Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990
The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 as amended requires that colleges publicize campus crime statistics and interim reports of serious crimes. These publicized statistics are meant to warn students, employees, and applicants of the prevalence of campus crime. Employees and students must be given interim crime reports which include statistics on murder/non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, arrests for weapons law violations, arrests for drug abuse violations, arrests for liquor law violations, disciplinary referrals for weapons, drugs, and liquor that were not arrests, sex offenses forcible, and sex offenses non-forcible. The annual report must also describe how to report crimes and emergencies on campus. The purpose of this act is to educate the campus community about security (University Operating Policy, OP 76.02, Vol. 3 as of November 4, 1998).
For more information on the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of
1990, contact the Student Mediation Center at (806) 742-3289, General
Counsel’s Office at (806) 742-2155, or The U.S. Department of Education,
Regional Office Building, 7th and D. Streets S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202,
(202) 708-8179.