Reed College
Reed College

Clery Act Compliance

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, or Clery Act, is a federal statute requiring all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses.

Compliance is monitored by the United States Department of Education, which can impose civil penalties, up to $71,545 per violation, against institutions for each infraction and can suspend institutions from participating in federal student financial aid programs.

Clery Act Statute

Clery Center Resources

Emergency Notifications and Timely Warnings 

In accordance with notification requirements on the Clery Act, the college is obligated to make notifications to the campus community under specific circumstances. The following is the college's plan for making these notifications.

Emergency Notifications

Reed College will immediately notify the campus community upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation. Emergency Notifications alert the community to a significant emergency or dangerous situation occurring on campus, or involving an immediate and ongoing threat to the health or safety of students or employees. Those with the authority to issue Emergency Notifications are the chair of the Emergency Response Team, an acting Incident Commander, the Vice President of Student Life, and the director of Environmental Health and Safety. The college will take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of the college community. Depending on the nature of the emergency or dangerous situation, these steps may include, but are not limited to: activation of the campus Emergency Response Team, activation of the college incident command system, securing all residence hall and campus building entry points, directing students and employees to safe locations, coordinating with local police and fire departments, coordinating with campus Environmental Health and Safety responders, coordinating with campus facilities staff.

Timely Warnings

Timely Warning Notices alert the Reed community to Clery Act crimes that have already occurred, but represent a potentially serious and continuing threat to the community. Those with the authority to issue a Timely Warning Notice are the chair of the Emergency Response Team, an acting Incident Commander, the Vice President of Student Life, and the director of Environmental Health and Safety. The director of Community Safety or designee, the director of strategic communications & marketing, or a member of the executive team (composed of the college president and five college vice presidents) is responsible for dispensing these warnings and notifications, which will normally be communicated via a variety of methods depending on the situation. 

Reed has an emergency notification system that may be activated by Community Safety, members of the executive team, or the college’s communications staff. All Reed students, faculty, and staff can manage their personal Campus Alert settings. 

The system has the following capabilities:

  • Email alerts: all students, staff, and faculty are automatically enrolled for email alerts through their college emails. 
  • Phone messages: all college phones may be selected for voice alerts. Additionally, faculty, staff, and students may opt-in to receive alerts on multiple phone numbers including mobile and land-line phones. 
  • Text messages: faculty, staff, and students may opt-in to receive text message alerts on multiple devices. 
  • Telephone broadcast system: The Reed phone system has the ability to send pre-recorded audio messages to all speaker phones on campus. Use of this system is intended for emergencies where any delay in notification is likely to increase the risk of death or serious physical injury to members of the Reed community. 
  • Guests to campus can enroll in Informacast alerts by contacting Community Safety or Conference and Events Planning.

Campus Security Authorities

Using criteria outlined by the US Department of Education under the Clery Act, Reed College has classified individuals in the following roles as Campus Security Authorities (CSAs):

  • President
  • All Deans, Associate Deans, and Assistant Deans
  • All Community Safety staff (including student employees)
  • Title IX Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator(s)
  • Sexual Misconduct Board members
  • Advisers to the Judicial Board
  • Advisers to the Honor Council
  • All professional staff in the following areas:
    • Nuclear Reactor staff (including student employees)
    • President’s Office
    • Dean of Students’ Office
    • Residence Life
    • Office for Student Engagement
    • Physical Education (including all outdoor programs instructors, sport team coaches, other instructors, Odyssey and other trip leaders, or similar)
  • Gray Fund trip leaders
  • Ski Cabin Manager
  • Admissions staff responsible for overseeing events involving prospective students
  • Study Abroad coordinator
  • All Human Resources staff
  • Any other staff or faculty members who directly oversee student groups
  • Students in the following roles:
    • Judicial Board Members
    • Honor Council Members
    • Sports Center employees responsible for controlling entry
    • Community Safety staff
    • Dorm hosts
    • Night Bus drivers
    • Night Owls
    • Nuclear Reactor staff
    • House Advisors
    • Orientation Coordinators
List of Reed College CSAs

What does a CSA do?

The function of a CSA is to report to the official or office designated by the institution to collect crime report information, such as the campus police or security department, those allegations of Clery Act crimes that they conclude were made in good faith.

What shouldn’t a CSA do?

A CSA is not responsible for determining authoritatively whether a crime took place; that is the function of law enforcement personnel. A campus security authority should not try to apprehend the alleged perpetrator of the crime. That too is the responsibility of law enforcement. It’s also not a CSA’s responsibility to try and convince a victim to contact law enforcement if the victim chooses not to do so.

What crimes must be reported?

  • Criminal homicide
  • Sex offense
    • Rape
    • Fondling
  • Robbery
  • Aggravated assault
  • Burglary
  • Motor vehicle theft
  • Arson
  • Hate crimes
  • Arrests and referrals for disciplinary action for the following:
    • Weapon law violations
    • Drug law violations
    • Liquor law violations
  • Domestic violence
  • Dating violence
  • Stalking
  • Hazing

Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act is a United States federal law. The act provides funding toward the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposes automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allows civil redress in cases prosecutors choose to leave un-prosecuted. The act also established the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice. Despite the act's name, it provides protection for individuals of all genders.