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IACLEA & NACUBO Offer Webcast: The Clery Act - Back to Basics

IACLEA & NACUBO Offer Webcast: The Clery Act – The Advanced Course

This program will focus on the steps necessary to develop a comprehensive system that will assist campuses in their efforts to comply with the Clery Act. We'll focus on problem areas that have been identified in ED Program Reviews and strategies for avoiding those pitfalls. We will use the Compliance Handbook developed by ED to review some of the more complex areas of the law. "The Clery Act: Back to Basics" is recommended as a prerequisite to this advanced course.

Campus crime reporting is a complex and time-consuming undertaking for colleges and universities. Under the Clery Act, colleges and universities are required to publish annual campus security reports that disclose policy information and crime statistics as well as maintain a crime log. NACUBO and IACLEA are co-sponsoring a webinar to inform campus administrators and security personnel about the importance of complying with the Clery Act, as well as educating participants on the more complex elements of the law. Failure to comply with the law may result in fines, but more importantly, the negative publicity resulting from the mere allegation of noncompliance can affect the reputation of an institution.

What You Will Learn:

• The complex issues surrounding campus crime reporting
• Who needs to be involved on campus
• How to request data from the local authorities
• What areas need to be included in the report
• Common mistakes that institutions make in their reporting

Who Should Participate?

Compliance with the Clery Act is not simply a campus police/security issue. It is an institution-wide obligation which also pertains directly to the student housing, discipline, activities, and admissions units, as well as campus human resources functions. The local police jurisdiction also plays a critical role. These programs will provide opportunities for key staff from all of the relevant units to come together and problem-solve.

Meet the Presenters:

Dolores Stafford , Chief of Police, The George Washington University: Chief Stafford has 16 years of campus law enforcement experience and is a nationally recognized expert in the Clery Act. Currently, she is participating on a committee that is providing information and guidance to ED in the development of the Clery Act Handbook. During the spring of 1999, she was selected to represent IACLEA during the Negotiated Rule Making process sponsored by the Education Department regarding the development of final rules for the implementation of the Clery Act. Chief Stafford has testified at several congressional hearings, one at the request of the U.S. House of Representatives and another hearing at the request of the U.S. Senate. She is currently serving as the President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrator s.

Douglas Tuttle, Instructor and Policy Scientist, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware : Mr. Tuttle has 25 years of campus law enforcement experience and is nationally recognized as an expert in the Clery Act. He has testified twice before the U.S. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and has authored two highly regarded Clery Act compliance guides. While he was Director of Public Safety for the University of Delaware , he served as Government Relations Committee Chair and President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrator s.

Diane Ward, Senior Study Director, Westat: Ms. Ward has more than 25 years of experience in directing research and training activities in the areas of education, health care and social services. For the past four years, she has directed the Campus Crime Help Desk in support of the U. S. Department of Education web-based collection of Campus Crime Statistics. She is currently also serving as the director of the Campus Crime Statistics Handbook development team for the U. S. Department of Education.

Campus crime reporting is a complex and time-consuming task for colleges and universities. On May 4, NACUBO and IACLEA presented a Webcast reviewing compliance obligations under the Clery Act including maintaining a daily crime log, making timely warnings, policy disclosure, compiling crime data and distributing it in an annual report.

The Advanced Course will explore these topics in more detail, focus on problem areas for campuses, and review strategies for avoiding those pitfalls. In addition, presenters will outline the steps necessary for your campus to develop a comprehensive plan for complying with the Clery Act.

What You Will Learn:

• How to ensure that crimes are correctly classified and counted
• Where to draw the line on campus geography
• What to include in campus policy statements
• Who are the security authorities on your campus
• Why ongoing contact with the local police is essential
• When to consider modeling other institutions' practices

Who Should Participate?

Compliance with the Clery Act is not simply a campus police/security issue. It is an institution-wide obligation which also pertains directly to the student housing, discipline, activities, and admissions units, as well as campus human resources functions. The local police jurisdiction also plays a critical role. These programs will provide opportunities for key staff from all of the relevant units to come together and problem-solve.

Meet the Presenters:

• Janice Lee, Research Analyst, Westat.  Ms. Lee has experience in the areas of education and health care and she is currently the assistant task leader of the Campus Crime Statistics Handbook development team for the U.S. Department of Education.
  
• Dolores Stafford , Chief of Police, The George Washington University . Chief Stafford has 16 years of campus law enforcement experience and is a nationally recognized expert in the Clery Act. Currently, she is participating on a committee that is providing information and guidance to ED in the development of the Clery Act Handbook. During the spring of 1999, she was selected to represent IACLEA during the Negotiated Rule Making process sponsored by the Education Department regarding the development of final rules for the implementation of the Clery Act. Chief Stafford has testified at several congressional hearings, one at the request of the U.S. House of Representatives and another hearing at the request of the U.S. Senate. She is currently serving as the President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.
  
• Douglas Tuttle, Instructor and Policy Scientist, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy, University of Delaware . Mr. Tuttle has 25 years of campus law enforcement experience and is nationally recognized as an expert in the Clery Act. He has testified twice before the U.S. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and has authored two highly regarded Clery Act compliance guides. While he was Director of Public Safety for the University of Delaware , he served as Government Relations Committee Chair and President of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.

Logistics:

Format:  Webcast

Length: 100 minutes

Technical Requirements: 

• Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP (Mac and Linux are not supported)
• IE 5.0 or Higher (Netscape is not Supported)
• Windows Media Player 6.01 or Higher (May have some issues with versions below 7.0)