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Campus Safety and Crime
Reporting on UC Campuses |
The University of California makes every effort
to provide safe campus environments for its students. Every UC campus
has a police department staffed by s worn peace officers with full
law enforcement authority as well as an array of counseling, education,
and safety programs. Campus judicial officers use both discipline
and counseling to stop abusive behavior and solve problems.
UC campuses conduct safety training as part of
new student orientation and offer similar sessions for continuing
students. They maintain professionally staffed health and counseling
centers that help students be proactive to protect themselves as
well as dealing with emergencies. Campus residence hall staff are
trained to assist students in dispute resolution, safe practices,
and crisis management. Residence halls are protected by automated
lock and entrance control technologies.
Lighting, maintenance, and escort services are
designed to prevent crimes from happening, but campus grounds are
equipped with emergency alarm systems for summoning rapid help if
needed.
This combination of staffing and organizational
and physical infrastructure is designed to help young adults learn
to take responsibility for their own safety in a context of accurate
knowledge of risks and resources.
Each UC campus police department has responsibility
for gathering statistics, identifying reportable crimes and reporting/publishing
statistics to Department of Education, the FBI and the public. Statistics
are reported in different formats and categories depending upon
legal requirements: FBI reports include different crimes from the
Clery Act, while the Clery Act requires statistics be reported from
a wider geographic area than the FBI (e.g., adjacent public property
and student organization properties), and also requires reports
of student disciplinary referrals in addition to arrests for drug,
alcohol, and weapons offenses. Further, the Clery Act mandates the
collection of information regarding incidents from non-law enforcement
"campus security authorities" having "significant
responsibility for students or campus activities," while FBI
statistics include only crimes reported to the police.
Clery
Act Compliance Manual (May 2002 - to be updated)
Introduction to the
Clery Act for UC Management
Introduction to the
Clery Act for Campus Security
Authorities
Clery
Act Campus Security Authority Training
(PowerPoint Presentation)
UC's 2001 Clery Act Task Force Report and Department of Education review
U.S. Dept. of Education Clery Act Campus Crime Reporting Handbook
U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety Search Page
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