2024 Annual Safety & Security Report

3 2024 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT regarding dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns are also provided for students and employees on the same topics. Disclose missing student notification procedures. Missing student notification procedures pertaining to students residing in on-campus student housing facilities are shared in this annual security report. Have procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases of violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The University follows its policies and specific procedures for all reported cases of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Annually submit crime statistics to the Department of Education. KU participates in a web-based data collection process each year to disclose crime statistics by type, location and year. Preparation of the Annual Security Report The Annual Security Report is written by the Kutztown University Associate Director of Business Services who also serves as the Clery Compliance Coordinator (CCC). The CCC collaborates with various departments and committees to gather all policy statements, statistics and supporting documentation for this ASR. Contributing departments are responsible for ensuring the university’s compliance with the Clery Act and providing the information necessary for the CCC to publish the ASR. These departments and committees include: Public Safety and Police Services, Facilities, the Women’s Center, Health Services, the Emergency Management Team, Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services, Student Involvement, the Dean of Students, Student Conduct, Athletics, Social Equity, Counseling Services, Health and Wellness Services and others. Before publication, a draft of the Annual Security Report is shared with the departments listed above which are asked to review it for accuracy and completeness. Any necessary edits are included in the published version of KU’s Annual Security Report. PREPARATION OF CRIME STATISTICS Kutztown University is responsible for preparing and disclosing crime statistics in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), 20 U.S.C. Section 1092. This federal mandate requires the disclosure of specific crime statistics so current and potential families, students, and employees can be knowledgeable about the safety of college campuses. Convinced that an informed public is a safetyconscious public, Kutztown University willingly complies with all laws pertaining to reporting crime and the public’s right to information. The institution also strictly complies with the Clery Act and all other laws governing the release of crime statistics and personal information. COLLECTION OF CRIME INFORMATION The Campus Clery Coordinator coordinates the collection of documentation for Kutztown University’s Annual Security Report in partnership with Public Safety and Police Services/Kutztown University Police Department (KUPD). KUPD collects its statistics and accepts supplemental statistics from recognized student conduct administrators and other Campus Security Authorities (CSA). Information is gathered from various departments on campus including but not limited to the following: Dean of Students, Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services, Health and Wellness Services, Social Equity, Facilities, the Women’s Center, the University President, and the Vice President for Finance and Facilities in their subordinate reporting roles. Additionally, KU sends an annual notice to these departments and the university community to solicit additional information on oncampus locations. For each calendar year, the statistics reported by KUPD reflect the number of reported incidents of certain crimes, as defined by the Clery Act, which occurred within Kutztown’s Clery Geography. They include criminal offenses, hate crimes, and VAWA offenses as well as arrests and disciplinary referrals for drug law violations, liquor violations, weapon violations, and bias-related crimes for the previous three calendar years.

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