Reporting Campus Crime
In order to ensure the safety and security of all members of the Carroll College community, the college fully cooperates with local law enforcement agencies by reporting certain crimes that occur on campus or in campus-owned facilities or at campus sponsored functions that occur off campus. The reporting procedures are based on the crimes that the college is mandated to report as part of the Student Right to Know and Campus Crime Security Act of 1990 and subsequent amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1992, 1998, and 2008. After the college is made aware of the crime that has been committed, the following guidelines will be followed by campus authorities in the reporting of crimes:
If a crime is reported that falls under the described policies that follow, the Director of Campus Safety and Security or designee will notify the community that a crime has been reported, the nature of the crime, and that an investigation is to follow.
The following guidelines will be followed with regard to reporting crimes to local law enforcement agencies. All definitions below are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reporting System.
- Murder/Non-negligent Manslaughter—The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Robbery—The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Aggravated Assault—An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. Simple assaults are excluded. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Burglary—The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Motor Vehicle Theft—The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Arson—Any willful or malicious burning or attempting to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Negligent Manslaughter—The killing of another person through gross negligence. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Drug Law Violations—Federal, State and/or local offenses relating to the unlawful possession, sale, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Illegal Gun Possessions—All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Hate/Bias Crimes—A hate crime, also known as a bias crime, is a criminal offense committed against a person, property or society which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias. Bias is a preformed negative opinion or attitude toward a person or group of persons based on their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, or disability. The local law enforcement agency will be notified immediately by a college representative.
- Sexual Assault— is an offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape as used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. Per the National Incident-Based Reporting System User Manual from the FBI (UCR) Program. A sex offense is “any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent.” The local law enforcement agency will be notified on all Sexual Assault incidents immediately by a college representative.
- Rape— is defined as “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. This offense includes the rape of both males and females.
- Fondling— is defined as “the touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.” (Because there is no penetration in fondling, this offense will not convert to the SRS as Rape.)
- Incest— is defined as “sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.”
- Statutory Rape— is defined as “having sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
Upon being informed that a crime has occurred on campus, the Director of Campus Safety & Security or Dean of Students will immediately report the crime to local law enforcement and the President of the College. The Dean of Students or designee will coordinate supportive campus services for any student victim and work with Campus Safety & Security as needed to coordinate with law enforcement. If the student wishes to report the crime to local law enforcement, a member of the Student Life staff can accompany the student in purely a supportive role. Parents must be notified if the student is under the age of 18.
In keeping with Carroll College policies, a student, who is a victim of any of the above mentioned crimes, and/or of any other violations of the college’s rules and regulations, has the right to pursue recourse through the college disciplinary process. This procedure may be used in addition to any civil or criminal procedures stemming from an investigation by local law enforcement.