-Campus Services, a confidential resource, and/or the Employment Equity Officer (EEO) (for employees) for requesting reasonable supportive measures, including, but not limited to, changes to academic, housing/living, transportation, and working situations, or restrictions on contact between parties and participation or attendance at college events or facilities. Supportive measures will be applied for both reporting and responding students and employees on an individual basis if they are requested, appropriate, and reasonably available, regardless of whether the offense occurred on or off campus, or whether the victim chooses to report the crime to Campus Police or local law enforcement, or files a Formal Complaint with the Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct. Requests for supportive measures should be directed at the Title IX Coordinator for students, and at the Employment Equity Officer (EEO) (inclusion@tcnj.edu) for employees. e Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct and appropriate departments will work collaboratively to implement these accommodations toward the reestablishment of a safe living and learning environment for all parties. If the offense is committed by a student, victims are encouraged, but not required, to file a report with the Title IX Coordinator directly (Brower Student Center, Room 202) as soon as possible after the incident takes place. e Title IX Coordinator has discretion to accept or issue a report and issue charges against a student regardless of when the report is submitted if the conduct poses a possible threat to the college community or to individual members of the college community. A report may be prepared in writing, in person, or through the online system and submitted to the Title IX Coordinator. e Title IX Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the report and investigation process. A Title IX & Sexual Misconduct report can be filed with the Office of Title IX & Sexual Misconduct by visiting titleix.tcnj.edu, or by calling 609.771.3112. If the offense is committed by an employee, victims are also encouraged, but not required, to file a report with the EEO Officer directly, as soon as possible after the incident takes place. Individuals wishing to file a report of alleged discrimination may use any of the following emails/reporting tools: tcnj-advocate.symplicity.com/titleix_report/index.php/ pid644574? EEO@tcnj.edu Inclusion@tcnj.edu HR@tcnj.edu ogc.tcnj.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/132/2011/03/ DiscriminationComplaintForm.pdf Matters involving faculty and staff are jointly handled by the Title IX Coordinator and the EEO Officer. For more information, please refer to the Sexual Harassment, Misconduct, & Discrimination Policy found on the website.

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