Security Awareness/Crime Prevention Programs for Students and Employees Policy

Responsible Unit: Security | Executive lead: CIO
Created: 06/2013 | Reviewed/Revised: 12/2022 | Effective: 12/15/2022 
Compliance: 34 CFR Section 668.46(b)(12), Clery Act, NWCCU 2.I.1, COCA 4.2, CAPTE 3E, CAPTE 5C 
Approving Body: PAC | Classification: Institution wide 

Policy:  
The University will make campus security and personal safety training programs available on a regular basis and at a minimum annually. In accordance with the Clery Act, campus security programs are designed to educate staff and students regarding campus security and how to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. These programs will be designed to:  

  1. Inform students and employees about campus security procedures and practices and to encourage students and employees to be responsible for their own security and the security of others; 
  2. Inform students and employees about the prevention of crimes, promote safety, and reduce perpetration; 
  3. Identify and promote awareness of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as prohibited conduct; 
  4. Define what behavior constitutes domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking according to federal and state law; 
  5. Define what behavior and actions constitute consent to sexual activity; 
  6. Describe safe and positive options for bystander intervention that may be carried out by an individual to prevent harm or intervene when there is a risk of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking against a person other than the bystander; 
  7. Provide information on risk reduction so that students and employees may recognize warning signs of abusive behavior and how to avoid potential attacks; 
  8. Provide an overview of information contained in the Annual Security Report in compliance with the Clery Act; and 
  9. Describe procedures the University will follow when dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking is reported, rights and options regarding procedures victims should follow, confidentiality, services, and accommodations that may be available for victims, and procedures for university disciplinary action. 

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For assistance with policies and procedures contact:

Lori Fulton
lfulton@pnwu.edu