Federal Law requires schools to maintain a log of criminal activity that is available for viewing during regular business hours. Our crime report log is located in our main offices at 612 Wilson Boulevard. A review will reveal that crime numbers in the log do not run sequentially. We assign report numbers for all reportable activities, both criminal and non-criminal. Only report numbers generated for criminal activity are listed in the crime log.
The Clery Act requires that daily crime incidents be listed using state law classifications. However, the annual crime tallies for disclosure purposes require use of FBI Uniform CrimeReport definitions for certain prescribed crimes, and may not match some crimes listed in the daily log.
According to Federal Law, an institution may withhold any of the required fields of entry if any of the following conditions apply:
- the disclosure is prohibited by law
- if disclosure would jeopardize the confidentiality of the victim
- if disclosure would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an individual
- if disclosure would cause a suspect to flee or evade detection
- if disclosure would result in the destruction of evidence