Program Schedule

12 pm ET Introduction


The Four Geographic Locations for Clery Act Crimes:

  • •   On Campus: making it clear what is on campus
  • •   Residential
  • •   Public Property: must be both adjacent to and accessible from
  • •   Noncampus
  • –  Standards for noncampus
  • –  Noncampus at a distance/overseas
  • –  When does a noncampus property become a separate on-campus property (branch campus; separate campus)?
  • •   Additional “patrol jurisdiction” for crime log only

How We Learn of Clery Act Crimes:

  • •   Campus Security Authorities
  • –  Determining who is a CSA
  • –  Training each CSA
  • –  Querying each CSA for statistics: overseas and distance study – determining who is a CSA; ensuring that distance CSA’s get statistics to the institution
  • –  Athletics
  • •   Local Law Enforcement
  • –  All on-campus and non campus property, even if far away
  • –  What are our actual requirements to make a “good faith effort”?

Sex Offenses

  • •   Requirements Under Clery and the OCR Dear Colleague Letter
  • –  Actions related to victim/survivor
  • –  Actions related to aggressor
  • –  Required policies and statements
  • –  Proper and accurate reporting is key

Questions and Answers

    Timely Warning vs. Emergency Notification

    • •   Distinctions between TW and EN
    • •   Required elements of each policy
    • •   What we learned from the Virginia Tech case
    • •   Have two policies, and assign tasks

    Annual Security Report Issues

    • •   Single document online or in paper; not a bunch of links
    • •   Notify all current faculty, staff and students
    • •   Tips on notifying prospective students and staff/faculty

    A Review of Clery Act Reviews

    • •   What to expect when you’re expecting (the Department of Ed to show up)
    • •   What ED (often) requests from campuses
    • •   Who they speak to
    • •   Preservation of Clery Act records AND non-Clery Act records
    • •   Commonly cited errors from recent audits
    2 pm ET   Conclusion