Certain campus officials, those deemed Campus Security Authorities (Campus Security Authorities include all mandated reporters, coaches, sponsors of clubs and organizations, hall directors, resident assistants (R.A.s), and faculty and staff accompanying students on overnight trips.) have a duty to report the following for federal statistical reporting purposes (Clery Act)
- All “primary crimes,” which include homicide, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, and arson;
- Hate crimes, which include any bias-motivated primary crime as well as any bias-motivated larceny or theft, simple assault, intimidation, or
destruction/damage/vandalism of property; - VAWA-based crimes,8 which include sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; and
- Arrests and referrals for disciplinary action for weapons-related law violations, liquor-related law violations, and drug abuse-related law violations.
All personally identifiable information is kept private, but statistical information must be shared with the manager of safety, security and Clery regarding the type of incident and its general location (on- or off-campus or in the surrounding area, but no addresses are given) for publication in the Annual Security Report and daily campus crime log.
8VAWA is the Violence Against Women Act, enacted in 1994 codified in part at 42 U.S.C. sections 13701 through 14040.