2026 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 32 force, or while unconscious, sexual assault, statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault or incest with or without a deadly weapon. • Placing another in reasonable fear of imminent serious bodily injury. • The infliction of false imprisonment pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 2903 (relating to false imprisonment). • Physically or sexually abusing minor children. • Knowingly engaging in a course of conduct or repeatedly committing acts toward another person, including following the person without proper authority, under circumstances that place the person in reasonable fear of bodily injury. Domestic Violence, as defined in the VAWA amendments to the Clery Act, includes any violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the Complainant, by a person with whom the Complainant shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the Complainant as a spouse or intimate partner, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the Complainant under Pennsylvania’s domestic or family violence laws, or by any other person against an adult or youth Complainant who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of Pennsylvania. For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and section 668.41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting. Stalking Under Pennsylvania law, stalking occurs when a person either: (1) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts toward another person, including following the person without proper authority, under circumstances which demonstrate either an intent to place the other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to the other person; or (2) engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly communicates to another person under circumstances which demonstrate or communicate either an intent to place such other person in reasonable fear of bodily injury or to cause substantial emotional distress to such other person. For the purpose of this definition, Course of Conduct includes a “pattern of actions” of more than one act, committed over any period of time, regardless of how short. The acts may be threatening, but can also be lewd, lascivious, or obscene. The acts can include words, language, drawings, caricatures, or physical acts. They may be conducted in person or anonymously. Emotional distress is defined as a temporary or permanent state of mental anguish (though the statute does not define “anguish”). Communication is considered to be the conveyance of a message by oral, nonverbal, written, or electronic means, including telephone, email, Internet, fax, telex, wireless communication, or similar transmission. Such conveyance must be without the intent of legitimate communication or address. (The statute has no standard for determining what is “legitimate.”) The Clery Act defines stalking as engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to: (A) fear for their safety or the safety of others; or (B) suffer substantial emotional distress. A course of conduct is when a person engages in two or more acts that include, but are not limited to, acts in which the person directly, indirectly, or through third Parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person in a prohibited way, or interferes with a person’s property. Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may but does not necessarily require medical or other professional treatment or counseling. Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim. Stalking includes the concept of cyberstalking, in which electronic media such as the Internet, social networks, blogs, cell phones, texts, email, or other
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