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Colorado state institution of higher education police departments: sharing campus incident information and redacting a sexual assault victim's identity
C.R.S. section 23-5-141 (as added by HB 11-1169)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Consent, Access restriction
What it requires
- If you operate a state institution of higher education police department, when you give a campus administrator or a behavioral intervention task force information about a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, redact the victim's name and identifying information unless the victim agrees otherwise in writing for each recipient (C.R.S. 23-5-141(3)(b)).
- If you receive information about sexual assaults, emergency mental health holds or protective custody for detoxification under the section, make all reasonable efforts to ensure it is not disseminated beyond what is necessary (C.R.S. 23-5-141(3)(d)).
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What this law does
A state institution of higher education police department may provide unredacted information, including police reports, about an incident within its jurisdiction to the director of a campus program or unit with administrative responsibility for victims assistance, mental health services, university housing, student discipline processes, or student affairs, and to a campus behavioral intervention task force.
When providing information about a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault, the police department must redact the victim's name and identifying information unless the victim agrees otherwise in writing for each administrator or task force.
Anyone receiving information about sexual assaults, emergency mental health holds, and protective custody for alcohol or drug detoxification under the section must make all reasonable efforts to ensure the information is not disseminated beyond what is necessary. A state institution of higher education for the section includes a local district college, an area technical college, the Auraria higher education center, an education center, and a technical college. Section 23-5-141 was added by House Bill 11-1169 and took effect on .
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