Clery Compliance
Campus Security Authority (CSA)
WHAT IS A CSA?
- The U.S. Department of Education defines a campus security authority is an official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities. A CSA has responsibilities under Clery to report information for timely warnings and for collection of crime statistics.
WHO ARE CSAS?
- At Western University of Health Sciences, the CSA’s are defined as:
- Administrators of Non-WesternU Campus Locations.
- Campus Security personnel
- Deans
- Faculty or staff who act as advisors and co-advisors to student organizations
- Directors/Department Heads
- Student Life & Student Leadership
- Senior Administrative Leaders/Senior Executive Leadership
- Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Title IX Coordinators
Campus safety authorities are required to report criminal occurrences to the campus law enforcement unit (Office of Campus Security) under the annual reporting and timely warning requirements of the Clery Act. It shall be the responsibility of the Office of Campus Security to investigate reports of criminal activity on campus.
Daily Crime and Fire Log
The Crime and Fire Log includes crimes occurring on WesternU’s Clery geography reported to Campus Security in the past 60 days and fires in campus housing reported to Campus Security in the past 60 days.
Please note that the reported incidents listed on the crime log do not necessarily indicate that the events actually occurred as described. The crime log is based on reports received by Campus Security, and we are required by the Clery Act to list them as reported. Each reported incident must remain on the crime log even if our investigation determines otherwise.
The hard copy log is located in the Office of Campus Security is printed from the website and also contains only the most recent 60 days of the log. Log entries older than 60 days (up to the past 7 years) are available upon request, within 2 business days, and will be provided from the dispatch and incident reporting system, which contains the same information but is formatted differently.
In general, entries in this log will be given one of the following dispositions to reflect the current status of the incident. If the status of an incident changes, this log will be updated within two business days to reflect the new disposition:
Term |
Definition |
|---|---|
| Active | There is an active investigation regarding this incident. |
| Cleared (no follow-up necessary) | This incident has been resolved with no further action necessary. |
| Cleared by Arrest | This incident has been resolved by arrest. |
| Cleared by Exception | This incident was resolved — no arrest was made. |
| Referred to PD | This incident was referred to the local Police Department for follow-up. |
| Referred to Student Development | This incident was referred to WesternU’s Student Life & Student Leadership Department for follow-up. |
| Inactive | There is currently no further action to be taken regarding this incident. |
| Unfounded | Law enforcement has determined that no offense occurred nor was attempted. |
WesternU is required by law to publish an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report each year before October 1. These reports includes statistics for WesternU’s campuses (California and Oregon) for the previous three years concerning certain categories of reported crimes that occurred on campus, in other property owned or controlled by WesternU, and on public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from each campus.
The fire safety portion of these reports include statistics for the previous three years concerning reported instances of fire in residence halls, the number of evacuation drills performed, and information about fire detection & suppression systems in each residence hall.
In addition, these reports give information about services provided by Campus Security, emergency preparedness and procedures, and institutional policies concerning crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, missing resident students, emergency notifications, alcohol and drug use, and policies and procedures on sexual assault, domestic and dating violence and stalking.
2026 California Annual Security Report
Definitions
- On Campus
Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to paragraph (1) of this definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor). - On Campus Housing
A student housing facility that is owned or controlled by the institution or is located on property that is owned or controlled by the institution and is within the reasonably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus. - Public Property
All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus (Includes Centennial Park). - Non-campus buildings or property
Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
– Property Frequently Used by Students
– Short-stay “away” trips – University sponsored trips of more than one night for student travel. Include information about lodging and any classroom (other) space sponsored by the university.
– Repeated Use – University sponsored travel that occurs more than once in any 365 day period. Example — student group travels to Oregon every semester and stays at the same hotel each time.
Criminal Offenses
- Murder or Non negligent manslaughter: The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
- Manslaughter by Negligence: The killing of another person through gross negligence.
- Sexual Assault: An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape as used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Per the National Incident-Based Reporting System User Manual from the FBI UCR Program, A sex offense is “any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent.”
- Rape: The 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.
- 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 incapacity.
- Statutory Rape: Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
- Incest: Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
- 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.
- 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. (It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated assault when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)
- Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
- Motor vehicle theft: The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned—including joyriding.)
- Arson: Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- Sexual Assault: An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape as used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Per the National Incident-Based Reporting System User Manual from the FBI UCR Program, A sex offense is “any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent.” Refer to the definitions above for rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape.
- Domestic Violence: A Felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed—
- By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
- By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
- By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabited with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
- By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or
- By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
- Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.
- The existence of such a relationship shall be based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.
- For the purposes of this definition—
- Dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.
- Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.
- Stalking:
- Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to—
- Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
- Suffer substantial emotional distress.
- For the purposes of this definition—
- Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, or interferes with a person’s property.
- Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
- Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
Hate Crimes
Hate crimes include all of the criminal offenses with the addition of intimidation, vandalism, larceny, and simple assault. The additional crimes will only be counted in the Clery statistics if they are motivated by hate.
- 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.
- Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property: To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.
- Larceny-Theft: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.
- Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.
Hate Crime Bias
A hate crime is a criminal offense committed against a person or property which 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. Although there are many possible categories of bias, under Clery, only the following categories are reported:
- Disability: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their physical or mental impairments/challenges, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired by heredity, accident, injury, advanced age or illness.
- Ethnicity: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons of the same race who share common or similar traits, languages, customs and traditions (e.g., Arabs, Hispanics).
- National origin: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons of the same country or area of birth.
- Gender: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons because those persons are male or female.
- Gender Identity: Bias based on gender is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons because of actual or perceived gender-related characteristics
- Race: A preformed negative attitude toward a group of persons who possess common physical characteristics (e.g., color of skin, eyes, and/or hair; facial features, etc.) genetically transmitted by descent and heredity, which distinguish them as a distinct division of humankind (e.g., Asians, blacks, whites).
- Religion: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons who share the same religious beliefs regarding the origin and purpose of the universe and the existence or nonexistence of a supreme being (e.g., Catholics, Jews, Protestants, atheists).
- Sexual orientation: A preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a group of persons based on their sexual attraction toward, and responsiveness to, members of their own sex or members of the opposite sex (e.g., gays, lesbians, heterosexuals).
Arrests and Referrals for Disciplinary Action
The last category of crime statistics that must be disclosed is the number of arrests and the number of persons referred for disciplinary action for the following law violations: (1) Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc.; (2) Drug Abuse Violations; and (3) Liquor Law Violations.
- Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, Etc., is defined as the 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. This classification encompasses weapons offenses that are regulatory in nature.
- Drug Abuse Violations are defined as the violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing and making of narcotic drugs.
- Liquor Law Violations are defined as 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.
Emergency Notification
Western University of Health Sciences will immediately notify the Pomona campus
community upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on campus.
The Department Campus Safety is the University department responsible for the Emergency Notification Broadcast System. SafeZone is WesternU’s official emergency communication service. Emergency notifications may be distributed through the SafeZone application, text message, telephone call, email, social media, or other appropriate communication methods.
Confirmation of an Emergency
When WesternU receives information concerning a potential emergency or dangerous
situation, an authorized University official will evaluate the available information in coordination, as appropriate, with Campus Security, EHS, the Pomona Police Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, emergency medical personnel, Facilities, or another agency or University department with direct knowledge of the circumstances.
Confirmation does not require that every detail be known. A situation is considered
confirmed when an authorized University official determines, based on reasonably reliable information, that a significant emergency or dangerous situation is occurring on the Pomona campus and presents an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees.
Authorized University officials with responsibility for campus safety, security, or emergency response may confirm the existence of a significant emergency or dangerous situation based on reasonably reliable information. When the primary official responsible for making this determination is unavailable, another authorized University official with responsibility for campus safety, security, or emergency response may perform this function to prevent unnecessary delay.
Designated University officials with responsibility for campus safety, security, or emergency response may independently direct the issuance of an emergency notification when circumstances require immediate action.
Determining Who Will Receive the Notification
After confirming an emergency, the authorized University official will determine whether
the notification should be sent to the entire Pomona campus community or only to the segment or segments directly affected by the situation.
This determination will be based on factors such as:
- The nature and location of the emergency;
- The area affected or likely to be affected;
- Whether the threat is limited to a particular building, clinic, program, population, or portion
- of campus;
- The protective actions community members should take; and
- The possibility that the emergency could expand to other areas of campus.
If the emergency may affect the entire campus, or if limiting the notification could place
other members of the campus community at risk, the notification will be distributed to the entire Pomona campus community.
Determining the Content of the Notification
The authorized official directing the notification, in coordination with EHS, Campus Security, responding agencies, or other officials with relevant information, will determine the content of the notification.
The message will provide the available information necessary for members of the campus
community to protect themselves.
Depending on the circumstances, it may include:
- The nature and location of the emergency;
- The building, area, or population affected;
- Protective actions, such as evacuating, sheltering in place, avoiding an area, or securing a
- building;
- Instructions for obtaining emergency assistance; and
- Where or how additional information will be provided.
The notification may omit information that is unconfirmed, could create additional danger,
or could interfere with emergency response activities.
Initiating the Emergency Notification System
Once the emergency has been confirmed and the affected population and message content
have been determined, personnel authorized to operate the SafeZone Emergency Notification System will initiate the notification without delay.
The Emergency Management Committee may assist with emergency coordination, response, or follow-up communications when time and circumstances permit. Its specific decision-making role will be governed by applicable University policies and emergency procedures.
WesternU may withhold or delay an emergency notification only when, in the professional judgment of responsible authorities, issuing it would compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to, or otherwise mitigate the emergency.
Follow-Up Information
WesternU will provide follow-up notifications to the Pomona campus community as appropriate when additional information becomes available. Follow-up messages may provide updated protective instructions, changes in affected areas, information concerning continuing University operations, or notice that the immediate threat has ended.
Examples of significant emergencies or dangerous situations include, but are not limited to:
- Earthquake or other natural disaster;
- Fire or explosion;
- Train derailment;
- Gas leak or utility failure;
- Chemical or hazardous-materials incident on or near campus;
- Armed intruder or other violent incident;
- Terrorist incident;
- Bomb threat;
- Civil unrest or rioting;
- Police, fire, or emergency medical activity requiring evacuation, lockdown, or restricted
- access; and
- Another imminent hazard presenting an immediate threat to the campus community
Timely Warnings
The Clery Act requires WesternU to issue Timely Warnings to alert the campus community about Clery-reportable crimes that are reported to Campus Security Authorities or local law enforcement and that are determined by WesternU to represent a threat to students and employees within the University’s Clery geography.
Timely Warnings are intended to provide information that will help members of the campus community protect themselves and aid in the prevention of similar crimes. The University will issue a Timely Warning as soon as pertinent information is available. Timely Warnings will not include the names or other identifying information of victims.
The Director of Campus Security, or designee, will review reported incidents to determine whether a Timely Warning is required. Depending on the nature and urgency of the situation, the Director of Campus Security may consult with the Senior Vice President of Institutional Shared Services and Chief Operating Officer, local law enforcement, and/or other appropriate University officials. The Office of Public Relations and Marketing may assist with preparing and disseminating the notification to the University community.
Timely Warning Notices may include, when available and appropriate, the following information:
- The type of crime reported;
- The date, time, and location of the incident;
- A brief description of the incident;
- Suspect information, if known;
- Whether the incident has been reported to local law enforcement;
- Safety reminders or crime-prevention tips;
- Instructions for reporting suspicious activity or providing information related to the incident.
Examples of information that may be included in a Timely Warning Notice include notification of a reported burglary on campus, a summary of how the incident occurred, whether the affected area has been secured, whether law enforcement has been notified, and safety reminders such as securing doors, reporting damaged locks or windows, and contacting Campus Safety if suspicious activity is observed.
WesternU is not required to issue a Timely Warning for crimes reported to a pastoral or professional counselor when the counselor is acting within the scope of their official counseling duties.
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND TIMELY WARNING SUMMARY
| Emergency Notification | Timely Warnings | |
| Scope | Significant emergency or dangerous situation | Clery crimes, reported to CSAs or local police agencies |
| Trigger | Event that is currently occurring or imminently threatening campus | Crimes that occurred and represent an ongoing threat |
| Location | Only on campus | Anywhere on Clery Geography |
| Timing | Immediately upon confirmation of situation | As soon as information is available |
