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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3682 

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 13, 2012 

Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. WEBB, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CASEY, 

Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. KERRY, and and MR. DURBIN) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus 

Public Safety. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Center to Advance, 

5 Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 

6 2012’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2012’’. 

7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 

8 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 

2 PUBLIC SAFETY 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE4 TY. 

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN6 TER.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

8 of Community Oriented Policing Services is author9 ized to establish and operate a National Center for 

10 Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 

11 the ‘Center’). 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 

13 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 

14 authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 

15 education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 

16 in carrying out the functions of the Center required 

17 under subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER.—The Center 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 

21 public safety personnel of institutions of higher edu22 cation and their collaborative partners, including 

23 campus mental health agencies; 

24 ‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 

25 safety and security of institutions of higher edu26 cation; 


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1 ‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica2 tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro3 tocols, procedures, and best practices relevant to 

4 campus public safety, including off-campus housing 

5 safety, the prevention of violence against persons 

6 and property, and emergency response and evacu7 ation procedures; 

8 ‘‘(4) coordinate with Attorney General, the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Edu10 cation, State, local and tribal governments and law 

11 enforcement agencies, private and nonprofit organi12 zations and associations, and other stakeholders, to 

13 develop protocols and best practices to prevent, pro14 tect against and respond to dangerous and violent 

15 situations involving an immediate threat to the safe16 ty of the campus community; 

17 ‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina18 tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 

19 management models to prevent campus violence; 

20 ‘‘(6) identify campus safety information (includ21 ing ways to increase off-campus housing safety) and 

22 identify resources available from the Department of 

23 Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the 

24 Department of Education, State, local, and tribal 


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1 governments and law enforcement agencies, and pri2 vate and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

3 ‘‘(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and 

4 consistency in prevention, response, and problem5 solving methods among public safety and emergency 

6 management personnel of institutions of higher edu7 cation and their campus- and non-campus-based col8 laborative partners, including law enforcement, 

9 emergency management, mental health services, and 

10 other relevant agencies; 

11 ‘‘(8) disseminate standardized formats and 

12 models for mutual aid agreements and memoranda 

13 of understanding between campus security agencies 

14 and other public safety organizations and mental 

15 health agencies; and 

16 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor17 ney General on activities performed by the Center 

18 during the previous 12 months. 

19 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE20 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 

21 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor24 ney General of each State; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) ensure coordination with campus public 

2 safety resources within the Department of Homeland 

3 Security, including within the Federal Emergency 

4 Management Agency, and the Department of Edu5 cation. 

6 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU7 CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 

8 education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 

9 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

10 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Funding for the implementation of 

11 this part shall be through the use of existing excess unobli12 gated funds available to the Department of Justice or cost 

13 savings through consolidation of duplicative or ineffective 

14 programs within the Department of Justice as determined 

15 by the Attorney General.’’. 

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