Lehigh Police Officer Given Jeanne Clery Award
Lehigh University’s Sgt. Chris Houtz was selected from a national field of about 50 nominees.
The award is named after the Jeanne Clery Act, which honors a student who as killed on campus in 1986.
A Lehigh University police sergeant was honored with the Jeanne Clery Award for Campus Safety on Nov. 18.
Sgt. Chris Houtz was given the annual award for his 14 years of service with the Lehigh University Police Department, according to lehighvalleylive.com.
Houtz has been named “Officer of the Year” at the university twice and also served as an advisor to the school’s Emergency Medical Service.
The award was presented by Connie Clery, who has worked to improve campus safety since her daughter’s death at Lehigh in 1986.
The annual award is given to school security officials who take extraordinary steps to make colleges and universities safer.
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