Annual Campus Security Report
Compilation and distribution of the report is mandated for all institutions participating in the student financial aid programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Specifically, the law requires institutions to disclose information about campus security policies and procedures and to provide statistics concerning the occurrence of certain criminal offenses by designated categories. The report must also include statements about:
- Campus law enforcement policies
- Campus security education and prevention programs
- Alcohol and drug policies
- Sexual assault education
- Vehicle(s) for reporting and procedures for handling reports of sexual assault.
Compilation Policy
The Department of Public Safety compiles and distributes the annual Campus Security Report pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, simply known as the “Clery Act."
- The crime statistics gathered are from official reports filed with the Department of Public Safety and/or local law enforcement agency jurisdictions in which Southwestern offers educational opportunities, and/or confidential reporting of alleged crimes by victims who sought intervention/victim assistance yet, as is their right, refused to file an official report.
- Crime statistics also are gathered from the campus security authorities, which may or may not have been reported to the DPS.
- Statistics gathered from local law enforcement agencies are reviewed for possible double counting when the agency and campus security authority reports a similar incident for the same location.
- Crimes are classified using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniformed Crime Reporting (UCR) Handbook standards. See Crime Location Definitions
- Incidents will be investigated to the fullest extent possible, to include requesting support from local law enforcement to:
- substantiate the allegations
- pursue prosecution
- or referral for disciplinary action, if justified
- and/or determine the allegations to be unfounded
- and/or exceptionally cleared
- For statistical purposes, crime statistics reported to any of these sources are recorded in the calendar year the crime was reported.