Clery Update - IACLEA Southeast & Southwest Regional Conference Jan. 21, 2014

Clery Act Updateiaclea Southeast & Southwest Regional

Conference

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Agenda

• Making the Case

• Clery Act 101

• 5 Ways to Immediately Enhance Compliance


The Landscape

A sea change – • Renewed focus on the issues of

sexual and gender violence • Activism by students, faculty,

others• Survivor courage• Evolving legislation (Clery & TIX)• REALITY – The world is FLAT

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A Not So Quiet Storm

• Clery Act is official home for most campus safety & security legislation

• Aftermath of Virginia Tech tragedy – Clery amended

• Campus SaVE Act amends Clery; changes effective 2014

• Anti-Bullying efforts may land in Clery

• OCR Focus on Title IX and overlap with Clery


No – this is a TSUNAMI!

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The Prevention Lens

COMPLIANCE IS IMPORTANT, BUT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE IS

MORE IMPORTANT

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ED – Coming Soon to a Campus Near You!

• If you have a problem, you have a PROBLEM!

• ED proactively focuses on campus incidents and local, regional, national headlines

Virginia Tech (Timely Warning Reports)

Bowie State University (Document Request Only)

Morgan State University (Document Request Only)

Penn State (Program Review Underway)

University of North Carolina – CH (Program Review Underway)


Clery Act 101• 1986: Jeanne Clery murdered at Lehigh University• 1988: Pennsylvania Act 73• 1990: Federal Crime Awareness & Campus Security Act • 1992: Campus Sexual Assault Victims’ Bill of Rights • 1994: Campus Security Act Regulations• 1998: Higher Education Act Amendments• 1999: Clery Act Regulations Issued• 2000: Campus Security Statistics Website• 2002: Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act• 2005: ED’s Clery Handbook Published• 2008: Higher Education Opportunity Act 2008• 2009: Final Campus Safety Regulations• 2011: Handbook for Campus Safety & Security Reporting

• 2013: Campus SaVE Act


What is this thing called “Clery?”

• A consumer rights bill

• An institutional responsibility

• Not JUST campus public safety

• Campus-wide collaboration and cooperation critical to success


5 Ways to Enhance Compliance



1. Formally appoint a Clery Act Compliance Coordinator.

• Processes, on-going data gathering and campus collaboration, demand focus

• At a minimum, 50% of time dedicated to Clery

• Coordinator leads Clery Act Committee

Formally chartered group of administrators should guide the institution’s Clery compliance activities.

Size doesn’t matter



2. Review your required policies.

• Ensure policies and policy statements are updated and represent your current practices

• Review at least annually

• Emphasis on policies governing Timely Warning Reports, Campus Sexual Assault, Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence & Stalking Prevention Programs, Emergency Notifications and Missing Students


5 Ways to Enhance Compliance3. Identify and train your campus security

authorities.

• Use org. chart to identify those officials who have significant responsibilities for students and campus activities. Deans, directors, and coaches are a start.

• You likely have hundreds, possibly thousands

• Conduct in-person training for Tier 1/Tier 2 CSAs

• On line for others


Educating the Campus Community

Two-Staged Curriculum:1. Each Campus Security Authority

receives initial classroom training

• Clery Act requirements and University reporting procedures.

• To date, roughly 200 trainings conducted.

2.All Campus Security Authorities are required to complete an annual online refresher training beginning in 2013.

3.Identified approximately 3,000 employees to receive training.


Increasing Awareness

• Conduct “information sessions” to engage campus community on Clery Act requirements, practices, and future endeavors.

• Variety of audiences, including executive and academic leadership from University Park as well as campuses, Faculty Senate governance, and Intercollegiate Athletics.

• University has devoted a renewed effort to encourage the reporting of crimes.



4. Fail proof your crime and arrest/referral data collection process

• Flowchart your process for collecting data from required sources

• Are there offices that have disciplinary systems that you’re not aware of, or have confusion over, what has to be reported?

• Do you have the necessary forms to facilitate data collection?

• Test your system often



5. Identify and track all of your safety awareness and crime prevention programs.

• Give credit where credit is do; many ASRs omit the programs offered by other campus departments.

• Maintain an inventory of all campus programs and update as needed.

• Ensure you list both type and frequency of all programs in your ASR.

• Don’t go to MSU



6. Prepare for the Campus SaVE Act

• Develop your policies & policy statements

• Ensure data collection processes for new areas

• Revise Grievance Procedures

• Develop & implement training and education


Campus SaVE Act Challenges

• Requires your IMMEDIATE attention

• Collaboration & Coordination are KEY

• Programming Resources


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