Update 11 a.m.
Though police originally said an officer responded to the report of a sexual assault at a PIKE house, Sgt. Janice Goodwin said Wednesday the officer did not in fact respond to a physical location. After police received a call reporting an alleged sexual assault that did not include an address, the responding officer called the number back but could not make contact with the person who had originally called police.
Sean McMinn
smcminn@mustangdaily.net
The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) received a tip about an alleged sexual assault at a Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house Friday night but did not find any evidence of one occurring there, according to police logs.
SLOPD Sgt. Janice Goodwin said though police came to the residence where the caller reported a sexual assault took place, the responding officer did not find anything there to suggest such a crime occurred.
“Everything that the officer determined at that time says the report was not truthful, or completely didn’t occur,” Goodwin said.
Though PIKE President Thomas Maher said the fraternity does not have one centralized house, but instead has unofficial residences its members live in around the city, the log states that police responded to “SLO;PIKE HOUSE” late Friday night. It does not list an address, which Goodwin said is standard in cases of reported sexual assaults.
Maher and Interfraternity Council President Jason Colombini both said Monday they were not aware police came to any PIKE-affiliated house Friday night. Since then, the two have both declined to comment to Mustang Daily, saying not enough information was available.
PIKE is currently restricted from hosting social events, participating in intramural sports or recruiting members due to violations of its risk management procedures, Colombini said.
Maher declined to specify Tuesday which infraction resulted in the fraternity’s probation, but Greek Life coordinator Diego Silva said the restrictions were placed on PIKE because Student Life and Leadership (SLL) feared the fraternity had too many members to effectively follow the fraternities rules and regulations.
“Once the chapter reaches triple digits, we start to have concerns,” Silva said.
SLL partnered with the fraternity’s national board to conduct a membership review, and the future of the fraternity will be decided once that is completed, Silva said. Until then, PIKE will remain on suspension.