The Clery Act: Challenges & the Drug Free Schools & Communities Act

 

Summary:

            As Margolis Healy works with institutions across the U.S. we find institutions challenged by common compliance hurdles. Among these are; an ineffective compliance committee, procrastination on ASR production, incomplete CSA processes, and DFSCA failures at an organizational level. Operationally, institutions struggle with routine but critical issues like the daily crime log, crime data reconciliation, and incomplete investigations.

 

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Michael Webster

 

In January of 2015, Michael Webster was appointed the Director for Regulatory Compliance at Margolis Healy. His focus is in assisting clients in the areas of the Clery Act and Title IX, and also contributing to teams delivering Public Safety Management Studies. Since joining Margolis Healy in 2010 as an Associate, and as a Senior Associate in 2013, Mike has provided consultation to hundreds of client institutions and systems representing the spectrum academia. From 1991 to 2014, Mike served as the Director of Campus Safety at McDaniel College in suburban Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Prior to that, Mike worked as the Assistant Director of Public Safety at Emerson College and the Operations Manager, Campus Police Sergeant at Wentworth Institute of Technology both of which are in Boston, Massachusetts. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University, and a Master of Science degree in Human Resource Development from Western Maryland College, where his graduate research focused on two problems plaguing campus law enforcement agencies: recruitment and retention, and morale and motivation.

 

Mike served as an adjunct lecturer at McDaniel College in the Sociology Department where he authored and taught “Practical Applications in Law Enforcement.” For many years, he served as the Government Relations Chair for the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Mike has participated in all three Negotiated Rulemaking sessions hosted by the United States Department of Education for the Clery Act, the most recent being the Violence Against Women Act amendments of 2013. Mike also served as a content reviewer for 2005 and 2011 versions of “the Handbook,” published by the US Department of Education to facilitate compliance with the Clery Act requirements.