The panel created to investigate allegations of Safety and Security misconduct last term has shared its completed report with Dean of the College Lee Pelton and College Proctor Robert McEwen.
Brian de Moya '00 made allegations that he was threatened and mistreated by the Safety and Security officers who went to his room following a party there on Jan. 31.
In a letter to the editor of The Dartmouth, Senior Associate Dean of the College Daniel Nelson wrote that the panel met with all people involved in the situation, along with witnesses who were willing to give any details.
The committee's report led Nelson "to conclude that the situation escalated further than anyone involved would have wished," he wrote.
The incident "might well have been considerably less difficult and less confrontational had the two Dartmouth Security officers and the two students principally involved conducted themselves differently," Nelson wrote.
De Moya said he received a letter from the College stating that no disciplinary action would be taken against him. The letter said McEwen "would handle whatever concerns there were with the Safety and Security department," de Moya said.
"They basically didn't tell me anything, and I wasn't able to read the report of the panel," de Moya said. "They said that it was an internal document, and I wasn't entitled to read it."
De Moya said he was also assaulted by a Hanover Police officer called to the scene by the Safety and Security officers that night. De Moya told The Dartmouth last month that he had a bruise on his upper right eye socket from being thrown into a concrete wall by the police officer, as well as cuts and other bruises.
Nelson declined to comment on any more specifics of the panel's report, but he said, "I think it just got more contentious and difficult than anyone would have wished."
"Safety and Security always has had and will continue to have trainings and reviews of their policies, practices and procedures," Nelson said.
The panel "decided on what actually had occurred," Acting Director of the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office Ozzie Harris said. Harris, who chaired the panel, would not say what that decision was.
De Moya said he was satisfied with the quality of the investigation, during which the panel spent about two hours asking him "reasonable" questions, but he was unhappy with the result.
He said it is "likely" that he will sue the College, and he will "probably" take legal action against the Hanover Police.
De Moya said he was "not willing to discuss" the reasons for suing the College or the police. He said he does not presently have a lawyer, and he is unsure about when he might take legal action.
Pelton said the College "is not going to do anything [about the incident] other than what Dan Nelson reported in his letter to The Dartmouth."
He declined to comment on the possibility of de Moya's suing the College.
Following the incident, Hanover Police charged de Moya's roommate, Bert Sperling '00, with possession of alcohol. Sperling plead not guilty at an arraignment in Lebanon District Court on March 10. His trial will take place on July 15.
Sperling could not be reached for comment after his arraignment.
