West Chester Area YMCA Marlins Locker Room Monitoring Procedure

The West Chester Area YMCA Marlins have staggered practices, with different groups arriving and departing throughout the day. It is therefore not practical to constantly monitor locker rooms and changing areas over this extended course of time. While we do not post [staff, coach, parent, other adult] inside or at the doors of the locker rooms and changing areas, we do make occasional sweeps of these areas.  [Staff, coach, parent, other adult] conduct these sweeps, with women checking on female locker rooms, and men checking on male locker rooms.

During swim meets signs are posted noting that the pool side locker rooms are reserved for swimmers only.  Parents and adult non-athletes (including coaches, officials, timers, and other volunteers) are directed to use private family changing rooms or an additional set of locker rooms reserved for non-athletes. Coaches, officials, and timers are instructed about proper bathroom use during their pre-meet meetings.

USE OF CELL PHONES AND OTHER MOBILE RECORDING DEVICES

Cell phones and other mobile devices with recording capabilities, including voice recording, still cameras and video cameras increase the risk for different forms of misconduct in locker rooms and changing areas.  The USA Swimming Athlete Protection Policies prohibit the use of such devices in the locker room or other changing area.

All issues should be reported following the West Chester Area YMCA Marlins Grievance Procedure.