The Ross' attorney is looking for a big strike as a Title IX lawsuit would be big $$$ if he wins. FSU settled so he had a nice payday. There is a big difference between TU security (Campo) and most other university police forces. OU, OSU, Baylor and many others have actual sworn in police officers for their campus police. They have jurisdictional rights on campus, can write citations, enforce traffic laws, and can arrest people. Many times jurisdiction is limited to campus and maybe some immediate surrounding blocks where lots of students live (this was the case in Waco when I was there). Most times Waco PD would not come on campus unless requested by Baylor PD. TU security only started carrying weapons and requiring CLEET certifications 5-6 yrs ago. They cannot detain you. They cannot arrest you. They cannot cite you for a misdemeanor (public into Z, minor in possession, etc.). If they stop you for motor vehicle violation, it is only a campus fine for a violation of campus motor vehicle policies. When working at TU investigations were always conducted by student affairs or someone appointed by the VP of Enrollment and Student Services. At most TU security completed an incident report which would be forwarded to Student Affairs. My experience is that those investigations with Student Affairs are painstakingly thorough. Can't tell you how many times a student was called in multiple times to reiterate a witness or victim account of an incident to ensure no details were missed. My understanding is the student who alleged the 2nd account was disappointed TU didn't throw Swilling out on her word right away. Instead, he was suspended from the basketball team, allowed to continue class, restricted from certain locations and activities on campus and given a strict no contact/no retaliation with/against the victim. Violation of any of those conditions would have warranted further action. If Swilling kept his nose clean, went to class and avoided her, then all was good. TU's duty to the victim was to ensure her present and future safety and the ability to continue her education free from threat. There is no prescribed standard of action in Title IX cases.
That article was pretty one-sided. TU is almost always going to withhold comments and info on these things because they can but in today's world of the Internet, everything you read there is the gospel truth. Bad things happen on all college campuses but it is my opinion that TU tries to take care of its students and do the right thing (most of the time). That wasn't my experience at Baylor.
