The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, commonly referred to as the Clery Act, requires institutions of higher education receiving federal financial aid to report specified crime statistics on college campuses and to provide other safety and crime information to members of the campus community. Campuses must publish an Annual Security Report detailing statistics regarding reported crimes committed on campus and at affiliated locations for the previous three calendar years, and describing specified policies, procedures and programs regarding safety and security. This requirement of the Clery Act is intended to provide students and their families, as higher education consumers, with accurate, complete, and timely information about the safety of the campus so that they can make informed decisions.
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Police Department prepares an Annual Security Report to comply with the Clery Act for both the Edwardsville Campus (SIUE) and the Alton Campus (SIU SDM). The Dean of Student Affairs on the Edwardsville Campus and the Assistant Dean for Admission and Student Services at the Alton Campus are responsible for compiling referrals for disciplinary action as well as any criminal offenses that were not reported to the SIUE Police Department but brought to the attention of a “campus security authority” (see the policy referring to campus security authorities in this document) for their respective campus. These statistics are provided to the SIUE Police Department for inclusion in the Annual Report.
The Edwardsville and Alton Police Departments are canvassed by the SIUE Police Department for crimes occurring on specified public property surrounding the respective campus; and the City of Springfield Police Department notifies the SIUE PD of any Clery reportable incidents occurring in the SIUE School of Nursing building.
The University’s Annual Security Report is updated each year and the findings, in compliance with federal law, are reported to the Department of Education. The law states that these findings along with certain policies and procedures must be posted to the University community by October 1st of each year and can be viewed at http://www.siue.edu/securityreport.
SIUE students, faculty, and staff are notified as to when the publication will be available and where it may be viewed through publications that include the Alestle (school newspaper), phone directory, Student Life Calendar, the SIUE web site, and personal e-mails. Prospective students, prospective employees, students, faculty, and staff can review the annual report by going to http://www.siue.edu/securityreport. For those without computer access, a paper copy of the report may be obtained from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, Rendleman Hall, Room 2228, Edwardsville, IL 62026, 618/650-2536.