The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to report campus crime data, support victims of violence, and publicly outline the policies and procedures they have put into place to improve campus safety.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act, Clery Act, is a consumer protection law that aims to provide transparency around campus crime policy and statistics.
In order to comply with Clery Act requirements, colleges and universities must understand what the law entails, where their responsibilities lie, and what they can do to actively foster campus safety.
You can read the full text of the Clery Act at the Federal Register
The Clery Act requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to disseminate a public annual security report (ASR) to employees and students every October 1st. This report must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety.
ASRs must also include policy statements regarding (but not limited to) crime reporting, campus facility security and access, law enforcement authority, incidence of alcohol and drug use, and the prevention of/response to sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, and stalking.
Clery Act crime reporting is not strictly limited to events that occur on campus or within campus buildings and residences. Institutions must include statistics for crime that occur in any of these geographic areas:
Below you will find a map of the geographical area in which 抖抈社区 is responsible for reporting crimes.
Under the Clery Act, the 抖抈社区 Police Department is required to maintain and make available a crime log. The crime log provides certain details about crimes that are reported to campus Police which have occurred at any of the areas listed above. These details include the date and time the crime occurred, the nature of the crime, the general location of the crime, and the disposition of the complaint, if known.
According to the Clery Act, institutions may withhold any of the required details of the crime log if any of the following conditions apply: