Opinion: College Campus Security Pros Should Be Grateful for the Clery Act
The Clery Act forces higher ed top brass to pay attention to campus public safety, emergency management and security issues rather than sweep them under the rug.
The Clery Act forces higher ed top brass to pay attention to campus public safety, emergency management and security issues rather than sweep them under the rug.
The previous article that criticizes the Clery Act misrepresents the purpose and function of the law’s requirements.
The intent of the law was to provide transparency, not to require that schools jump through hoops or be subject to ill-informed and very harmful conclusions.
Confusion often arises about what is needed to comply with the Clery Act and its requirements for an annual report on crime statistics. Campus Safety’s free resource shares a comprehensive look.
All six nurses at the school’s medical clinic volunteered to complete the certification, which allows them to perform forensic exams for students.
“They would rather carry it to the grave than to let someone else know about it,” one parent said. “You don’t want to be the one to upset the brotherhood.”
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The Department characterized UNC’s lack of compliance as a ‘systemic failure to provide students and employees with important campus crime information and services essential to their safety and security.’
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