Campus Security Authority (CSA)-A University official who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities.

Persons designated by University as a person to whom students and employees should report criminal offenses.

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Resident Assistants and

Professional Residence Life Staff are

Campus Security Authorities

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9 MAJOR CRIME CATEGORIES

Aggravated Assault, Arson, Burglary,

Manslaughter (Negligent), Murder and Non-

Negligent Manslaughter, Motor Vehicle

Theft, Sex Offenses-Forcible, Sex Offenses-

Non-Forcible (Incest & Statutory Rape)

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14 HATE CRIME CATEGORIES

All of the 9 Major Crime Categories Plus Any Other Hate Crime Involving Bodily Injury, Larceny-Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, and Destruction, Damage or Vandalism of Property.

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Three Distinct Geographical Locations On-Campus – Any Building or property owned or controlled by the institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of or in a manner related to the institutions educational purpose including residence halls.

Note: Residence Halls are a reporting subset of on-campus

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Non-CampusAny building or property owned or controlled by a

student organization that is officially recognized by the institution (i.e., fraternities)

and Any building or property owned or controlled by an

institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to the institutions educational purpose, is frequently used by students and is not within the same reasonably contiguous area.

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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.

Note: Each Campus (including foreign campuses) is reported separately.

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When you receive a report of a crime contact MUPD immediately!

No police report/investigation is required for the crime report to be included in statistics.

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University must determine whether to issue an Emergency Notification or Campus Crime Alert to the campus community.

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Emergency notification is used for those situations that pose an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees on campus or for the closing of an entire campus (i.e., severe weather, chemical spills, fires, and crimes).

Messages about criminal activity will be sent using these systems only if there is an imminent threat of danger.

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Crime Alerts will be issued for all crimes covered by the Clery Act that are reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies and considered by the University to represent a threat to students and employees.

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Resident Assistants and Professional Residence Life Staff have additional responsibilities, under Title IX, to report sexual assaults to MUPD.

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Miami University will preserve student confidentiality to the extent possible and allowed by law.

The degree to which confidentiality can be promised, however, depends upon whether or not the person to whom the sexual assault is reported is legally required to report.

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Resident Assistants and Professional Residence Life Staff, are required to report sexual assaults to MUPD who, in turn, will report it to the Dean of Students, the University’s Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Student Sexual Assault.

The person (RA or FYA) being consulted by the victim should make these limits clear before any disclosure of facts.

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A victim can speak confidentially with certain persons at Miami University including:

Counselors at Student Counseling Service (529-2423)

Medical staff at the Student Health Center (529-3000)

Off-campus counselors, physicians and the Butler County Rape Crisis Program at (523-4146)

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If reported to you - Call MUPD which will dispatch an officer to take a report. You should also offer to accompany and assist the victim in:

1. Obtaining Emergency Medical Care2. In Making Police Report3. In Filing a Disciplinary Complaint if Alleged

Assailant is a Student 4. In connecting with the Dean of Students’ Office

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If Emergency - Call 911

Medical Assistance - McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (523-2111)

Butler County Rape Crisis Center (24 hour hotline - 523-4146)

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This is different from reporting the assault to MUPD for Clery purposes.

Even if the victim does not want to make a police report – you must notify MUPD. Ohio law and University policy require you to report to police (emergency call 911 or 529-2222 for non-emergency).

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If the alleged assailant is a student, victim may file a disciplinary complaint against the student. No criminal complaint or investigation is necessary.

Contact Susan Vaughn, Director of the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (529-1417).

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Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program (529-1870)

Miami University - Counseling Service (529-2423)

Student Health Service (529-3000)

Women’s Center (529-1510)

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Make Changes to the Victim’s Academic and Living Conditions – options include: Change in residence hall so that the victim and

alleged perpetrator do not share the same residence or dining hall

Safe-Room Change in class assignment so that the victim

and alleged perpetrator do not share the same classes

Academic Support Services - such as tutoring

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College students have the right to:

1. Control the disclosure of their "education records" to others;

2. Inspect and review their own "education records;" and

3. Seek amendment of their "education records."

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. . . means those records that are:

1. Directly related to a student; and

2. Maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a party acting for the agency or institution.

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"any information recorded in any way, including, but not limited to, handwriting, print, computer media, video or audio tape, film, microfilm, and microfiche."

Note: Personal knowledge is not a "record," and thus not an "education record," and thus not subject to FERPA. (Be careful when dealing with information that is both within your personal knowledge and recorded in some other format, however, as it will not always be clear which you are relying on.)

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Disclosures of educational records generally take one of three forms –

to the student to inspect or seek amendment; to a person or entity with the written consent of

the student;or

to a person or entity without the prior written consent of the student as permitted by 34 C.F.R. 99.31. 

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Directory Information - unless the student has requested, in writing, that all or any portion of those items designated as directory information not be disclosed.

Another University Official - To an internal university official who has a legitimate educational interest in the information.  

Parents or Guardians - To a parent or legal guardian of a dependent student, as defined by the I.R.C.

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1. Get Consent

2. Connect the Student and Parent

3. Answer for Processes/Policies/Procedures

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