Clery Act

To ensure compliance with the Clery Act, Saginaw Valley State University must meet the following obligations:

1. Collect, classify, and count crime reports and crime statistics.

2. Issue crime alerts.

• Timely warning-Issue a timely warning for any Clery Act crime that represents an ongoing threat to the safety of students or employees.
• Emergency notification - Issue an emergency notification upon the confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus.

3. Publish an annual security report and fire safety report.

• Must be distributed to all current students and employees, and ensure it is made available to prospective students and employees.
• Must contain policy statements, procedures, crime statistics, and fire statistics associated with each on-campus student housing facility.

4. Submit crime and fire statistics to the United States Department of Education.

5. Maintain daily crime and fire logs.

6. Disclose missing student notification procedures to resident students.

The following are Clery Act crimes and must be reported by Saginaw Valley State University:

• Criminal homicide (murder and non-negligent manslaughter)
• Rape
• Sex offenses -(fondling, incest, statutory rape)
• Robbery
• Aggravated assault
• Burglary
• Motor vehicle theft
• Arson
• Dating violence
• Domestic violence
• Stalking
• Hate crimes (race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, national origin, and gender identity)
• Liquor law violations
• Drug law violations
• Weapon law violations

For more information please review: Clery Crime Definitions (337KB)

Campus security authority is a Clery Act term that encompasses four groups of individuals and organizations associated with an institution. The four groups are as follows:

• A campus police department or a campus security department of an institution.
• Any individual or individuals who have responsibility for campus security but who do not constitute a campus police department or a campus security department.
• Any individual or organization specified in an institution's statement of campus security policy as an individual or organization to which students and employees should report criminal offenses.
• An official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities.

Pastoral counselor and professional counselors exempt by law. 

• A Campus Security Authority is not responsible for determining whether a crime took place.  They should report all allegations to University Police.
• A Campus Security Authority should not try to apprehend the alleged perpetrator of a crime.  They should inform University Police immediately.
• A Campus Security Authority should not attempt to convince a victim to contact law enforcement if the victim chooses not to do so.