Clery Act Training

In this video, we will attempt to further elaborate on the three types of Clery-reportable locations in which crimes may occur.

As presented earlier in the lesson, there are three specifically defined geographic locations that are covered by the Clery Act. If a crime occurs in any location that falls under one of these three location types, CSAs are required by law to report that crime to the police. Let’s look at these locations in more detail.

The first required location type is called "On-Campus." This includes all buildings and open space within the boundaries of campus. If an institution has a campus that is a geographically defined space, "on-campus" refers to everything within that space.

The next location type is “Public Property” within, or immediately adjacent to, and accessible from, campus. This includes all streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities that are within the campus, or directly adjacent to campus, and any public parks that can be accessed directly from campus.

For the third location type, "non-campus," the reporting rules are more complicated. Non-campus property includes buildings or property owned, leased, or controlled by the university or an officially recognized student organization that are not within the contiguous geographic area of the campus.

This would include non-campus buildings owned by the university such as a research facility or office building that is not on campus.

If a college or University rents a privately-owned building or part of a building for classes or labs, the floors and common areas in those buildings on which the classes occur are included as reportable locations.

Off-campus buildings controlled by student groups that are officially recognized by the University are also reportable locations. This includes off-campus fraternity and sorority houses.

Now we will briefly review some locations that are not covered by the act as reportable locations.

Crimes that happen in a building that is not on campus and is privately owned, such as a local bank, would not be covered by the Clery Act because the educational institution does not own or control the building. Crimes that happen outside that building or on the way to that building are also not required to be reported.

Offenses that occur in private businesses that serve the University community *off* campus, even if very close to campus, are not included.

Privately-owned homes and buildings in the community, including rental properties primarily used by students, are not included.

It is important for CSAs to understand that they are required by law to report crimes that occur in Clery Act-defined locations. Because it is sometimes difficult to determine whether a location is or is not covered by the Act, CSA’s are urged to report *all* offenses to the police and let the police determine the appropriate response.

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