ACC and the Clery Act

What the law says

Incidents are to be included [on the daily log] within two business days… The log must be publicly available during normal business hours. This means that in addition to students and employees the general public such as parents or members of the local press may access it. Logs remain open for 60 days and subsequently must be available within two business days of a request.

What ACC is doing

The crime log is not up to date with the last 60 days of information. The plan is to update it quarterly which is not in compliance with the Clery Act and doesn't provide students with timely information. Daily logs are not available when requested. As of the time this was written, Apr. 2, 2009, a new crime has not been added for 148 days.

What the law says

Schools that maintain a police or security department are required to disclose in the public crime log "any crime that occurred on campus…or within the patrol jurisdiction of the campus police or the campus security department and is reported to the campus police or security department."

What ACC is doing

ACC does not include crimes that are not immediately on campus, even if they are in the patrol jurisdiction.

What the law says

The statistics (should be) broken down geographically into "on campus, residential facilities for students on campus, non-campus buildings, or on public property," such as streets and sidewalks. Schools can use a map to denote these areas.

What ACC is doing

ACC only provides date, time, and campus name. There are no descriptions of where on campus these crimes occurred, making it less effective in alerting students to safety risks.

Clery Act information from www.SecurityOnCampus.org