Fall 2024

Dear Campus Colleague,

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) requires colleges and universities to disclose statistics annually both for crimes reported to local agencies and crimes reported to campus security authorities. The Cornell University Police Department is responsible for the annual collection of Clery Act crime statistics, and for reporting such information directly to the U.S. Department of Education and to the Cornell University community in CampusWatch, the Clery Act-mandated Annual Security Report published each year.

You are receiving this letter because you are a Campus Security Authority (CSA) as defined by the Clery Act in your role as an advisor to a student group. The attached informational packet explains, in detail, the Clery Act, your role as a CSA, and the responsibilities you have in this role. Whether you are new to the CSA role or have long been identified as a CSA, please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. As the university’s Clery Act Compliance Administrator, I conduct annual CSA trainings and can provide additional trainings upon request.

The Clery Act requires that we include in our annually published statistics any Clery Act crime reported to a CSA. Those offenses are: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, manslaughter by negligence, sex assault (rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. We are also required to report statistics for arrests or campus disciplinary referrals for liquor law violations, drug related violations, and/or weapons possession. Finally, the Clery Act requires that we report statistics for certain bias-related (hate) crimes. These Clery Act crimes are defined further in the enclosed packet.

We are required to disclose such statistics for offenses that occur (1) on campus, (2) on public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, within or immediately adjacent to the campus, and (3) in or on non-campus buildings or property. The Clery Act defines non-campus buildings or property as those owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution, or any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.