Responsibility to Inform
It is a shared responsibility of every community member to report crimes on campus. What to do:
First, contact Campus Police. If it is an emergency, dial ext. 2000 from any campus. Otherwise, call:
- Warwick: 401-825-2109
- Lincoln: 401-333-7035
- Providence: 401-455-6050
- Newport: 401-851-1620
The individual answering the phone will request the information below. Any information is useful, so do not hesitate to call if you can assist Campus Police with a particular incident.
- A good description of the offender including height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and clothes.
- Vehicle information including make and model, color, license plate and direction of travel.
- Number of people involved.
- Date and time of incident.
- Details about the crime.
A Campus Police officer will interview you further to complete the investigation. Some crimes will require the presence and collaboration of the local law enforcement agency.
Please remember:
- Do not handle, touch or remove evidence.
- Remove yourself from the crime scene if it’s unsafe.
- Remain calm.
Any person who is a victim of a crime on campus may request the local law enforcement
agency be notified of an incident. This does not mean that the other agency will respond to the scene of the incident.
Confidential Reporting Procedures
If you are the victim of a crime and do not want to pursue action within the college system or the criminal justice system, you may still want to consider making a confidential report. With your permission, the chief of Campus Police or his or her designee can file a report on the details of the incident without revealing your identity to the extent permitted by law and/or policy. However, for reports involving sexual
misconduct, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed and the incident will be reported to the director of Institutional Equity. The purpose of a confidential report is to comply with your wish to keep the matter confidential while taking steps to ensure the future safety of yourself and others. With such information, the college can keep
an accurate record of the number of incidents involving students, determine whether there is a pattern of crime with regard to a particular location, method or assailant, and alert the campus community to potential danger. However, the college’s attempt to investigate and act upon a confidential report are limited by the request for confidentiality. Reports filed in this manner are counted and reported in the annual crime statistics for the institution.
You may also file an anonymous report online. Please make sure that, if you wish to
maintain anonymity, you not include any information that would reveal your identity. The online link is
https://ccri-advocate.symplicity.com/public_report.
Mandated Reporters and Exemptions
Clery Act
The Clery Act requires institutions of higher learning to identify individuals on
their campuses who are mandated to report crime. Specifically, the act requires that the school designate individuals who have significant responsibility for student and campus activities but do not have
significant counseling responsibilities to report crimes that are made known to them. Based on this criterion, the following CCRI officials
are considered campus security authorities (CSA) who must report all crimes:
- All administrative officers of the college
- Chief and deputy chief of Campus Police and all Campus Police officers and patrol officers All deans, associate deans and assistant deans
- Director of Institutional Equity and Title IX coordinator
- Student Services directors and assistant directors
- Student Services advisers, coordinators and other professional staff
- All athletic coaches and trainers
- All student organization advisers
All CSAs are obligated to report all actual, suspected or alleged Clery violations
that are reported to them, or of which they become aware, to Campus Police. These individuals must report to the appropriate college official even if the reporting party asks them not to do so.
All actual or alleged incidents of sexual misconduct should be reported to the Title
IX coordinator at 401-825- 1126, [email protected] or the dean of students at 401-333-7128, [email protected] . All employees are encouraged to report alleged sexual misconduct to these individuals.
For those who do not want the matter reported to college officials but who would like to discuss the incident or learn about options in a confidential setting, there are confidential resources available.
Confidential Resources
Pastoral and professional counselors providing counseling services as part of their
duties are exempt from mandated reporting, except in instances where there is a threat or danger to others or self.
These roles are defined as:
Pastoral counselor
An employee of an institution who is associated with a religious order or denomination
recognized by that religious order or denomination as someone who provides confidential counseling and
who is functioning within the scope of that recognition as a pastoral counselor by the institution.
Professional counselor
An employee of an institution whose official responsibilities include providing psychological counseling to members of the institution’s community and who is functioning within the scope of his or her license or certification. If you would like to discuss a matter confidentially with a member of the college’s counseling staff, please contact the office on your campus:
Knight (Warwick): 401-825-2301
Flanagan (Lincoln): 401-333-7160
Liston (Providence): 401-455-6063
Newport County: 401-851-1625