ms. stafford: i absolutely agree. i think there is a reason for a campus process and i think campuses of certainly have a place in the process. i don't want to see them become law enforcement agencies. i think students have the right to choose whether or not they want to move forward with pressing charges and if they do, law-enforcement is there for that. the campuses provide an alternative for students as far as the disciplinary process and we have continued to strengthen that process. i fully support not making campuses try to take the place of law enforcement. law enforcement has a specific place and they will do their job if called upon to do it. ms. napolitano: i would concur and say the goal of the student disciplinary process is different than the criminal process. i think, however, there can be greater linkage between campuses and law enforcement in appropriate cases and there are ways to do that. sen. alexander: the last question i have is this. what can we do or not do to make sure that colleges establish pr

ms. stafford. ms. stafford: good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to join you to briefly discuss the requirements of the cleary act including the newest requirement s added by amendments in addition to what institutions are doing to make campuses safer. i have a unique perspective as i had the opportunity at george washington university to serve as the chief of police where i sexual and supervised a assault response team for 20 years. it is not a common model for a chief of police to also supervise a sexual assault advocacy group. this model worked at gw because of my passion for wanting to ensure survivors of sexual assault were not re-victimized by our response, processes, or actions in dealing with what i consider to be one of the most personal violations a human being can suffer. we dealt with over 250 cases during my tenure at gw. i know firsthand that campuses expend significant effort and resources for campus safety from physical security systems to developing operational policies and procedures to plan for emerge

ms. stafford. >> good morning. i appreciate the opportunity to join you to briefly discuss the requirements of the cleary act including the newest requirement added by amendment's in addition to what institutions are doing to make campuses safer. i have a unique perspective as i had the opportunity at george washington university to serve as the chief of police where i founded the sexual response team for 20 years. it is not a common model for a chief of police to also supervise a sexual assault advocacy group. this model worked at gw because of my passion for wanting to ensure survivors of sexual assault were not re-victimized by our response processes, or actions in dealing with what i consider to be one of the most personal violations human being can suffer. we dealt with over 250 cases during my tenure at gw. i know firsthand that campuses expended significant effort and resources for campus safety from physical security systems to developing operational policies and procedures to plan for emergencies and crisi