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Jeanne Clery Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Disclosure Act. Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in 1986. Her killer was another student. Her parents believed she would have been more cautious if she had known about other violent crimes at Lehigh.
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Jeanne Clery Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Disclosure Act Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in 1986. Her killer was another student. Her parents believed she would have been more cautious if she had known about other violent crimes at Lehigh.
What is the Clery Act? The Clery Act requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses to ensure that students know about potential dangers. !!A crime does not have to be proven to be reported. Reporting must include all “alleged” criminal incidents, too!!
How does the Clery Act impact the College? • Many crimes and incidents, especially when one student sexually assaults another, are not reported to the police. • The Clery Act REQUIRES that all types of violent crime and crime that could lead to violence be reported and logged by the Campus Security Office.
Clery requires designated Campus Security Authorities (CSAs). Who are HawCC’s CSAs? • Campus Security Officers/Campus Security Office. • Officials with significant responsibility for student and campus activities. • People/offices to which campus policy directs that crimes be reported. • Faculty/staff taking students on off-campus trips. The Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs hasauthority to designate Campus Security Authorities.
Where/to whom to report crimes! • HawCC Campus Security Office/Security Officer • HawCC contract Security staff • Any designated CSA, or the below: • Auxiliary and Facilities Services Officer/POM • Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs • Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs NOTE: Any victim who you escort to Campus Security and who you know files a report with Campus Security, DO NOT fill out a CSA Incident Report.
What do I do if I am a designated Campus Security Authority? • If someone tells you about an incident which may be a crime on or near the campus and does not wish to report the incident directly to Security, you must record the information and submit it to the HawCC Campus Security Office as soon as possible. • Faculty/staff who take students off campus for any reason are a CSA and MUST take the CSA training prior to the off campus trip. • HawCC Security Officers will provide a short training session that will include incident reporting and procedures.
What crimes must I report? The 10 Clery Crimes • Criminal homicide • Manslaughter • Sex offense: forcible & non-forcible • Aggravated assault • Burglary • Robbery • Motor vehicle theft • Arson • Arrest & disciplinary referral: liquor, drug, & weapons law violation • Hate crime involving bodily injury
Campus Security Authority’s responsibilities…. • Encourage the person to report the crime to Security or Police. (But don’t force) • The person who talks to you may not want to talk to Security or Police - and doesn’t have to. Tell the person you must report the incident as a statistic but will not identify him/her or anyone involved without permission. • If the person decides not to talk to you, tell him/her to report anonymously. (http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/security- Click on Silent Witness link) – HOWEVER, you must still report the incident, even if you don’t have all the facts.
Do the best you can. Just get the facts... • Just get the facts with as accurate and complete a description as possible. • You don’t have to prove what happened or who was at fault. You are reporting an alleged incident with little or no reason to doubt the validity of the information. • You aren’t supposed to find the perpetrator. • DON’T identify the victim, unless the victim wishes to be identified.
Just get the facts, continued... • Specific questions will help Security Officers assign the crime to the correct category. Feel free to report the type of crime you feel occurred. • If HawCC Security Officers are handling another incident, and HPD staff are present, collaborate with the HPD and record their report number. • Ascertain whether the incident was a hate motivated crime.
Just get the facts continued... • Complete the “Campus Security Authority” crime report form. (You may need to wait until the person leaves) • Is the victim or assailant a student? Are they acquaintances? • Does the victim wish to remain anonymous? • Has the incident been reported to police or to any other CSA? • Was either party under the influence of alcohol or drugs?
Offer assistance... Provide the person with information on: • Reporting crimes to the Campus Security and Police. • Campus and community programs which assist victims of sexual and/or other forms assault. • Procedures for seeking medical help.
Non-reportable crimes Do not report a crime if: A person tells you about a crime that occurred away from the campus and was not a HawCC sponsored activity. However, if in doubt report the incident. HawCC’s Security Officers are the best resource in making a determination whether a crime must be reported.
What to do if a Homicide! • Who? Where? When? How? • Is a violent situation in progress? • Call Police immediately! 9-1-1 • Call Campus Security, too! 854-1420
What to do if a Sexual Assault! • Did the assailant use or threaten force? Have a weapon? • Did the assailant penetrate the victim’s body? • Did the victim know the assailant? • Was the victim unable to fight because of drugs or alcohol? • Was the victim a minor (younger than 18)?
What to do if a Burglary or Larceny! • What was taken or attempted to be taken? • What is its value? • Did the perpetrator accost victim in person? • Did the perpetrator use or threaten force? • If a weapon, what kind? • Was the victim injured? • If not, did the victim feel threatened or in danger?
Burglaryor Larceny! continued... If perpetrator did not accost the victim in person: • Was the item taken from inside a car, open area, office, etc.? • Was the door open, closed or locked? • How did the thief get in?
What to do if a Motor Vehicle Theft! • What kind of vehicle? • From where was it taken? • When was it taken? • Has it been recovered? • Do you know who did it? • “Joyriding” is a motor vehicle theft if the vehicle is taken by a person without lawful access.
What to do if an Arson! • What was burned or attempted to be burned? • Was anyone hurt? • Was there property damaged? How much? • When did it happen? • When was it discovered? • Was there graffiti or other evidence of hate motivation?
What to do if a Hate Crime! • Did the attacker confront the victim in person? • Did the attacker use or threaten to use force? What kind? • Was there a weapon? • Was the victim injured? • Did the attack or threat include racial, ethnic, religious, homophobic comments or slurs targeting the disabled?
What to do if a Liquor, Drug, Weapon Law Violation! • Campus Security must keep statistics on the number of people arrested or cited for liquor, drug and weapons law violations. • Student Affairs must keep statistics on the number of people referred for disciplinary action for liquor, drug and weapon law violations, and report these statistics to Campus Security. • Statistics must reflect the total number of persons involved, not incidents. NOTE: Liquor law violation does NOT include DUI and intoxication
Liquor law Violations: • Included in Clery statistics are the violation of state or local laws prohibiting the: • of alcoholic beverages.
Location, location, location... Record where the incident occurred: • On campus (see map) • On public property adjacent to all borders of the campus, including each sidewalk, each street, each parking area, each open area, and each sidewalk across each street • Do not include public property beyond each sidewalk on the opposite side of each street or any public property surrounding the campus. Private property is excluded!