Campus Crime and Security

In 1990, Congress enacted the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. The act was amended in 1992, 1998, 2000. The 1998 amendment renamed the Act the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Now generally known as the Clery Act. The Clery Act was further amended in 2008 and created additional safety and security related requirements for higher education institutions. Therefore, the Board of Trustees hereby directs the administration to prepare, publish and distribute policy statements that comply with the letter and spirit of the Clery Act. Policy statement shall be issued covering the following areas:

1. Procedures for students to report criminal activities;
2. Security at campus facilities;
3. Availability and authority of campus law enforcement;
4. Programs available to inform students about security and the prevention of crime;
5. Recording of crime through local police agencies;
6. Possession, use and sale of alcohol and drugs;
7. Procedures for emergency notification and evacuation procedures;
8. Disclosure of missing student notification; and
9. Crime and Fire safety statistics annual reporting

Further, the administration shall prepare, publish and distribute statistical reports that identify the occurrence of campus crimes and the number of campus arrests for crimes specified in the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 and the amendments in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2008 now known as the Clery Act. The college will also notify the campus community of any incidents as required by law. These policy statements and statistical reports should be published on the website, in publications or mailings that are available to students and employees, as well as prospective students and the higher education community, upon request.

X This replaces policy dated 03-01-2011, 01-30-2007, 04-19-2004, 07-22-1996.