Campus Security Authority Training

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Campus Security Authority Training

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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Hate Crimes

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

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Hate Crimes

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Dormitories or Other Student Residences

• The Clery Act requires crime statistics for
  dormitories and other student residences, even
  when theyre on campus.

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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.

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Public Property

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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