The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) is a federal statute codified at 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f), with implementing regulations in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations at 34C.F.R. 668.46.The Violence Against Women Act of 2013 adds additional requirements under the Campus Sexual Violence Act (SaVE Act) provision, Section 304.
The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses. Compliance is monitored by the United States Department of Education, which can impose civil penalties(up to $62,689 per violation) against institutions for each infraction and can suspend institutions from participating in federal student financial aid programs.
The law is named for Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh (Penn.) University freshman who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986. The backlash against unreported crimes on numerous campuses across the country led to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. The Clery Act, signed in 1990, was originally known as the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act.
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), BBCC’s Annual Security and Fire Report contains statistics of Clery Act crimes that are reported and that occurred on campus, in other locations owned or controlled by BBCC, and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus for the three most recent calendar years.
All students are encouraged to review the report and to report all criminal or fire related incidents promptly to the Campus Safety Department.
BBCC’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, can be found online https://www.bigbend.edu/wp-content/uploads/BBCC-ANNUAL-SECURITY-AND-FIRE-SAFETY-REPORT.pdf: A printed copy of the report may be obtained by contacting Campus Safety at 509-793-2286, or visiting at 7662 Chanute St NE, Moses Lake, Washington.