CASTLETON Vt.
Castleton State College security officers are stepping up patrols and staffing in the wake of two reports of sexual assault on the campus.
Castleton Director of Public Safety Bob Godlewski said at a campus meeting Tuesday that officers are conducting 24-hour patrols and they have been watching an off-campus parking lot.
And he said a college program that provides security escorts to students on campus has been requested and used more in the past week than over the past couple of years combined.
About 225 people attended the meeting that came after reports of two “non-acquaintance” sexual assaults within a week of each other, most recently Sept. 12.
“We have no reason to believe they are similar, or by the same person, or not,” said Dean of Students Gregory Stone. “We do not know who the perpetrator is, or whether they come from the college community, the greater community, or someplace else.”
Castleton police said they were investigating, but it was difficult because neither of the victims had filed a formal complaint.
