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***DRAFT**** Clery Compliance

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (the Clery Act) is a federal consumer protection law that requires institutions of higher education participating in the federal student financial aid program to disclose information about certain crime on campus, on buildings/property in buildings/on property owned or controlled by the college, and on publicly owned property within or immediately adjacent to the campus.

Clery Act Requirements

  • Collect, classify, and count Clery Act crime reports and statistics

  • Issue campus alerts - Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications

    • Timely warnings alert the campus community of Clery Act Crimes that pose a serious or continuing threat to the campus community.

    • Emergency Notifications inform the campus community upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation occurring on the campus that involves an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees.

  • Publish an Annual Security Report containing Clery Act crime statistics and safety and security related policy statements and inform all current and prospective students and employees of its availability. 

    • Disclose policy and procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the Annual Security Report.

  • Submit Clery Act crime statistics (and fire statistics related to on-campus student housing facilities) to the U.S. Department of Education each fall through web-based data collection.

  • Maintain a Daily Crime Log of reported criminal incidents that is open to public inspections.

  • Provide educational programs and campaigns to promote the awareness of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and hazing.

  • Complete a semi-annual Hazing Transparency Report.

Additional Resources 

  • The U.S. Department of Education created The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting as a reference guide for higher education institutions to follow in meeting the campus safety and security requirements of the amended Higher Education Act of 1965.

  • For more information on how the Clery Act is helping to make campus communities safer, please visit the Clery Center.

Campus Public Safety Office Locations

Auburn Hills Campus
G Building, Room G-101
2900 Featherstone Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326-2845
Phone: (248) 232-4599

Highland Lakes Campus
Woodland Hall, Room 268
7350 Cooley Lake Road
Waterford, MI 48327-4187
Phone: (248) 942-3399

Orchard Ridge Campus
J Building - Room J250
27055 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-4579
Phone: (248) 522-3999

Royal Oak Campus
B Building, Room B-107
739 S. Washington Street
Royal Oak, MI 48067-3898
Phone: (248) 246-2699

Southfield Campus
A Building, Room A-224
22322 Rutland Drive
Southfield, MI 48075-4793
Phone: (248) 233-2999