Clery Act Liaisons

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Each UIC college and major administrative unit has a designated point of contact for Clery Act compliance matters, called a Clery Act Liaison. UIC relies on Clery Act Liaisons to accomplish a few things that we need to comply with the Clery Act. Namely, in order to comply with the Clery Act, UIC must identify mandatory crime reporters (from whom UIC collects crime reports) and define its Clery geography (the locations on which UIC is required to disclose crimes). Liaisons help to coordinate college- and unit-level information-sharing that enables the university to comply with these critical elements of the law.

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Clery Act Liaisons are responsible for: 

  • Identifying Clery Act mandatory crime reporters within their college or major administrative unit.
  • Registering college- or unit-level Clery geography, including two types of “noncampus” geography:
    • University-sponsored, overnight student trips and
    • Off-campus properties controlled by the college/unit and used for student activities

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The Clery Act refers to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to report campus crime data, support victims of violence, and publicly outline the policies and procedures they have put into place to improve campus safety. Learn more about UIC’s program to comply with the Clery Act. 

 

There is a difference between a Clery Act Liaison and a Campus Security Authority (CSA). There are only ~40 Clery Act Liaisons at UIC, who are identified by their unit’s dean or vice chancellor, and their role is to liaise between their college/unit to support the university’s Clery Act compliance program. Whereas ~10% of UIC employees are considered CSAs, who are identified by their college/unit’s Clery Act Liaison, and a CSA’s role is to report campus crime to UIC Police.

Jeanne Clery was a student who was tragically sexually assaulted and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania in 1986. It was discovered that leading up to Jeanne’s murder, there were a significant number of violent crimes that had occurred in the campus area. At that time, there weren’t any requirements for institutions to track, or notify their community members about, crimes or safety concerns on campus. Jeanne’s parents advocated to enact the law in Jeanne’s memory to ensure that students and others are informed about campus crime and other safety/security conditions so they can make informed decisions.

The major requirements under the Clery Act are to:

  • Collect, classify, count, and publicly disclose statistics related to crime
  • Identify Clery mandatory crime reporters and inform them of their responsibility to report
  • Issue timely warnings for Clery Act crimes that present an ongoing threat to the safety of students or employees – at UIC, these are known as [URGENT] Public Safety Advisories.
  • Issue emergency notifications to notify community members of on-campus emergencies – at UIC, these are known as UIC Alert emergency notifications.
  • Maintain a program to prevent Violence Against Women Act crimes (dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking); inform survivors of their rights and options for responding to VAWA crimes; and disclose related policies and procedures
  • Publish an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, post it publicly for current and prospective students and employees, and distribute it to all current students and employees by October 1st
  • Maintain daily crime and fire logs 
  • Disclose missing student notification procedures
  • Disclose alcohol and other drug abuse prevention program information
  • Disclose fire safety information related to on-campus student housing
  • Submit crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education