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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

255-3111

Email: Public Safety <pusafety@uccs.edu>

What is the Clery Act?

Signed into law in 1990, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose certain timely and annual information about campus crime and security policies. All postsecondary public and private institutions participating in federal student aid programs must adhere to these regulations. The Clery Act was championed by Howard & Connie Clery after their daughter Jeanne was murdered at Lehigh University in 1986.

What is UCCS obligated to do?

To ensure compliance with the Clery Act, UCCS must meet obligations in the following three broad categories: (1) Policy disclosure; (2) Records collection and retention; and (3) Information dissemination.

Policy Disclosure - UCCS must provide the campus community and the public with accurate statements of current policies and practices regarding procedures for students and others to report criminal actions or other emergencies on campus; security of and access to campus facilities; and campus law enforcement.
Records Collection and Retention - UCCS is required to keep campus records of crimes reported on campus to campus related authorities; must make a reasonable good faith effort to obtain certain crime statistics from appropriate law enforcement agencies to include in the annual security report; and must keep a daily crime log open for public inspection. Note: Specific case requests must be made in writing and a five dollar fee for processing paid prior to release of records. Please allow one to two business days for processing. The daily crime log is available upon request with no fee associated.
Information Dissemination - To provide the campus community with the information needed to make informed decisions UCCS must provide a “timely warning” of any Clery Act crime that represents an ongoing threat to the safety of students and employees, ensure access to the crime log during normal business hours, publish an annual security report and make the information available to all current students and employees, inform the campus community where to obtain information on registered sex offenders; and submit annual crime statistics to the US Department of Education.

What is considered a Clery Act crime?

Criminal homicide (murder and non-negligent manslaughter)
Sex offenses - forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object and forcible fondling
Sex offenses - non-forcible rape or incest
Robbery
Aggravated assault
Burglary
Motor Vehicle theft
Arson
Hate crimes -race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability

Where should crimes be reported?

Always use 9-1-1 in the event of an emergency. If dialing from a campus telephone dial 9-9-1-1.
For non-emergency situations report crimes to UCCS PD at (719) 255-3111 or report in person at the Department of Public Safety located on the UCCS campus.