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The Clery Act

Scorecard
Do campus police keep a daily crime log that is Crime are listed by day and
timely (a crime must be listed within two ✔ updated in a timely manner
business days of it being reported)? on SMU PD website.

Yes. The crime log can be


Is the crime log available for public viewing? ✔ found online at http://
smu.edu/pd

Yes. Anyone is free to view


Is the crime log easily accessible? ✔ it online.

For each crime in the crime log, does it list: a)


Nature of the crime? b) Date of the crime? c) Yes. All of this information
Time of the crime? d) General location of the is listed under each date in
crime? e) Disposition of the crime (if known)? f) ✔ an organized matter and in
Is the language in a “form that can be easily simple terms.
understood”?
Yes. SMU police list the
Do campus police issue an annual statistics most recent report (2009) on
report, with information going back three their website. They also
calendar years and covering all required crimes, ✔ email it to all members of
and breakouts of liquor law violations, drug law the SMU community in
violations and illegal weapons violations? October (when it is first
released).

SMU PD has one report that


Does the school produce a separate annual
report each year for each separate campus? ✔ includes info about each
individual campus.

Does the school comply with expanded Yes. Although SMU lists
only one hate crime in
reporting of hate crimes to include larceny-theft, ✔ recent years, it has
simple assault, intimidation, and vandalism? expanded reporting.
Is the annual report available for public Yes. It can be found online
viewing? ✔ at http://smu.edu/pd

Is this report easily accessible? ✔ Yes. http://smu.edu/pd

Yes. They use the SMU


If the school uses a map to depict areas for campus map (http://smu.edu/
pd/dailyreports-Main.asp) to
which crime is reported (optional), is it ✔ determine locations of their
accurate? crime. However, they don't
plot the crimes. 

Yes. SMU issues crime


Does the school actively issue “timely
reports”? ✔ alerts through email and
flyers.

Does the university issue “timely reports”


and “emergency notifications”? ✔ Yes.

Does the university have a policy on how it will


“implement its emergency response and
campus evacuation procedures,” including who
is responsible for issuing a notification, when a ✔ Yes.
notification would occur, and how that
notification would occur? Is this listed in the
school’s annual security report?

Yes. SMU uses a good


Does the emergency notification system have variety of notification
multiple methods of alerting students and staff? ✔ systems such as emails,
sirens and Twitter.
Yes. According to the 2009
Does the university test the emergency
notification system annually? ✔ report, it is done once a
month.

This varies. If they do not


have a suspect, they usually
Do the “timely reports” contain information do include descriptions. But
if they have a suspect, then
that would help students and staff to protect ✘ there is not usually a
themselves (e.g. descriptions of a serial rapist)? description. Also, sometimes
there is no description
release.

Does the school describe procedures that Yes. On p. 8 through 10,


encourage pastoral and professional mental SMU encourages pastoral
and mental health
health counselors to refer persons they are
counseling to report crimes on a voluntary, ✔ counselors to report
statistics (saying they
confidential basis for inclusion in the annual understand the confidential
crime statistics? nature) for the crime report.

SMU PD is a fully
Does the school provide a statement of the law empowered law enforcement
enforcement authority of campus security (for agency certified by the state
of Texas. The officers are
instance, whether they are a police force, with state-commissioned peace
sworn, state-certified peace officers and arrest officers with full police
powers, or a security department, with no arrest authority, duties, and
or prosecutorial authority)? Are there any ✔ responsibilities (straight off
written agreements between university police of their website). In addition,
and any other institution of law enforcement on the UP Police Dept. has
concurrent jurisdiction on
the investigation of alleged crimes, and does the campus. HP Police Dept. and
statement of law enforcement authority disclose Dallas Police Dept. also
those? provide assistance if UP
Police request it.
Does the school have a statement of policy
regarding campus sexual assault program to
prevent sex offenses, and procedures to follow SMU has a policy regarding
when a sex offense occurs, and does that sexual assault however, the
directions on how to report
statement: a) describe educational programs to an assault are very vague.
promote the awareness forcible and non-forcible Descriptions are only issued
sex offenses; b) list procedures students should in warnings when it is NOT
follow if a sex offense occurs, including who ✔ an acquaintance for a sexual
assault. All items are noted
should be contacted and the importance of
in the annual report,
preserving evidence; c) include notice of although is included only
counseling, mental health or other student under non-criminal charges/
services for victims of sex offenses; d) include serious offense judicial
notice that the school will change the victim's board.
academic and living situations if changes are
requested and are reasonably available?

No mention of
whistleblowers or anti-
retaliation protections
Does the school clearly explain the mentioned in the 2009 Clery
whistleblower and anti-retaliation protections ✘ Act report or on SMU's
that were added to the Act in 2008? policies website (http//
smu.edu/policy). No
mentions found in a general
search of SMU's website.

Has the school been fined by the Department of No. The DoE has no record
Education for not complying with the Clery Act of fining SMU in recent
in recent years? years.

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