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The University coordinates the collection and reporting of crime statistics as specified by federal law. Each year, an e-mail notification is made to all enrolled students that provide the web sites to access the information in this report. Faculty and staff receive similar notifications, either by e-mail or through campus mail. | 
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Security and Crime Drug Free Universtiy Security Programs
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Copies of this report may be obtained from Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. All prospective employees may obtain a copy of this report from Human Resource Services. Copies of this report will be provided to others upon request. Agencies involved in the collection of these data include the University of Texas Police Department (UTPD), the Office of the Dean of Students, the Director of Housing and Food Service, designated residence hall and family housing staff, the Director of the University Counseling and Mental Health Center, University Health Services, Human Resource Services, and the Austin Police Department (APD). In addition, UTPD will follow up all reports of criminal activity in areas under its jurisdiction regardless of the source. Campus agencies involved in the collection of crime statistics are provided guidance annually regarding the requirements of federal law, including the categorization of criminal activities and tabulation of the locations involved in reported crimes and arrests. UTPD, through a cooperative arrangement with APD, obtains relevant crime statistics from the APD database, which provides appropriate crime codes, and the nature, dates, times, and the locations of crimes committed within the City of Austin. (Please click for a copy of this Memorandum of Understanding.) The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs requests data from the agencies involved in collecting criminal statistics so that the annual report may be updated and disseminated to the campus community, the general public, and the U.S. Secretary of Education. With the exception of certain alcohol-abuse violations that may be referred for handling by residence hall staff or the Dean of Students, campus agencies required to collect crime statistics report all crimes to UTPD. Statistics on the following crimes and offenses are to be reported in the annual security report: i. Criminal Homicide: Murder, non-negligent, and negligent manslaughter. Non-negligent manslaughter is the killing of a person through gross negligence. ii. Sex Offenses, Forcible or Non-forcible: A forcible sex offense is any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly or against that person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent, i.e., intoxicated. Non-forcible sex offenses are acts of "unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse," e.g., incest or statutory rape. iii. Robbery: The taking, or attempting to take anything of value from the control, custody, or care of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear. iv. Aggravated Assault: An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This offense is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. v. Burglary: The unlawful entry (breaking and entering) into a building or other structure with the intent to commit a felony or theft. vi. Arson: Willful or malicious burning or an attempt to burn a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, or personal property. vii. Motor Vehicle Theft: The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. viii. On-campus Arrests for Alcohol, Drug and Illegal Weapon Violations. ix. The number of students referred for Campus Disciplinary Actions for alcohol, drug or illegal weapon violations. (If included in the report as an arrest, a referral does not need to be reported under this category.) x. Hate Crimes falling into the above list, involving bodily injury, or reported to the campus security office or local police. (Hate crimes are to be reported by category of prejudice: race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.) Note that HEOA of 2008 modified (effective August 14, 2008) the list of hate crimes that must be reported to include the following crimes: larceny-theft, simple assault; intimidation, and property destruction, damage or vandalism. (20 USC 1092 (f)(1)(F)(ii)) | |||