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Clery Act Appendix for FSA Handbook

In 1990, Congress passed the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act (CACSA) amendments 

to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). Amendments to CACSA in 1998 renamed the law 

the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the 

Clery Act) in memory of a student who was murdered in her dorm room. In 2013, Congress passed 

the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), which included additional 

amendments to the Clery Act. 

The Clery Act requires that all postsecondary institutions participating in title IV student financial 

assistance programs disclose campus crime statistics and other security information to students 

and the public. The VAWA amendments added requirements that institutions disclose statistics, 

policies and programs related to dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

among other changes.

The Clery Act requires institutions to develop and implement specific campus safety and crime 

prevention policies and procedures. Previous versions of the Department’s Clery guidance created 

additional requirements or expanded the scope beyond what is strictly required by statute or 

regulation. Despite the fact that guidance does not have the force of law or regulations, institutions 

felt pressured to satisfy requirements found in the guidance or risk serious financial and 

reputational consequences. This Appendix provides simple, plain-language explanations of Clery 

Act requirements found in, and adherent to, relevant statutory and regulatory authority. 

Clery Act Requirements – The Basics

• Collect, classify, and count crime reports and statistics

• Issue campus alerts and warning 

notices

• Publish an Annual Security Report 

(Due date: October 1)

• Disclose missing student notification 

procedures, when applicable

• Submit crime and fire statistics to 

the Department, when applicable

• Disclose procedures for institutional 

disciplinary actions

• Provide educational programs and 

campaigns

• Keep a daily crime log, when 

applicable

• Disclose fire safety information, 

when applicable

Consistent with the statutory and regulatory framework, and interpretive principles, the 

Department will continue to apply the plain meaning of terms contained within each Clery 

requirement. The Department will accept an institution’s reasonable interpretation of terms

as long as those terms are defined clearly to individuals who review the campus’ Clery Act 

reports. In the event that the Department believes that more specific definitions are

required, it will engage in future negotiated rulemaking to ensure that institutions and the 

public have an opportunity to comment on those definitions. 
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The Department is committed to ensuring institutional compliance with the Clery Act and 

providing guidance to institutions that will enable them to maintain a safe and secure campus

environment. This Appendix is intended to assist institutions in satisfying the statutory and 

regulatory requirements. 

Other than the statutory and regulatory requirements included in this document, the contents of 

this guidance do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public. This 

document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under 

the law or agency policies. 

As appropriate, this Appendix is effective for the reporting year following publication. The 

Appendix describes and incorporates the above basic requirements into the following sections: I) 

Clery Crimes and Reporting; II) Clery Geography; and III) Reporting, Procedures, Policy, and 

Notification Requirements.

Part I: Clery Crimes and Reporting –

Under the Clery Act, a school must report to the Department and disclose in its Annual Security 

Report statistics for the three most recently completed calendar years. Institutions also must submit 

their crime statistics to the Department as part of the annual data collection and survey, including

the number of each of the following crimes – listed in the box below – that occurred on or within 

its Clery Geography and that are reported to local police agencies or to another official (as 

determined by the institution) campus security authority (CSA). As outlined in 34 CFR 

668.46(c)(2), Clery Act reporting does not require the institution to initiate an investigation or 

disclose personally identifiable information (PII) about the victim.

The following chart provides a list of the crimes that must be reported and resources for where 

definitions for each Clery Crime can be found.

All Hate Crimes

Violence Against Women Act of 1994:

Domestic Violence Dating Violence

Stalking

Clery Crime Definitions by Source:

Note: The FBI has announced that it will retire 

the SRS and transition to using only the NIBRS 

in January 2021.

National Incident-Based Reporting System:

Statutory Rape

Uniform Crime Reporting Hate Crime Data Collection 

Guidelines and Training Manual:

Fondling Incest

Weapons Carrying, 

Possessing, etc. Law 

Violations

Liquor Law Violations

Arson Drug Abuse Violations

Murder Rape

Robbery Aggravated Assault

Burglary Motor Vehicle Theft

Summary Reporting System User Manual:
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Note: Per 34 CFR 668.46 (c)(1)(iii)B), institutions must disclose hate crime statistics for all Cleryreportable offenses and the crimes of larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, and 

vandalism/destruction of property that are determined to be hate crimes.

Campus Security Authorities: 34 CFR 668.46(a) –

While not defined in statute, regulations provide that CSAs include: campus police or security

department personnel; individuals or organizations identified in institutional security policies; and 

individuals with security-related responsibilities. The definition at § 668.46(a)(iv) states that a 

CSA also includes an official “who has significant responsibility for student and campus 

activities.”

The Department will defer to an institution’s designation of CSAs as authoritative and provide any 

technical assistance necessary to work with institutions to help ensure proper identification and 

notification of CSAs consistent with the regulations. The regulations do not require that an 

employee with minimal responsibilities for student and/or campus activities necessarily be 

considered CSAs. On a case by case basis, institutions may apply the regulations to not designate

CSA responsibilities for Clery Act reporting purposes to an individual. Individuals determined not 

to have significant responsibility for student and campus activities, which may, in some cases,

include those individuals who, for example, have irregularly scheduled duties or duties that are not 

part of an employee’s primary job description. If paragraphs (i)-(iii) of the definition of CSAs are 

not applicable, institutions should focus on the “significant responsibilities” of an employee when 

determining whether that employee is a CSA for Clery purposes. Note that a CSA for Clery 

purposes may or may not include employees who meet the definition of “any official...who has 

the authority to institute corrective measures” for Title IX purposes under 34 CFR 106.30(a).
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Part II: Clery Geography –

In the Annual Security Report, institutions 

are required to record crimes by location. 

Explained below, the three categories of 

locations subject to reporting are: 1) oncampus; 2) noncampus building or property; 

or 3) public property. 

1) “Campus” is defined in 34 CFR 

668.46(a) as “(i) Any building or 

property owned or controlled by an 

institution within the same 

reasonably contiguous geographic 

area and used by the institution in 

direct support of, or in a manner 

related to, the institution’s 

educational purposes, including 

residence halls; and (ii) any building 

or property that is within or

reasonably contiguous to the area 

identified in paragraph (i) of this 

definition, that is owned by the 

institution but controlled by another 

person, is frequently used by 

students, and supports institutional 

purposes (such as a food or other 

retail vendor).” 

The Department does not apply any

specific or measurable distance 

definition to “reasonably contiguous 

geographic area.” Many institutions 

employ an approach that any 

property included on a campus map 

or designated by signage as a campus 

facility is considered to be included 

in the definition of “reasonably contiguous geography area.” If an additional location,

branch campus, school within the institution, or an administrative location is not within a 

reasonably contiguous area, such location would be considered a separate campus for 

reporting purposes.

2) “Noncampus building or property,” as defined in 34 CFR 668.46(a), means “(i) [a]ny 

building or property owned or controlled by a student organization officially recognized

The Purpose of Clery Geography –

Clery Geography requirements are intended to 

inform the campus community of crimes and 

keep them aware and safe. In the past, 

institutions have struggled with the complexities 

of Clery Geography and, as a result, have taken 

an unnecessarily expansive view to ensure 

compliance. However, too much information 

could be detrimental because information 

overload may prevent a student or parent from 

identifying the most significant or serious 

threats. For institutions seeking to avoid 

findings of underreporting, the result was an 

overwhelming amount of statistics and 

information that could often cause students, 

employees, and their families to tune out, which 

is especially troubling with certain Clery 

requirements, such as timely warnings. The 

Department understands that institutions want to 

keep their communities safe. For Clery 

Geography reporting purposes, remember these 

principles: 

1) Consistent with the regulatory 

framework, institutions should 

determine which buildings, facilities, 

parking lots, and real estate are 

included in the definition of the 

“campus.”

2) Too much information can be just as 

detrimental as too little information.

3) When in doubt, apply the plain 

meaning of regulatory and statutory 

requirements.
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by the institution; or (ii) [a]ny building or property owned or controlled by an institution 

that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is 

frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic 

area of the institution.” 

Institutions have asked questions about what is meant by the term “officially recognized.” 

Regulations do not define this term; therefore, institutions should determine how they 

identify recognized organizations. Some institutions, for example, limit the list of officially 

recognized organizations to those that receive financial support from the institution.

Examples of noncampus buildings or property that satisfy the first part of the definition

include, but are not limited to, officially recognized fraternity and sorority-owned chapter 

houses, institution-owned campus bookstores that are located off-campus, apartment 

buildings that are owned and controlled by the university, or campus-owned event facilities

that support activities that include students who work in or utilize the facility.

To satisfy the second part of the definition, the property must: 1) be owned or controlled 

by the institution (e.g., leased by the institution); 2) be used in direct support or in relation 

to the institution’s educational purposes; 3) be frequently used by students; and 4) not 

within a reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution. Examples of this type of 

property would include, but not be limited to, institution-owned, off-campus apartment 

units that are rented to students, ancillary research or athletic facilities utilized by students 

and faculty, and event facilities located off-campus and utilized for campus activities. 

3) “Public Property” is defined in statute as “all public property that is within the same 

reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution, such as a sidewalk, a street, other 

thoroughfare, or parking facility, and is adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the 

institution if the facility is used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related 

to the institution’s educational purposes.” The regulatory definition of “public property” in 

34 CFR 668.46(a) includes “all public property, including thoroughfares, streets, 

sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and 

accessible from the campus.” 

In order for this definition to apply, the property in question must satisfy all three 

conditions: 1) public (e.g., publicly-owned); 2) within or adjacent to campus; and 3) 

accessible from campus. This definition excludes any private property, and may in some 

cases exclude areas such as property divided by a fence or wall, or property with clearly 

posted signs indicating that it is not part of the campus or that trespassing is prohibited.

Private property where students have established regular usage – whether legal, illegal,

open, or inconspicuous – that is not otherwise campus or noncampus property, is not public 

property for Clery reporting purposes. The Department applies no specific measurable 

distance definition into adjacent public property. When the campus is adjacent to a public 

park, that does not otherwise meet the definition of a public property, some institutions 

have employed the practice of clearly designating campus boundaries through posted 
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signage, such as warnings that individuals are entering a “non-campus area” or through 

“no trespassing” signs, where applicable.

Clery Geography and Title IX –

Under Title IX, an institution’s obligations to address sexual harassment in a recipient’s 

“education program or activity” is a separate inquiry from an institution of higher education’s 

obligations with respect to Clery Geography. While the two concepts may overlap, they are 

not coterminous and the two laws (Clery Act and Title IX) serve separate purposes and have 

separate obligations for entities covered by both laws.

When an institution has officially recognized a student organization, and sexual harassment 

occurs in an off-campus location not owned or controlled by the student organization but 

involving members of the officially recognized student organization, the recipient’s Title IX 

obligations depend upon whether the recipient exercised substantial control over the 

respondent and the context of the harassment, or whether the circumstances may otherwise be 

determined to have been part of the “operations of” the institution. Sexual harassment, under 

Title IX and as defined in 34 CFR 106.30(a), covers a wider range of misconduct than the sex 

offenses covered under the Clery Act.

At 34 CFR 106.44(a), the Title IX regulations cover incidents in an institution’s “education 

program or activity,” which includes locations, events, or circumstances over which the 

recipient exercised substantial control over both the respondent and the context in which the 

sexual harassment occurs, and also includes any building owned or controlled by a student 

organization that is officially recognized by a postsecondary institution. The 2020 Title IX 

regulations do not impose a geographical limit on an institution’s responsibilities, with the 

exception of the limitation of Title IX’s scope to incidents that occur “against a person in the 

United States.”
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Part III: Reporting, Procedures, Policy, and Notification Requirements –

Institutions must publish and disseminate an Annual Security Report by October 1st of each year. 

Institutions that have on-campus residential facilities must also publish, by that same date, a Fire 

Safety Report. The required contents of those reports, along with related notification, procedures, 

and policy requirements, are discussed in this section.

Each year, the Department sends a letter to presidents or chief executive officers of institutions

with information on accessing the Campus Safety and Security Survey website (See: 

https://surveys.ope.ed.gov/security), where schools submit Clery Act crime statistics for the three 

most recent calendar years for which there is available data. The website explains how to tabulate 

these statistics. The letter explains any changes to the survey, the collection dates for the survey, 

the name of the person who completed the reporting at the school the previous year, and a new ID 

and password for completing the survey.

Schools with on-campus student housing facilities must also submit an annual Fire Safety Report

to the Department. The report must include statistics on the number of fires and causes of each 

fire, as well as fire-related injuries, deaths, and/or fire-related property damage for each on-campus 

student housing facility. The Fire Safety Report is due at the same time as the Annual Security 

Report.

The Annual Security Report 34 CFR 668.46(b) and Crime Statistics 34 CFR 

668.46(c) –

Each institution’s Annual Security Report must include a list of titles of each person or 

organization to whom students and employees should report Clery Act crimes for the purpose of 

making both timely warning reports and the annual statistical disclosure. The Annual Security 

Report must also include institutional policies and procedures for victims or witnesses to report 

Clery Act crimes on a voluntary, confidential basis for inclusion in the annual disclosure of crime 

statistics. Additionally, institutions must include current policies concerning the security of, and 

access to, campus facilities and residencies, as well as security considerations in the maintenance 

of campus facilities.

An institution is not required to include (or may remove) a reported crime from its statistics when

sworn or commissioned law enforcement personnel have fully investigated the reported crime and 

have made a formal determination that the crime report is false or baseless and, therefore, 

“unfounded.” Institutions must report to the Department and disclose in their Annual Security 

Report statistics that include the total number of crime reports that were “unfounded” and 

subsequently withheld from its crime statistics during each of the three most recently completed 

calendar years.
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The following are the required contents of the Annual Security Report. Note that this chart is not 

intended to be all-inclusive and institutions must review the statute and regulations to identify all 

the information that must be included in their Annual Security Report.

Policies Regarding Campus Law Enforcement 34 CFR 668.46(b) and Statements

Regarding Disciplinary Proceedings 34 CFR 668.46(k)(2)(v) –

The HEA and the Department’s regulations require that institutions include, in the Annual Security 

Report, several statements of policy. These policies cover a range of campus safety and crime 

prevention topics, including the law enforcement authority and jurisdiction of security personnel, 

including their working relationship with state and local law enforcement agencies. Institutions 

must also publish their current institutional policies that encourage accurate and prompt reporting 

of all crimes to the campus police or safety offices, other campus security authorities and local law 

enforcement officials. Schools must also provide a description of any procedures that exist that 

encourage pastoral and professional counselors, when they deem it appropriate, to inform the 

persons they are counseling of any procedures to report crimes on a voluntary, confidential basis 

for inclusion in the annual disclosure of crime statistics. The Annual Security Report must include 

a description of programs designed to inform students and employees about the prevention of 

crimes, the types and frequency of programs designed to inform the campus community of security 

procedures as well as practices to encourage students and employees to be responsible for their 

own security and the security of others.

Policies concerning the monitoring and recording, through local police agencies, of criminal 

activity by students at noncampus locations of officially recognized student organizations must 

also be included in the Annual Security Report.

8) Campus crime statistics

9) Policies regarding procedures for 

reporting criminal actions or other 

emergencies on campus

10) Policies on security of and access to 

campus facilities

11) Policies on enforcement authority of 

security personnel; working 

relationship of campus security 

personnel with State and local police 

agencies; accurate and prompt 

reporting of crimes; pastoral and 

professional counselors 

12) Programs on campus security 

procedures and practices

13) Programs on the prevention of crimes

14) Policies on the monitoring and 

recording of off-campus crimes

1) Policies regarding alcoholic beverages 

and underage drinking laws

2) Policies regarding illegal drugs and 

applicable federal and state drug laws 

3) Programs on substance abuse

4) Programs to prevent dating violence, 

domestic violence, sexual assault and 

stalking, and the procedures institutions 

will follow when such crimes are 

reported 

5) Information regarding sex offenders 

6) Descriptions of emergency response and 

evacuation procedures

7) Policies regarding missing student 

notifications
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Institutions must include policies regarding the possession, use, and sale of alcoholic beverages 

and illegal drugs, as well as policies regarding the enforcement of State underage drinking laws 

and Federal and State drug laws. Such policies must provide a description of any drug or alcohol 

abuse education programs required by § 120(a) – (d) of the HEA and the Department’s regulations 

at 34 CFR Part 86.

The institution must provide a statement that it will simultaneously provide in writing to both the

accused and accuser: the results of any disciplinary proceeding conducted by such institution 

against a student accused of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The 

institution must also provide the institution’s procedures for the accused and accuser to appeal the 

result of the institutional disciplinary hearing, if such procedures are available; any changes to the 

result; and when the results become final.

The Daily Crime Log: 34 CFR 668.46(f) –

Any institution that has a campus police or security department must create, maintain, and make 

available an easily understood daily crime log. The daily crime log must include the nature, date, 

time, general location of each crime that occurs within the institution’s Clery Geography, and the 

disposition of the complaint, if known. Entries must be made within two business days of the report 

of the information, unless the disclosure is prohibited by law or would jeopardize the 

confidentiality of the victim. An institution may withhold this information if there is clear and 

convincing evidence that releasing it would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or safety 

of the individual, cause the suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the destruction of 

evidence. The school must disclose any withheld information once the adverse effect is no longer 

likely to occur. An institution is required to make the crime log for the most recent 60-day period 

open to public inspection during normal business hours. The school must make any portion of the 

log older than sixty days available within two business days of a request for public inspection. 

Statement of Policy and Procedures for Specific Offenses: 34 CFR 668.46(b)(11) –

Each institution’s Annual Security Report must include a statement of policy that addresses

institutional programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 

as well as the procedures the institution will follow when one of these crimes is reported.

The statement of policy must include the following components: 

1) A description of the institution’s educational programs and campaigns to promote the 

awareness of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The 

statement must describe the institution’s primary prevention and awareness programs 

for all incoming students and new employees. Primary prevention and awareness 

programs must define said crimes, state that the institution prohibits such crimes, 

provide a definition of “consent” in reference to sexual activity, in the applicable 
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jurisdiction, describe safe and positive options for bystander intervention, and 

information on risk reduction.

2) The procedures victims should follow if a crime of dating violence, domestic violence, 

sexual assault, or stalking has occurred, including written information about:

a. The importance of preserving evidence that may assist in proving that the 

alleged criminal offense occurred or may be helpful in obtaining a protection 

order

b. How and to whom the alleged offense should be reported

c. Options about the involvement of law enforcement and campus authorities, 

including notification of the victim’s option to:

i. Notify proper law enforcement authorities, including on-campus and 

local police;

ii. Be assisted by campus authorities in notifying law enforcement 

authorities if the victim so chooses; and

iii. Decline to notify such authorities

d. Rights of victims and institutional responsibilities for orders of protections or 

similar lawful orders

The statement must also include information about how the institution will protect the 

confidentiality of victims and other necessary parties, including how the institution will complete 

publicly available recordkeeping, while maintaining the confidentiality of any accommodations or 

protective measures provided. Written notification about existing counseling, health, advocacy, 

and other services available for victims, both on- and off-campus must be provided. Institutions 

must include that they will notify victims about options for requests for changes to academic, 

living, transportation, and working situations or protective measures. 

An institution must include a clear policy statement that addresses procedures for disciplinary 

action in cases of alleged dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including: 

1) descriptions of types of proceedings (and how determined), the steps, timelines, decisionmaking processes, and how to file a complaint; 2) the standard of evidence; 3) the list of possible 

sanctions; 4) the range of protective measures; 5) a requirement that the proceedings – conducted 

by trained officials – will include a prompt, fair, and impartial process; 6) assurance that the 

accuser and accused will have the same opportunities to have others present, including an advisor 

of the individual’s choosing, in any disciplinary-related meeting; and 7) the requirement of 

simultaneous written notification to both parties of the result of the proceedings, process for 

appeal, and when such findings become final. 

Annual Fire Safety Report: 34 CFR 668.49(b) –

As stated above, if an institution maintains an on-campus student housing facility, it must also 

publish an Annual Fire Safety Report. The report must contain the following: 
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The Fire Log: 34 CFR 668.49(d) –

Any institution that maintains on-campus housing facilities must maintain a fire log. The fire log 

must be a written and easily understood record of any fire that occurred in an on-campus student 

housing facility. The log must include the nature, date, time, and general location of each fire. 

Fires must be recorded in the log within two business days. Institutions must make the fire log for 

the most recent 60-day period open to public inspection, and any portion of the log older than 60 

days available within two business days of a request for public inspection.

Notice and Distribution of Reports –

Institutions must provide notice of the availability of the Annual Security Report and the Annual 

Fire Safety Report (if applicable) to all current and prospective students and employees. This 

notice must include: 1) a statement of the report’s availability; 2) a statement that a paper copy 

will be provided upon request and how to obtain one; 3) a brief description of the contents; and 4) 

the exact electronic address of the report. The two reports may be published together or separately. 

If separate, each report must contain information on how to directly access the other report. 

Appropriate publications and mailings of the Annual Security Report and the Annual Fire Safety 

Report include:

• Direct mail to each individual through the post office, campus mail, or e-mail

• Publications provided directly to individuals

• Posting on an Internet or intranet website (subject to specifications in 34 CFR 

668.41(e)(2) and (3))

Missing Persons Policies and Procedures: 34 CFR 668.46(h) –

If an institution maintains on-campus housing, the institution must establish a missing student 

notification policy and include a description of the policy in its Annual Security Report.

1) Fire statistics submitted to the 

Department

2) Description of on-campus housing 

facilities fire safety systems

3) Number of fire drills during the 

previous calendar year

4) Policies on portable electrical 

appliances, smoking, and open flames 

in housing facilities

5) Procedures for evacuation due to fires 

in student housing

6) Policies on fire safety education and 

training programs

7) List of titles of persons to report fires 

on campus, for purposes of inclusion in 

statistics

8) Plans for future improvement in fire 

safety, if necessary
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In short, the policy must include the following:

Each student must be advised that: their contact information will be kept confidential (except to 

authorized campus officials and law enforcement); if they are under 18 years of age and not 

emancipated, the institution must notify, within 24 hours, a custodian, parent, or guardian that the

student is missing; and the institution will notify law enforcement within 24 hours that the student 

is missing.

Emergency Response, Evacuation Notifications, and Timely Warnings: 34 CFR 

668.46(g) –

Each institution must develop emergency response and evacuation procedures, and include a 

description of its procedures in its Annual Security Report. The statement must include the 

procedures the institution will use to immediately notify the campus community upon the 

confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to 

the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus. At a minimum, an 

institution must have procedures to: (1) confirm significant emergencies or dangerous situations; 

(2) determine the appropriate community to notify and the content of the notification; and (3)

initiate the notification system. The institution must also compile a list of persons or organizations 

responsible for these activities. In addition, the institution must have procedures for disseminating

emergency information to the larger community and must test emergency and evacuation 

procedures on at least an annual basis. 

In an emergency or a dangerous situation, an institution must, without delay and accounting for 

the safety of the community, determine the content of the notification and initiate the notification 

system, unless such notification will compromise efforts to assist a victim or contain, respond to, 

or mitigate the emergency.

An institution must develop procedures to immediately notify the campus community upon the 

confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to 

the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus.

Institutions are required to provide emergency notifications or timely warnings based upon the 

circumstances. Emergency notifications are required to provide immediate notification to the 

campus community upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation occurring 

1) List of titles of persons to which individuals should report that a student has been missing 

for 24 hours

2) Require that any missing student report be referred immediately to campus security or, in 

the absence of an institutional police or campus security department, to the local law 

enforcement agency that has jurisdiction in the area

3) Include an option for each student to identify a contact person, whom the institution will 

notify within 24 hours upon a determination that the student is missing
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on campus that involves an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees. 

Timely warnings are required for all Clery Act crimes that occur on Clery Geography that are 

reported to CSAs or local police agencies and are considered by the institution to represent a 

serious or continuing threat to students and employees.

The following chart identifies the differences between emergency notifications and timely 

warnings: 

Scope

Triggered by?

Where event 

occurs?

How soon to 

issue?

Significant emergency or dangerous situation Clery crimes, reported to CSAs

Anywhere on Clery Geography

Crimes that occurred and represent an ongoing threat

Emergency Notifications Timely Warnings

Event that is currently occurring on or 

imminently threatening campus

Only on campus

Immediately upon confirmation of situation As soon as information is available