SKC Campus Security

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Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses. Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Clery Act is named in memory of 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.
Jeanne’s parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn’t been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the “Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.”
The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery. The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the campus community about where public “Megan’s Law” information about registered sex offenders on campus could be obtained.

Other Important Numbers

Vice President of Business Affairs
Audrey Plouffe
275-4972
Big Knife Building

Student Support Services
275-4823
Robert DePoe III Building

Student Life/Athletics
275-4978
Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center

SKC Campus Security Office
275-4751
SKC Security Office

Community members, students, faculty, staff, and guests are encouraged to report all crimes and public safety related incidents to the SKC Campus Security Office in a timely manner. All incident reports are reviewed and distributed to the proper authorities. Incidents involving students will be forwarded to the Vice President of Academic Affairs for review and potential action. Statistics will also be presented on incidents of a more minor nature, such as, petty theft and campus accidents. SKC will prepare an annual report on campus crimes and incidents that will cover the preceding two years for which information is available by the Auxiliary Services Department. Crimes should be reported to SKC Campus Security to ensure inclusion in the annual crime statistics and to aid in providing timely warning notices to the community, when appropriate.