1. Campus Security Authority Training

2. Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
Describe the Clery Act
Explain a Campus Security Authority (CSA)
Identify your crime reporting role
Properly report a crime
Complete and submit the CSA Incident Reporting Form
Report a missing student
Report an emergency situation

3. Clery Act
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) was enacted in memory of Jeanne Clery, who was raped and murdered in her dorm room in 1986.
The Clery Act is a federal law that requires institutions of higher education receiving federal financial aid to report campus crime and arrest statistics as well as information about campus policies and practices intended to promote crime awareness, campus safety and security. This information is published in the Annual Security Report (ASR). Employees and students are notified by October 1 each year that the current ASR is available on the University’s website.

4. Requirements of the Clery Act
Disclose, collect, classify and count crime reports and statistics
Issue Timely Warnings when a crime represents an ongoing threat to the safety of the campus community. Timely warnings are issued for Clery-reportable crimes, but may also be issued for other crime classifications, as deemed necessary.
Issue Emergency Notifications upon confirmation that there is a significant emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of some or all members of the campus community
Publish Annual Security Report
Submit crime statistics to Department of Education
Maintain a daily crime log (see “Crime Beat” at
Implement missing student notification procedures
Maintain Fire Safety information (including fire log and annual fire report containing statistics and policy statements)

5. Campus Security Authorities (CSA)
The Clery Act requires the University to collect crime statistics from multiple sources, including a Campus Security Authority. The term, Campus Security Authority, encompasses four groups of individuals and organizations associated with the security of the University:
University police officers
Non-police security staff – includes individuals that monitor access into a campus building or parking lot, provide security at events (sports, etc.), or provide escorts to students and/or employees after dark
Campus officials with significant responsibilities for student and campus activities. A campus “official is defined as any person who has the authority and the duty to take action or respond to particular issues on behalf of the institution.
Individuals designated by policy

6. Examples of CSAs Police Officers Security Guards Student Patrol
Resident Assistants (RAs)
Athletic Coaches
Dean of Students
Faculty Advisors to Student Groups
Title IX Coordinators

7. CSA Responsibilities
The function of a Campus Security Authority is to report any crime or emergency. A crime is considered reportable when it is brought to your attention by a victim, witness, other third party or even an offender. If the information is provided in “good faith” (not rumor or hearsay), please report the incident to University Police at
The CSA reporting form may be completed and faxed to

8. What a CSA Should Not Do
You do not need to investigate the crime or incident reported to you.
You should not try to contact the alleged perpetrator of the crime.
You do not need to convince the person reporting any incident to you to speak to the police if they are unwilling to do so.

9. Why Should a Crime Be Reported to Me?
The University encourages all students and employees to report crimes and emergencies to the SU Police; however, we know that doesn’t always happen.
Many times when students are the victims of crime, they are likely to report it to someone other than the police.
Because of your function at SU, someone may tell you about a crime. As a CSA, you have the responsibility to report the incident.
Pastoral and professional counselors as well as health care employees are exempt from reporting under the law; however, the University encourages such counselors to tell victims about the Confidential Reporting Process, if, in their judgment, it is appropriate to discuss crime reporting with this client.
Victims have the option of reporting crimes confidentially to a CSA. This means the University will keep a record that a crime occurred but will not publish any identifying information. Reports filed in this manner are counted and disclosed in the annual crime statistics.

10. CSA Reporting Form
The CSA Incident Reporting Form is provided to allow CSAs a method to report a crime under certain unusual circumstances
Use the form when:
A crime is reported to you
The SU Police are not called to investigate
You are not filing an incident report through approved procedures. For example, an RA filing an incident report in Advocate as part of his/her regular duties, does not need to complete the CSA Incident Reporting Form.
Please report any crime that is reported to you. SU Police will make the determination of whether the crime must be reported under Clery Act Regulations.

11. Crimes That Must Be Reported
Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter
Negligent Manslaughter
Forcible Sex Offenses (Rape, Fondling, Sodomy and Sexual Assault with an Object)
Non-Forcible Sex Offenses (Incest and Statutory Rape)
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Burglary
Motor Vehicle Theft
Hate Crime
Alcohol, Drug or Weapons Violations
Domestic Violence
Dating Violence
Stalking
Note: Refer to the Glossary for crime descriptions and definitions.

12. Reporting a Crime Depends on Location
Salisbury University is required to report offenses that occur (1) on campus, (2) in or on non-campus buildings or property that SU owns or controls and (3) on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus.
“On Campus” means “any building or property owned or controlled by the university that is reasonably contiguous to the university and that directly supports or relates to the university’s educational purpose and any building or property the university owns but does not control that is frequently used by students and that supports the university’s educational purposes.” Examples of campus buildings include, but are not limited to, residence halls, bookstores, and libraries.
“Non-campus buildings or property” means “buildings or property owned or controlled by officially recognized students organizations and those located off campus but owned or controlled by the university (not including separate campuses).” Examples of non-campus buildings could include off-campus, university owned residential spaces.
“Public property” means all property reasonably contiguous to the university but that is owned by a public entity. Examples of public property include, but are not limited to, public parking facilities, sidewalks, and streets on or directly bordering campus.

13. Reporting an Incident Get the facts - when, what, where, who, etc.
You do not need to make a judgment about or investigate what happened, just get the facts
Describe the incident/crime as completely and accurately as you can
Inform victims of their options, including confidential reporting and offer referrals to resources (e.g., campus assistance programs or counseling service, if appropriate)
Complete the CSA Incident Reporting Form (forms available online) and send it immediately to University Police by fax ( ) or it to
Report all Clery Act related crimes immediately to University Police
Note: If the victim reports a crime to you, but wishes to remain anonymous, you still need to submit a CSA Incident Reporting Form (but do not need to identify the victim).

14. Seek Help on/off Campus
Consider contacting any of the following offices for help or support:
University Police ext
Dean of Students ext
Office of Institutional Equity ext
Counseling Center ext
Student Health Services ext
Life Crisis Center

15. Missing Students/Emergency Situations
In case of missing student, emergency or dangerous situation, you must call right away! Do not use , text messages or social media to convey the situation.
Please place the call directly to:
University Police or ext 36222
#787 – Verizon cellphone
or 911

16. Glossary Term Definition
Aggravated Assault An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Arson Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Burglary The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
Campus Security A Clery Act-specific term that encompasses four groups of Authority individuals and organizations associated with institutions that are required by law to report instances of crime that they become aware of.

17. Glossary (cont) Term Definition
Fondling The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Hate Crime A criminal offense committed against a person or property which is is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias. Bias is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity or national origin.
Intimidation To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
Larceny – Theft The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession of another.

18. Glossary (cont) Term Definition
Incest Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Liquor Law Violation The violation of state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the influence and drunkenness.
Motor Vehicle Theft The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.
Murder and Non-negligent The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human
Manslaughter being by another.
Negligent Manslaughter The killing of another person through gross negligence.

19. Glossary (cont)
Term Definition
Rape Penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
Robbery The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Sexual Assault with an Object The use of an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however slightly, the genital or anal opening of the body of another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity. An object or instrument is anything used by the offender other than the offender’s genitalia.

20. Glossary (cont)
Term Definition
Sodomy Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
Statutory Rape Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

21. Glossary (cont) Term Definition
Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc. A violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices or other deadly weapons.
Dating Violence Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the complainant. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

22. Glossary (cont) Term Definition
Domestic Violence Violence committed by a current/former spouse or intimate partner of the complainant, by a person with whom the complainant shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the complainant as a spouse/ intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the complainant, or by any other person against an adult or youth complainant protected from those acts by domestic or family violence laws of Maryland.
Stalking Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial emotional distress.