Campus crime bill requires disclosure

The Campus Security Act, a federal law enacted Nov. 8, 1990, is intended to inform the current and future students of institutions of higher education about incidences of certain crimes that occur on campus.

The law requires universities to disclose information concerning murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft in an annual security report. In addition, statistics concerning the number of arrests for liquor law violations, drug abuse violations, and illegal weapons possessions are also required to be disclosed.

For the purposes of the annual security report, the legislation defines the term “campus” as “any building or property owned or controlled by the institution of higher education within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of or related to its educational purposes” or “any building or property owned or controlled by student organizations recognized by the institution.”

Beginning in January, through an agreement with the Medical University Department of Public Safety and the City of Charleston Police Department, incidences of the above eight crimes that occur on the streets of the surrounding areas will be included in the annual report.

The annual security report is available to students through enrollment services and employees through human resources.

Any questions or suggestions can be forwarded to the Medical University of South Carolina Department of Public Safety Crime Prevention Office at 792-2261 or e-mail at andersmi@musc.edu.

The following incidents occurred during the week of Oct. 11-17:

There was one arrest for criminal domestic violence and one arrest for vandalism.

Other incidents for which no arrest was made or are still under investigation include:

  • One case of motor vehicle theft
  • Two cases of attempted motor vehicle theft
  • One case of breach of trust with fraudulent intent
  • One case of threatening phone calls
  • One case of harassing phone calls
  • Five cases of larceny
  • One case of driving under the influence (Subject arrested by City Police.)
  • One case of malicious injury to state property
  • One case of vandalism

For further information on these statistics or any other service of the Department of Public Safety, contact the Crime Prevention Office at 792-2261 or e-mail at andersmi@musc.edu.

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