As part of its commitment to provide “an environment . . . sustained by those moral virtues which characterize the life and teachings of the Son of God” (BYU Mission Statement), the university strives to create a safe campus environment and adhere to all federal campus safety laws, including

• Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f)
• Missing Person Procedures, 20 U.S.C. § 1092(j)
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, 20 U.S.C. § 1011i(a)(1)

The university’s Clery Act compliance program encompasses these laws and their implementing regulations. For more information about the university’s Clery Act compliance program, see clery.byu.edu.

For purposes of this policy, key terms are defined in the Clery Act Procedures and as follows:

Campus Security Authority (CSA) means

(1) any BYU Police Department or BYU Security employee or independent contractor;

(2) any individual who has responsibility for campus security but who is not a BYU Police Department or BYU Security employee or independent contractor;

(3) any TWEN CSA (see definition below); and

(4) any university official who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, campus security, student housing, and student discipline.

Clery Act Crimes means arson, aggravated assault, burglary, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, fondling, incest, manslaughter, motor vehicle theft, murder, rape, robbery, statutory rape, and Stalking; intimidation, larceny, simple assault, and vandalism motivated by bias against the victim’s actual or perceived race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and disability; arrests and referrals for campus disciplinary actions for violations involving drugs, alcohol, or weapons; and Hazing.

Clery Act Geography means

• buildings and property that are part of the university’s campus,
• non-campus buildings and property owned or controlled by BYU that are used in direct support of or in relation to BYU’s educational purposes and are frequently used by students, and
• public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.

For a list of buildings and property within the Clery Act Geography, see clery.byu.edu.

TWEN CSA (Timely Warning and Emergency Notification CSA) means any individual or campus unit specified in BYU’s Annual Security Report as an individual or campus unit to which students and employees should report criminal offenses for the purposes of making timely warning reports and the annual statistical disclosure. For a complete list of TWEN CSAs, see Clery Act Procedures, Section 3, Crime Reporting for Timely Warnings and the Annual Disclosure of Crime Statistics.

Campus safety requires the active participation of all university community members, including employees, students, volunteers, program participants, and visitors.

Criminal acts are contrary to the teachings of the university’s sponsoring institution, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Church Educational System Honor Code. As part of the university’s Clery Act compliance program, the university prohibits anyone from committing any criminal act within the Clery Act Geography. The university may take action under the law and university policies to address any acts governed by this policy.

To fulfill federal campus safety law requirements, this policy encompasses all of the following:

1. Timely Warnings
2. Annual Disclosure of Crime Statistics
3. Clery Act Crime Reporting for Timely Warnings and the Annual Disclosure of Crime Statistics
4. Security of and Access to Campus Facilities
5. Campus Law Enforcement
6. Reporting Crimes to Law Enforcement
7. Off-Campus Student Organizations
8. Emergency Response and Evacuation Notification Procedures
9. Preventing Sex Crimes
10. Responding to Sex Crimes
11. Victims of Sex Crimes
12. Missing Students
13. Hazing

The implementing procedures for these items are set forth in the Clery Act Procedures.

Each CSA plays a critical role in the university’s Clery Act compliance program. As detailed in the Clery Act Procedures, each CSA timely relays

• all reports of a Clery Act Crime that might pose a threat to a student or employee to a TWEN CSA (unless the CSA is a TWEN CSA);
• all reports of a situation that might involve an immediate threat to the health or safety of a student or employee occurring on the campus to a TWEN CSA (unless the CSA is a TWEN CSA);
• all reports of Hazing, as directed in the Clery Act Procedures; and
• all reports of a Clery Act Crime that may have occurred within BYU’s Clery Act Geography to the Integrity and Compliance Office for inclusion in the university’s annual crime statistics.

The Integrity and Compliance Office identifies and trains CSAs to facilitate CSA compliance with federal requirements. For more information about BYU CSA responsibilities, see csa.byu.edu.