SART Team Responsibilities
• Contact points for survivors
• Coordination of survivor support
• Reduction of fear on campus
• Enhancement of campus environment
• Training in sexual assault issues and defense
• Information dissemination
• Crime prevention, investigation and prosecution
• Rumor control and communication
Support Options
All campus sexual assaults are considered very serious
matters to the university and are given the highest
priority for response. Any survivor of sexual assault
on campus may access assistance by contacting someone
in the following areas/groups:
• University Police
• Any SFSU SART member
• A counselor in the SFSU Counseling Center
• SFSU Student Health Center professional staff
• San Francisco County Sexual Assault Services
• Any SFSU Sexual Harassment Advisor
Filing a Police Report
We recommend a police report be made in all cases of
sexual assault. Criminal complaints shall be documented
on official police reports when reported to university
police. Every complaint will be fully investigated and
everything possible will be done to ensure that the
university makes an appropriate response. According
to Federal Crime Reporting Laws, all such crimes shall
be made a part of the public university crime statistics
and will appear in the Campus Safety Report published
every September.
The university police will keep all information about
a survivor confidential upon request. Remember that
university police can only protect the university from
threats they are aware of, so help protect everyone
by reporting crimes of sexual assault to the university
police.
If You're Going to Make a Police Report
1. Reports should be made as soon as possible after
the crime and should include date rape, acquaintance
rape or any sexual assault on campus. These are serious
crimes just as attacks from strangers.
2. The survivor should make every effort to preserve
any physical evidence from the crime. This includes
not showering or bathing after the attack until the
survivor can be treated at a medical facility. Also
not disposing of any damaged or soiled clothing or
any other involved items until evidence can be collected.
Any possible evidence should be maintained in a clean
paper bag.
Crime Prevention Programs
Rape Aggression Defense Program (RAD):
The University Police in partnership with the S.A.F.E.
Place, holds 15 hour physical training courses for women
on escape and evasion from physical attack. The course
includes a simulation phase where students put training
into practice against protective suited aggressors.
RAD is a nationally recognized course taught at many
colleges. The University Police Department will periodically
offer a one or two day self-defense class for women.
Whistle Defense Program:
This program is designed to create a whistle defense
zone around the university and whistles are used for
crime alerting. Participants agree to use the whistle
only in the event of a police emergency and to call
the police if a whistle is heard.
C.A.R.E. Escort Service:
C.A.R.E. Team members are available
to serve you from sunset to midnight seven days a week.
Regular University Public Safety Officers will be available
for escort service when C.A.R.E. members are not on
duty. To arrange for your escort CALL 338-7200 and tell
the dispatcher where you would prefer to be met. Please
allow 10 to 15 minutes for C.A.R.E. to arrive.
Crime Prevention Training:
University police can provide crime prevention training
upon request in almost any areas of crime prevention,
including rape prevention training. Training videos
and brochures are available from the university police
upon request.
