The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting ...

The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting

2016 Edition

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The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting

2016 Edition

U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education

This report was prepared in part under Contract Nos. ED-04-CO-0059/0004 and ED-99-CO-0109 with Westat and ED-OPE-15-C-0031 and ED-IES-10-C-0016 with INOVAS. Amy Wilson served as the contracting officer's representative. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service or enterprise mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred.

U.S. Department of Education John B. King, Jr. Secretary

Office of Postsecondary Education Lynn Mahaffie Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education

Policy Development, Analysis and Accreditation Service Gail McLarnon Senior Director

June 2016

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CONTENTS

Abbreviations ................................................................................................................. vi

List of Figures ................................................................................................................ vii

List of Tables ................................................................................................................. vii

1. Introduction: An Overview of Campus Safety and Security Reporting.............. 1-1

How to Determine If Your Institution Must Comply With the HEA .................. 1-2 Purpose of the Handbook .................................................................................... 1-4 Getting Additional Help ...................................................................................... 1-11

2. Geography: Location, Location, Location .......................................................... 2-1

How to Identify Your On-campus Geography .................................................... 2-2 How to Identify Your Public Property ................................................................ 2-11 How to Identify Your Noncampus Buildings or Property .................................. 2-18 Use of Maps......................................................................................................... 2-26

3. Crime Statistics: Classifying and Counting Clery Act Crimes............................ 3-1

Crime Definitions ................................................................................................ 3-3 Types of Criminal Offenses ................................................................................ 3-4 Hate Crimes ......................................................................................................... 3-25 VAWA Offenses ................................................................................................... 3-36 Arrests and Disciplinary Referrals for Violation of Weapons, Drug

Abuse and Liquor Laws ............................................................................... 3-42 Unfounded Crimes .............................................................................................. 3-51 Excluded Crimes ................................................................................................. 3-55

4. Collecting Statistics: Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies .................... 4-1

How to Identify Your Institution's CSAs ........................................................... 4-2 What Does a Campus Security Authority Do? ................................................... 4-5 What Shouldn't a Campus Security Authority Do? ............................................ 4-6 Exemption for Pastoral and Professional Counselors ......................................... 4-7 Recommendations ............................................................................................... 4-9 Requesting Statistics From Local Law Enforcement Agencies ......................... 4-12

5. The Daily Crime Log: Recording Crimes Reported to Campus Police or Security Personnel ............................................................................................... 5-1

Purpose of the Daily Crime Log.......................................................................... 5-2 Creating Your Log............................................................................................... 5-4 Required Crime Log Elements ............................................................................ 5-4 Maintaining Your Log......................................................................................... 5-6 Making Your Log Available ............................................................................... 5-7

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6. Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings: Alerting Your Campus Community.......................................................................................................... 6-1

Emergency Response and Evacuation Procedures .............................................. 6-1 The Timely Warning ........................................................................................... 6-12 Emergency Notification and Timely Warnings: Sorting Out the

Differences ................................................................................................... 6-16

7. Policy Statements: What You Do and How You Do It ....................................... 7-1

Campus Security Policies That Must Be Addressed in the Annual Security Report ............................................................................................ 7-2

8. Policies, Procedures and Programs: Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking................................................................ 8-1

Educational Programs and Campaigns................................................................ 8-3 Procedures Victims Should Follow in the Case of Alleged Dating

Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking.......................... 8-9 Procedures Your Institution Will Follow in the Case of Alleged Dating

Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault or Stalking.......................... 8-12 Advising the Campus Community About Sex Offenders ................................... 8-23

9. The Annual Security Report: Publishing Policy Statements and Crime Statistics............................................................................................................... 9-1

Presenting Your Policy Statements in the Annual Security Report .................... 9-2 Presenting General Crime Statistics and Arrest and Disciplinary

Referral Statistics ......................................................................................... 9-2 Presenting Hate Crime Statistics in the Annual Security Report ........................ 9-6 Presenting Statistics for Unfounded Crimes in the Annual Security

Report........................................................................................................... 9-7

10. Missing Students: The Twenty-four Hour Rule .................................................. 10-1

Policy Statement.................................................................................................. 10-2 Procedures ........................................................................................................... 10-5

11. Fire Safety Disclosures: Requirements and Definition of a Fire......................... 11-1

Definition of a Fire .............................................................................................. 11-1

12. The Fire Log: Recording Fires in On-campus Student Housing Facilities .............................................................................................................. 12-1

What Are Reported Fires? ................................................................................... 12-1 Creating a Fire Log.............................................................................................. 12-3 Reporting to the Campus Community................................................................. 12-5

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13. Fire Statistics: Classifying and Counting Fires in On-campus Student Housing Facilities................................................................................................ 13-1 Required Fire Statistics ....................................................................................... 13-1

14. The Annual Fire Safety Report: Publishing Policy Statements and Fire Statistics............................................................................................................... 14-1 Components of the Fire Safety Report ................................................................ 14-2

Appendices A Links to the Higher Education Act of 1965 Safety- and Security-related

Laws and Regulations ......................................................................................... A-1 B Sample Letter to a Local Law Enforcement Agency to Request Crime

Statistics............................................................................................................... B-1 C Checklist for Campus Safety and Security Compliance ..................................... C-1 Index .............................................................................................................................. I-1

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