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Title: Campus Security Authority Training


1
Campus Security Authority Training
  • Campus police and campus security authorities
    must report crimes in the annual crime
    statistics.

2
Background to the Clery Act
  • In 1986 Jeanne Clery, a freshman at Lehigh
    University, was murdered and sexually assaulted
    in her campus residence hall room.
  • Her school hadnt informed students about 38
    violent crimes on campus in the three years
    preceding her murder.

3
What is the Clery Act?
  • The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security
    Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (formerly
    the Campus Security Act) is a federal law that
    requires institutions of higher education in the
    United States to disclose campus security
    information including crime statistics for the
    campus and surrounding areas.

4
What is required by the Clery Act?
  • Publish and distribute an annual Campus Security
    report by October 1st of each year.
  • Inform prospective students and employees about
    the Campus Security Report.
  • Notify the campus in a timely way of crimes that
    threaten safety.
  • Support and keep an up-to-date daily log of all
    reported crimes.

5
Which schools must comply with the Clery Act?
  • All institutions of postsecondary education, both
    public and private, that participate in federal
    student aid programs must publish and disseminate
    an annual campus security report as well as make
    timely warnings.
  • Violations of the act can result in fines up to
    27,500 by the US Department of Education.

6
Distribution Requirements
  • Each campus must publish its Campus security
    Report by October 1st of each year.
  • The report must be published within a single
    document and may come in electronic and print
    format.

7
Three Years of Crime Statistics
  • The campus security report provides information
    on crime statistics for the three years prior to
    publication.
  • This years report will include 2001, 2002, and
    2003 crime statistics.

8
Campus Security Authorities
  • Campus security authorities, according to the
    Clery Act, are employees who have significant
    responsibility for student and campus
    activities.
  • These employees may include
  • The Dean of Students
  • Student Activity Directors
  • Team Coaches
  • Faculty Advisors to Student Groups
  • Student Affairs Professionals
  • Athletic Directors

9
Campus Security Authorities
  • In order to comply with the Clery Act, Campus
    administrators must
  • Define who the campus security authorities are in
    the Campus Security Report,
  • Describe their responsibilities, and
  • Train them for their role.

10
Campus Security Authorities Responsibilities
  • A campus security authoritys key responsibility
    is to encourage crime victims and witnesses to
    report crimes to any campus security authority or
    campus police.

11
Crime Reporting
  • In an emergency situation dial 911!
  • Contact Security at 641-8777 or X8777.
  • Contact the St. Paul 291-1111 (information).
  • Security Director- 641-8797, Assistant Director
    641-8717

12
When Do Crimes Need to be Reported in the Clery
Act?
  • You should report a crime whenever a victim or
    witness calls it to the attention of the proper
    authorities.

13
What Crimes Need to be Reported?
  • The Clery Act Specifies eight crime categories.
  • Criminal Homicide
  • Sex Offenses (Forcible and Nonforcible)
  • Robbery
  • Aggravated Assault
  • Burglary
  • Motor Vehicle Theft
  • Arson
  • Hate Crimes

14
Hate Crimes
  • Hate crimes must be listed as follows
  • 2) By Type of prejudice
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Disabilities

15
Hate Crimes
  • 2) By Location
  • a) On Campus
  • b) Residence Halls
  • c) Non-Campus Property
  • d) Public Property

16
Hate Crimes
  • 3) In relation to the Clery crimes
  • a) Murder
  • b) Manslaughter
  • c) Sex Offenses
  • d) Robbery
  • e) Aggravated Assault
  • f) Burglary
  • g) Motor Vehicle Theft
  • h) Arson

17
Alcohol, Drug, and Weapons Offenses
  • Campuses must include three years of statistics
    for arrests in these areas.
  • Campuses must also include statistics for persons
    not arrested but referred for campus disciplinary
    action in regard to liquor law, drug law
    violations, and illegal weapons possessions.

18
Disciplinary Referrals
  • Its a disciplinary referral
  • If a campus official initiates disciplinary
    action against a student who was referred.
  • When officials keep a record of the referral.
  • When the violation results in a sanction.

19
Which Locations Should Statistics be Collected
From?
  • The Clery Act identifies four crime location
    categories. Campuses need to collect and report
    statistics from each one. These Categories
    include
  • On-Campus buildings or property
  • Dormitories or other student residences
  • Non-campus buildings or property
  • Public property

20
On-Campus Buildings or Property
  • Buildings or properties the university owns and
    controls, and uses to support its educational
    goals (classrooms, laboratories, libraries,ect.).
  • Property the university owns but someone else
    controls on campus or within the same
    geographical area, such as fast food restaurants,
    drug stores, clothing stores, ect.

21
Dormitories or Other Student Residences
  • The Clery Act requires crime statistics for
    dormitories and other student residences, even
    when theyre on campus.

22
Non-campus Buildings Or Property
  • Campus must report crime statistics for any
    non-campus building or property owned or
    controlled by an official student organization.
  • Any building not within the same reasonable
    contiguous geographical area of the main
    institution that the institution owns and
    operates in support of its educational goals and
    that students frequently use.

23
Public Property
  • Public Property includes streets, sidewalks,
    parking lots, parks, ect., that lie within the
    campus or right next to it.

24
Policy Statements and Descriptions
  • The Campus Security Report must contain policy
    statements in seven basic areas
  • Crime reporting policy, procedure responses.
  • Access to campus facilities residence halls.
  • Security considerations used in maintenance.
  • Enforcement arrest authority of campus police.
  • Working relationship with state and local police.
  • Encouragement of prompt reporting of crimes
  • Drug and alcohol abuse prevention information

25
Inform Prospective Students and Employees about
the Campus Security Report
  • To comply with the Clery Act, campuses must let
    everyone who asks for information about a job or
    admissions to the school know that the report is
    available.

26
Notify the Campus-in a Timely Way-of Crimes That
Threaten Safety
  • Notification may be given by voicemail, e-mail,
    information bulletins, newspaper announcements,
    ect.
  • The campus must be notified in a timely manor
    (Usually 24-48 hours of a threatening incident).
  • A timely response may prevent someone else from
    being harmed.

27
Support and Keep an up-to-date Daily Log of all
Reported Crimes
  • Each entry on the daily log should include
  • The date, time, and location of the crime.
  • An easy-to-understand crime definition.
  • The disposition of the crime.

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Clery Act Resources
  • Concordia University Security Web Page
  • http//web.csp.edu/security/
  • Security on Campus Inc. http//www.securityoncampu
    s.org/
  • Heiser_at_csp.edu or 651-641-8717
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