1. Your Role as a Campus Security Authority
Jeanne Clery Act
Your Role as a Campus Security Authority

2. History of the Clery Act
In 1986, Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her residence hall room at Lehigh University by another student. Her parents believe she would have been more cautious if she had known about other violent crimes at Lehigh.
The Clery Act, enacted in 1990 and amended in 1998, 2000, 2008, and 2014, requires higher education institutions to report crime statistics to current & prospective students & employees and the Department of Education.

3. Clery Act Responsibilities
To ensure that students know about dangers on their campuses, the Clery Act requires institutions to gather and publish data from three kinds of Campus Security Authorities

4. Campus Security Authorities 3 Categories
People or offices responsible for campus security
People or offices to which campus policy directs that crimes be reported
Those with significant responsibility for student and campus activities
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5. Campus Security Authorities Campus Security
Campus Security Advisor
Non-police security staff
Responsible for monitoring or controlling entrance to campus property
security officers
Special events security staff

6. Campus Security Authorities
Focus on individuals students might seek out to report a crime
Line responsibility
Student life - housing, judiciary, dispute resolution, extracurriculars, sports, etc.
Contact with students
Focus on student activity advisors, residence advisors, coaches, and academic advisors, not faculty and staff

7. Campus Security Authorities
Includes:
Vice President of Student Services
Student Housing officials
Athletic director & team coaches
Faculty advisor to student group
Those with significant responsibility for student
and campus activities – that’s you.
If you interact with students in ways other than merely teaching a class, you’re a CSA

8. Campus Security Authorities
Some examples of those excluded from the definition of campus security authority include:
Individual faculty who are not advisors to student groups
Clerical staff

9. Campus Security Authorities
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO REPORT IF
You are a licensed mental health counselor or a pastoral counselor (recognized by a religious organization to provide confidential counseling) AND
You are working within the scope of your license or religious assignment

10. Campus Security Authorities
Even though as a counselor you do not have to report, you can tell the person how she/he can report the crime anonymously to Police
Taft College encourages anonymous reports of crimes by counselors and victims

11. Reporting I’m not a counselor…what must I do? When in doubt, report
If someone tells you about a crime or and incident that may be a crime, you must record the information and report it to the Campus Security Advisor
Just get the information as related by the person
Police will do the analysis
When in doubt, report
Handouts or inserted slide: procedures for local campus reporting to police & anonymous reporting

12. Reporting
Tell the person you must report the incident as an anonymous statistic but will not identify anyone involved unless the victim consents to being identified
Include your own contact information

13. Reporting Let the person know about options for reporting to Police
Tell the person how he/she can report anonymously to Police
Remember: The decision to identify someone isn’t yours to make
A person who talks to you does not have to talk to the Police

14. Campus Security Authorities Reporting Crimes
Crimes that Campus Security Authorities become aware of should be reported to the Campus Security Advisor.
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15. Clery Crimes Criminal homicide - Sex offenses Robbery
Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
Negligent Manslaughter
Sex offenses
forcible & non-forcible
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary
Forcible entry
Unlawful entry – no force
Motor vehicle theft
Arson
Liquor, drug, or weapons law violations
Hate crimes

16. Clery Crimes
Domestic Violence
Dating Violence
Stalking

17. What Must Be Reported Type of Crime Location of the Crime Timing
On campus
On campus, in residence halls
On public property adjacent to campus
On non-campus property owned or controlled by the College or a recognized student organization
Timing
Date and Time the crime or incident occurred
When the person reported it to you

18. Helpful Information
Name of the Victim (if the victim wishes to be identified)
Identities of any known suspects or witnesses
Use of any weapon in the commission of the crime

19. What Not to Report DO NOT REPORT CRIMES IF
A person tells you about a crime that occurred before he/she came to the College OR
While he/she was away from campus and not involved in a College activity

20. Information
Get the information the person wants to tell you, the Campus Security Advisor will decide what type of crime has occurred
You do not have to prove what happened or who was at fault
You are not supposed to find the perpetrator
Do not identify the victim unless the victim consents to being identified

21. Information “Description of the incident or crime”
Detailed information will help correctly categorize the crime
Get as accurate and complete a description of what happened as possible
If you are not sure if a crime should be reported, report it and let the Campus Security Advisor decide

22. Information
If the person reporting the crime is in imminent danger or harm, call (9-911 from a campus phone) or the Taft Police Department immediately ( ).

23. Information You Should Provide to the Reporting Person
Programs for assisting victims of sexual and other assault
Procedures for seeking medical help
Options for reporting the crime to the police
Local handouts: list of programs w/ contact information

24. Campus Safety Information
Contact the Campus Security Advisor for more information
On campus, call to report crimes in progress
For non-emergencies or questions on reporting, call
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25. Campus Safety Information
Programs for assisting victims of sexual and other assault
Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault
Provides free and confidential services to survivors of sexual assault
Kern County Victim Assistance Program  
A more complete list is available on page 17 of the Taft College Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
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26. Campus Safety Information
Other Resources
Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting
Clery Center for Security On Campus, Inc.
Taft College Web
Campus Violence Prevention Guide
Emergency Response Guide
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