The Clery Act Consumer Information

Requirements and Disclosures Campus Security Act

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

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Today’s FocusWhat is the Clery Act (CA)RequirementsThe Players – (CSA’s)Campus Security AuthoritiesUnderstanding the BasicsCampus Crime ReportingClery Reportable Offenses

Today’s Focus con'tGeographic AreaTimely Warning NoticesEmergency Notifications and

Response TestingFire SafetyMissing PersonNoticesPolicy StatementsViolence Against Women Act (VAWA)Resources

What is the Clery ActThe Crime Awareness and

Campus Security ActSection 485 of HEARecords and reporting

◦Annually◦No later than October 1

RequirementsAre complexNeed coordinationInvolve most campus officesRecords and reports are

prescribed

The Players – “CSA’s”PresidentSenior administratorsSafety administratorsStudent life employees

◦Resident hall ◦Athletics

coaches◦Financial aid◦Student accounts

Campus Security Authorities

Any school employee with significant responsibility for…◦ Students, or◦Campus activities, or◦Building relationships

HINT! Focus on the function of the employee

Campus Security Authorities

Differ from Clery Compliance Officers (CCO)

CSA includes ALL personnel involved with:◦Public safety◦Security◦Student advisors

CCO have specific assigned duties for insuring school compliance with ALL Clery Act elements

Understanding the BasicsCampus crime reportingTimely warning noticesEmergency notifications

◦TestingFire safety reportingMissing student proceduresNotices

◦Prospective students◦Employees

Policy statements

Campus Crime ReportingBy October 1 requirements

◦Publish and disseminate annual report◦Crime stats for current calendar year

and two preceding yearsShould the crime be included?

◦Was the crime reported to CSA?◦Is the crime one of the 12 Clery-

reportable offenses?◦Did the crime occur in a Clery-

reportable geographic area?

Clery-Reportable OffensesMurderSex Offenses

◦Forcible rape

◦Non-forcibleRobberyAggravated assaultBurglaryMotor vehicle theftManslaughterArson

Clery-Reportable Offensescon't

Arrests or persons referred for campus disciplinary action for:◦Liquor law violations and/or◦Drug-related violations and/or◦Weapon Possession

Hate crimes◦When the victim is intentionally

selected because of actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability

Geographic Area Three types of school property

◦Campus and◦Non-campus buildings or property and◦Public property areas

HINT! Publish a map in your annual security report depicting the boundaries of these areas

Geographic Area con'tCampus

◦Buildings or property owned or controlled by the school

◦Branch campus and geographically disconnected areas

Public property◦Adjacent sidewalks, streets or public

parking lotsNon-campus

◦owned or controlled by a school recognized student organization

Timely Warning NoticesRequires schools to communicate

to the campus community timely◦Serious crime◦Emergency

Timely Warning Notices must be considered for CA crimes when◦Reported to CSA’s or local police◦Determined to represent a serious or

continuing threat to students and employees

Timely Warning Notices con't

Notices must be◦Substantively accurate◦Specific enough to be helpful◦Not downplaying◦Transparent from the beginning

Hindsight is 20/20◦Department of Education audits◦Media focus

Emergency Notifications and Response Testing

MUST distribute to the campus community upon confirmation of a dangerous campus situation◦regardless of whether a crime is

involved.

HINT! Think team approach

Fire Safety On campus residential facilities?

◦Must publish fire safety report annually Include:

Fire statistics Injuries and/or deaths related to fireFire safety system and practicesValue of property damageNumber of regular supervised fire drills

Fire Safety con'tCampus policies regarding:

◦Portable electric appliances◦Smoking ◦Open flames◦Evacuation procedures

Staff Students Faculty

Future improvements

Missing PersonProvide on campus housing?

◦Establish missing student notification policy for students living in residential facilities

◦Provide students the option to identify a specific contact person

Determine a student is missing?◦Age of student?

18 or under.. At least 2 mandatory notifications to emergency

contact(s)

NoticesAnnually to

◦All current students◦All prospective students◦All employees

Must include at least the following◦Statement of report’s availability◦Statement that paper copy is available

upon request and how to obtain one◦Description of the contents◦Exact electronic address of the report

Policy StatementsAnnual Crime and Fire Safety

Reports◦MUST contain statements about

your… Policies Procedures Practices

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

A comprehensive approach to violence against women ◦Holding offenders accountable

Provides improved the criminal justice response to violence against women

Ensures that victims and their families have access to the services needed to achieve safety and rebuilding their lives

Is creating positive changes

ResourcesGeneral information:

◦ http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/campus.htmlThe President’s Guide to the Clery Act

◦ http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/A-Presidents-Guide-to-the-Clery-Act.pdf

Higher Education Act 485(f), 485(i) & 485(j) Clery Act and Related Campus Security Provisions

Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting◦ http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/handbo

ok.pdfFactsheet: The Violence Against Women Act

◦ www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/vawa_factsheet.pdf

Let’s RecapWhat is the Clery Act (CA)RequirementsThe Players – (CSA’s)Campus Security AuthoritiesUnderstanding the BasicsCampus Crime ReportingClery Reportable Offenses

Let’s Recap con’tGeographic AreaTimely Warning NoticesEmergency Notifications and Response

TestingFire SafetyMissing PersonNoticesPolicy StatementsViolence Against Women Act (VAWA)Resources

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