Transcript CLERY Act Compliance-The Role of a Campus Security Authority

• The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime
Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus
Security Act, that requires colleges and universities across the United States to
disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.
• Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs
it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is
enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
• The "Clery Act" is named in memory of 19 year old Lehigh University freshman
Jeanne Ann Clery (who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence
hall room on April 5, 1986).
• Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been
told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her
murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress
to enact this law, which was originally known as the "Crime Awareness and
Campus Security Act of 1990."
• The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the
victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again
in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also
formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
• The law was amended in 2000 to require schools to notify the campus
community about where public "Megan's Law" information about registered
sex offenders on campus could be obtained.
• In 2008 required an updated Emergency Response Plan and testing of that
plan, Fire Safety information, and expanded Hate Crime reporting.
• In 2013 the law was changed adding the crimes of stalking, harassment, and
domestic violence.
REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLERY
ACT
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Publish Annual Security Report
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Maintain Daily Activity Report
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Disclosure of policies on Sexual
Assault, Missing persons, Alcohol, and
drugs
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Maintain crime statistics
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Maintain fire safety log and statistics
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Provide Timely Notice for situations
on campus that pose an on-going or
immanent threat to safety
WHO OR WHAT IS A CAMPUS
SECURITY AUTHORITY
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Many crimes, especially
sexual assaults, are not
reported to police.
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The Clery Act requires that we
gather and publish crime data
to ensure that students and
others know about dangers
on campus.
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Data is collected from a wide
variety of “Campus Security
Authorities” – That’s where
you come in.
CAMPUS SECURITY
AUTHORITY
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The law defines four categories
of Campus Security Authority:
University Police
Non-police security staff
responsible for monitoring
University property
People/offices designated under
our policy as those to
whom/which crimes should be
reported
“Officials with significant
responsibility for student and
campus activities” – that’s you!!
TYPICAL
Law Enforcement
Non-police security staff who
Monitor/control entrance to
property
 Residence Hall security staff
 Parking/Information kiosk
staff
 Building security staff
 Special event security
 Campus safety escorts
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(NON) TYPICAL
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The last category of “Campus
Security Authority” (or “CSA”)
is defined broadly to ensure
complete coverage and
thorough reporting of crimes.
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Over 200 U. of Wyoming
staff and faculty are CSAs
having “significant
responsibility for student and
campus activities” – including
you.
EXAMPLES:
Deans, student housing staff,
athletic coaches, student
activities coordinators,
student judicial officers, and
faculty advisors to registered
student organizations.
 Defined by function, not title:
 Significant responsibility for
student AND campus
activities
 Contact with students
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Those considered NOT to be campus security authorities:
• Licensed professional mental health counselors
and
• Pastoral counselors (employed by a religious organization to provide confidential
counseling)Who are working within the scope of their license or religious
assignment at the time they receive the crime report.
• Administrative staff not responsible for students (e.g., payroll, facilities)
• Clerical staff
• Individual faculty who do NOT serve as advisors to registered student organizations
• Doctors in the Student Health Center, or Counselors in the Counseling Center, who
only provide care to individual students.
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U. of Wyoming encourages professional and
pastoral counselors [who are not required to
report crimes] to tell victims about the
Confidential Reporting Process. The counselor
must make a judgment call: is it appropriate to
discuss crime reporting in this particular
situation?
Confidential Reporting Process: victims can
report crimes confidentially (no names or
criminal investigation) to the STOP Violence
Project, 766-3296, to be included in crime
statistics.
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If someone tells you about a crime or an
incident that may be a crime, record the
information and submit a report.
Just get the facts, law enforcement will do
the analysis.
When in doubt, report it!
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These crimes must be reported (definitions
follow):
Criminal homicide
Sex offenses, forcible & non-forcible
Aggravated assault
Robbery
Burglary
Motor vehicle theft
Arson
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You must also report:
Hate crimes, including any of the seven
crimes listed above, or any other crime, if
motivated by hate (ex. Vandalism)
Liquor, drug, and weapons – both arrests
AND disciplinary referrals for students and
employees (staff/faculty).
Stalking
Domestic Violence
Michael J. Samp
Chief of Police
University of
Wyoming
(307) 766-5179
[email protected]
Questions?