The Clery Act

• What is the Clery Act?

  The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act is a federal consumer protection law that provides students, parents, employees, prospective students and employees, and the public with important information about public safety issues on college campuses, including UNC. Each college and university that participates in student financial aid programs under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act must comply with the Clery Act.

  The Clery Act honors a young woman named Jeanne Clery. Jeanne tragically lost her life in her dorm room on April 5, 1986, during the spring smester of her freshman year at Lehigh University. Her parents, Howard and Connie, lobbied state legislators and later the U.S. congress to require colleges to report campus crimes. in 1990, congress passed the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act and it has evolved over time to be the legislation that is known today as the Clery Act. 

• What does the Clery Act require universities to do?

  This federal law requires all universities that receive Title IV student financial assistance programs to comply with a variety of different requirements regarding campus safety. Some of which are to:

  • Collect, report, and disseminate crime data for certain crimes in a specified geographical area.
  • Develop policy statements regarding campus safety.
  • Prepare and distribute an annual security report.
  • Issue timely warnings and emergency notifications to the campus community.
  • Submit crime statistics to the Department of Education.
  • Create, maintain, and make available a daily crime log.
  • Comply with the Stop Campus Hazing Act.

• What types of crime does the Clery Act require institutions to disclose?

  Criminal Offenses

  • Criminal Homicide
  • Rape
  • Fondling
  • Incest
  • Statutory Rape
  • Robbery
  • Aggravated Assault
  • Burglary
  • Motor Vehicle Theft
  • Arson
  • Hazing

  Hate Crimes

  All crimes motivated by bias¹ in the Criminal Offenses column plus the following:

   

  • Larceny-Theft
  • Simple Assault
  • Intimidation
  • Destruction/Damage /Vandalism of property

   

   

  Violence Against Women Act Offenses

  • Domestic Violence
  • Dating Violence
  • Stalking

  Arrests and Referrals for Disciplinary Action

  • Drug Law Violations
  • Liquor Law Violations
  • Weapons Law Violations

  NOTE: Areas of bias include actual or perceived race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and disability. 

• What is the University of Northern Colorado's Clery Geography?

  The Clery Act requires universities to disclose crime statistics that occur on their Clery geography, which includes: (1) on campus property including residence halls and extended campus locations, (2) public property surrounding the campus, (3) non campus property which includes off campus classrooms and buildings for recognized student organizations.

• Where should I report a crime?

  The University has designated the UNC Police Department as the sole reporting site on campus. The UNC PD welcomes all crime reports and is happy to direct you to the appropriate reporting location. The Police Department is located in Gray Hall and is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Reports can be made in person at the Police window or by phone, 970-351-2245 (1-2245 from on-campus phones).

  Limited confidential reporting is also available through My Safe Campus. This reporting system is not controlled by the police department but will be shared if appropriate. Confidential reporting limits the ability of the police department to respond, investigate, and pursue charges against a perpetrator of a crime and should not substitute for emergency or standard crime reports. In case of an emergency always call 911.

  More detailed policies on reporting crimes can be found in the Campus Security and Fire Safety Report.

Additional questions regarding the Clery Act

If you have additional questions about the Clery Act, please contact the Clery Compliance Officer, Rebecca Thompson.

Rebecca is a proud Greeley native.  After graduating high school at Greeley West, she obtained her 2-year associate degree from Aims Community College and transferred to the University of Northern Colorado where she earned her bachelor’s in Business Management with the Monfort College of Business.  She then went on to obtain her MBA from Colorado Christian University.  After working in the banking world for a couple years, she moved into a career at a credit reporting agency where she worked her way up to Operations Manager of Training and Development.  She has worked for UNC in the Clery office for over 7 years. The best part of her role at UNC is getting to meet and work  with all the unique and wonderful people that are part of the UNC community. 

 You can contact Rebecca with any questions you have regarding the Clery Act at 970-351-2543 or by email at UNC.clery@unco.edu