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Clery Compliance

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The Clery Act

The U.S. Department of Education, Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act requires higher education institutions receiving federal funds to publicly disclose and publish campus crime statistics, security policies, and safety information communicated to the WesternU community.  This data includes crimes that have occurred on-campus, in certain non-campus buildings or properties that are owned or controlled by WesternU, and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. A crime is reported when it is brought to the attention of a campus security authority or the local police by a victim, witness, other third party, or even the offender. An institution must disclose crime reports regardless of whether any of the individuals involved in either the crime itself, or in the reporting of the crime, are associated with the institution.

 


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
    • University Student Affairs
    • 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 Affairs 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.