Yale University must comply with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, or Clery Act.
The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act is a federal statute that requires public and private colleges and universities that receive federal funding to maintain and disclose information about certain crimes that occur on or near campus.
The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act requires some of the following requirements:
Yale University’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is published in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report includes three years’ worth of campus crime statistics and certain security policy statements, fire safety information, and where students, faculty, and staff should go to report crimes. The report uses federally mandated definitions concerning the locations and types of crimes in order to allow for comparisons across campuses.
The Yale Police monitor and report incidents beyond those that are included in the federally mandated definitions in order to increase awareness and inform the Yale community about serious events.
Clery Reports
A paper copy of the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report can be requested at the Yale Police Department at 101 Ashmun Street.
A Campus Security Act (CSA) is anyone who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, interacts frequently with students as part of their role, and/or is responsible for safety on campus and /or monitoring campus property.
Reporting Instructions
CSAs are responsible for immediately reporting crimes and other incidents and should not investigate or verify incidents to determine if they present an ongoing threat to the campus community.”
CSAs are not required to disclose a student’s name on the form, but including residential college and class year can help avoid reporting issues.
Please email clerycompliance@yale.edu if you have any questions or need clarification about any aspect of CSA reporting.
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According to a federal law known as the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, Yale University is required to disclose “statistics concerning the occurrence of certain criminal offenses reported to local law enforcement agencies or any official of the institution who is defined as a ‘Campus Security Authority.’
Major sources for this information are:
Roles and responsibilities of CSA
A CSA is defined as follows: an official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, student housing, student discipline and campus judicial proceedings. Any individual with significant responsibility for student and campus activities is a CSA.
CSAs are responsible for reporting crimes and other incidents for inclusion in the Annual Campus Security Report. CSAs do not and should not investigate or verify incidents. The reporting form is available on the CSA website (add link here). CSA’s are encouraged to immediately forward reports of crimes so that they may be assessed and evaluated to determine if they present an ongoing threat to the campus community. We are required to document all crimes reported to CSAs on the crime log within two business days of the incident being reported to the CSA. CSAs are not required to disclose a student’s name on the form. CSAs are requested to provide information reported to them to the extent the reporting individual is comfortable sharing to assist in determining what happened, when did it happen, where did it happen, how many times the incident occurred, if there are any elements of hate or bias and if there is any indication of dating or domestic violence. If a student has reported a crime or offense to a CSA and also to the police, please note that on the form.
Location of Crimes (Clery Geography)
The Clery Act requires the reporting of crimes and incidents that occur in particular locations.
These include:
On Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by Yale University within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by Yale in direct support of, or in a manner related to, Yale’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and any building or property, that is owned by Yale but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).
On Campus Student Housing Facility: Any student housing facility that is owned or controlled by Yale, or is located on property that is owned or controlled by Yale, and is within the reason- ably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus is considered an on-campus student housing facility.
Public Property: All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
Non Campus: Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by Yale; or any building or property owned or controlled by Yale that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, Yale’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of Yale.
Crimes and other incidents involving students that meet the definition in the previous section but occur in a private house off campus, or in another town or location, and are not required to be reported in the University Annual Campus Security Report. If you are not sure of the location of an incident, please note that on the form.
Questions about Geography: If you have any questions about whether a crime should be reported, please fill out the crime statistic report form and note your question. We will make the final determination of whether the crime will be included in the Annual Report.
For Questions or Clarification: clerycompliance@yale.edu.
The NIBRS Offense Count report provides information on crimes reported to the Yale Police Department and occurring on Yale property within the Yale Police Department’s jurisdiction.
The Yale Police Department (YPD) campus map shows the YPD’s extended patrol area defined as the Area of Responsibility and the Clery Act defined boundary.
Clery statistics include crime reports made at the following locations:
