Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3349 - Northeast Ohio Medical University › Chapter 3349-10 - Campus Safety › Section 3349-10-52 - Missing person rule

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Purpose
To establish a rule related to locating
				a university student that is living in on-campus housing and who, based on the
				information available at the time, is believed to be missing.
(B)
								Scope
This rule applies to all university
				students that are living in on-campus housing.
(C)
								
			 Definitions
Consult rule
				3349-7-01 of the
				Administrative Code.
(D)
								Body of
			 rule
(1)
									Student
			 contact information. All university students who execute a resident agreement
			 for on-campus housing will be asked to register a contact person who would be
			 contacted no later than twenty-four hours after the time the student is
			 determined to be missing. A student can register a confidential contact for
			 this situation, in addition to the emergency contact information on file with
			 the university. A missing student's confidential contact information will be
			 accessible by university campus officials and may be shared with law
			 enforcement during the course of the missing person investigation.
If the student is under eighteen years
				of age, university is required to notify a custodial parent or legal guardian
				not later than twenty-four hours after the student is determined to be
				missing.
(2)
									Notification. Any person who has reason to believe that
			 a university student who is living on campus is missing should contact the
			 northeast Ohio medical university police department immediately at 330-325-6489
			 to make a report.
(3)
									Investigation. The university police department will
			 conduct an initial inquiry in response to any report that it receives regarding
			 university students living on campus that may be missing. The inquiry will seek
			 to determine if the student is actually missing and cannot be located through
			 reasonable efforts. The inquiry may include, but is not limited to, the
			 following activities:
(a)
										Calling or visiting the student's
			 residence;
(b)
										Contacting neighbors, fellow students, and/or friends
			 of the resident to determine the circumstances of the student's
			 disappearance;
(c)
										Conducting a campus search of public locations to
			 locate the student (library, cafeteria, lecture halls, etc.);
(d)
										Access key card
			 and fob usage records to determine the student's last use of either means of
			 access;
(e)
										Access the student's email or other network login
			 records to determine the student's last use of the university
			 network;
(f)
										If the university police department determines the
			 student may be at risk, they will attempt to retrieve the student's cell phone
			 number and attempt to have the cell phone carrier ping the phone number for
			 location;
(g)
										Obtaining and circulating a photograph of the student
			 to assist in identifying and locating the student; and
(h)
										Contacting the
			 chief student affairs officer, the dean of the college in which the student is
			 enrolled, relevant faculty members or the on-campus housing management company
			 for information related to the student.
(4)
									Determination
			 that the student is missing. A person may be declared "missing" when his/her
			 whereabouts is unknown and unexplainable for a period of time that is regarded
			 by knowledgeable parties is highly unusual or suspicious in consideration of
			 the person's behavior patterns, plans, or routines. If the university police
			 department, after conducting an investigation of the report, determine that a
			 student is missing, the university will contact the individual registered as a
			 contact by the student when the student entered on-campus housing. In the event
			 the student did not register a contact when executing his/her resident
			 agreement for on-campus housing, the university will contact the emergency
			 contacted on file for the student in enrollment services.
(5)
									Board
			 authorization
The board of trustees authorized the
				administration to establish and implement any and all rules to ensure
				compliance with Section 1092(f) of The Jean Clery Disclosure of Campus Security
				Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, 20 U.S.C and to modify those rules
				without further ratification action required by the board of
				trustees.