I think she needs a lawyer too, at least just to consult with at this point. If anything in this article is true.
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At this point, we dont know up to what extent she did try her best to get help for JH upon "feeling" that he could be a danger to others but with things coming out, her best choice is to get her own representation outside the school IMO.
Yep. She needs the best attorney in town, even if she did everything right.
I tell everyone, get a lawyer asap, be it criminal, civil, or family law, always get a lawyer. Some how, some way, you can get one, even if you can't afford one, you can get one. (Although I think she can afford one.)
Asking myself why all eyes are on DrF now. I've heard how slow it is to navigate through a school's procedures in a situation like this.
Surprises me if there's no procedures in place that support the idea of "accountability" of the person reporting a concern to the BETA team and who they should report it to in written form.
What I'm trying to say is DrF put the team together, she's the doctor who has concerns, and yet she doesn't have another person to take over from there. She's making phone calls to get this team together to do something and it seems to go no where. It's all up to her. (She only sees patients on Wednesdays? How much is on her plate?) It sounds so loose in procedure for emergency situations. Was everything communicated via phone calls?
Procedures that have accountability to protect from cronyism is maybe what I'm trying to say.
The Team consists of representatives from the Counseling Center, Faculty Development Center, Office of Student Life, Legal Counsel, Human Resources, Student Conduct Office, Risk Management, Student Life, Student Services, Ombuds, Disability Services, Campus Police and Student Housing.
http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/BETA/Pages/default.aspx
are these people even allowed to see or hear JH's Medical/Patient Records of Fenton?
edited to add : i think but i am not sure that the BETA Team site got edited
Huge issues involved here that go beyond what what anyone would expect a university to be doing. In the Penn State example, who would expect a university to cover up chidren being raped? Who would expect a university to cover up their degree of involvement with a student who goes on to be a mass murderer? We would expect that the damage was sufficvient that whatever happened originally, would be fully disclosed to establish rules and procedures to prevent it from happening again. That was discussed and should have been the result of Columbine. ( a few miles up the road)
Instead what was learned? How to divert the potential danger to react elsewhere besides the school and that is the end of things? Report him to Police will cause the opposite? Silence is best?
When Fenton contacted several team members, the danger was already deemed significant imo.
The internal procedure leading to dropping out, evidence of employing an alternate process to minimize risk to school.
The university should bite the bullet now and drop damage control. Penn State got what it deserved more for the coverup than the initial crimes. The end results here if this process of protecting those involved continues and is eventually proven could be/should be far greater than Penn. Risk criminal charges.. for a few isolated individuals now, or a complete shut down of the University if forced to disclose and uncovered later.
I think you are right on page scrubbing. Just google: uc denver beta team, you'll see some things.
Then look at what was published two days ago:
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/BETA-team-response.aspx
The Team consists of representatives from the Counseling Center, Faculty Development Center, Office of Student Life, Legal Counsel, Human Resources, Student Conduct Office, Risk Management, Student Life, Student Services, Ombuds, Disability Services, Campus Police and Student Housing.
http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/BETA/Pages/default.aspx
are these people even allowed to see or hear JH's Medical/Patient Records of Fenton?
edited to add : i think but i am not sure that the BETA Team site got edited
I highly doubt this is the case. Wednesdays are her office hours. What that means is, outside of classes and her patients, Wednesday office hours are available for students to make appointments regarding a myriad of things, to include course work questions, and even talking with her to see about getting therapy.She only sees patients on Wednesdays?