Applies to: (examples; Faculty,Staff, Students, etc)
Students
Students
Consistent with the Clery Act, The University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Office of Public Safety has established the following missing person’s policy. Any individual who believes a currently enrolled UHSP student is missing shall notify the Office of Public Safety. Following notification, public safety will commence an investigation along with the Office of Student Affairs as soon as reasonably possible. Should the investigation result in the conclusion that the student is missing, the Office of Public Safety will notify the Saint Louis Metropolitan Police and/or the appropriate local law enforcement agency immediately, as well as the student’s missing person contact within a span of time not to exceed 24 hours from the time the student was determined to be missing. If the missing student is under the age of 18, and not an emancipated individual, public safety or student affairs will notify the student’s parent or legal guardian immediately after the University determines that the student is missing, in addition to notifying the contact person designated by the student.
This policy applies to students who reside in on-campus housing and who is determined to have been missing for 24 hours.
Term |
Definition |
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Annual Security Report (ASR) |
The Clery Act requires those postsecondary institutions participating in the Higher Education Act’s Title IV student financial assistance programs and each of their separate campuses to annually publish by October 1 a report containing the campus safety policy statements1 and Clery Crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years. This annual report is known as the Annual Security Report (ASR) |
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) |
Also known as the Clery Act, this federal law requires colleges and universities that receive Title IV funding to disclose information about Clery Crimes occurring on Clery Geography and safety related policies. |
Missing Person |
Any person whose whereabouts are unknown to the reporting party including but not limited to anyone taken, detained, concealed or enticed away. Missing person also includes anyone who is missing voluntarily, involuntarily or under circumstances not conforming to their ordinary habits or behavior and who may be in need of assistance. |
Missing Student (On-Campus) |
A notification issued to an emergency contact, and/or a parent/legal guardian and the local law enforcement agency by a designated UHSP official when a student who lives in on-campus housing has been missing for 24 hours. |
Missing Student Report |
Online Advocate report that is located on the external webpage of the University at stlcop.edu. This report can be completed by anyone of the campus community to file a report of a student who they believe to be missing. Public safety also can complete an incident report after they have been dispatched to investigate a report of a resident student missing. |
Missing Student Emergency Contact |
Residence life will have the on campus resident student complete a separate form to identify that student’s emergency contact for the sole purpose of a missing student report for their records. |
This policy describes the procedures of the Offices of Public Safety and Student Affairs for accepting, documenting and investigating missing persons in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act.
II. Procedures
III. Office of Public Safety and Student Affairs Responsibilities
IV. Confidential Resources
All confidential offices on campus are exempt from CSA reporting requirements and include but are not limited to the Office of Student Affairs. Disclosures made to Professional Counselors, licensed psychologists, and Pastoral Counselors, are privileged and confidential and are exempt from the CSA reporting requirements.
V. Annual Security Report (ASR) and Annual Fire Safety Report (AFSR)
By October 1 of each year, campuses will publish and disseminate the ASR and the AFSR that are compliant with the Clery Act. The University will submit the web based crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education by a date set annually by the Department of Education (typically mid-October). Campuses are required to distribute the ASR and AFSR to current employees, enrolled students, prospective employees, and prospective students with a notice that includes a statement of the reports’ availability, the exact electronic address at which the report is posted, a brief description of the reports’ contents, and a statement that the campus will provide a paper copy of the report upon request.
Position/Office/Department |
Responsibility |
Public Safety |
Reporting and Investigation |
Public Safety Director |
Clery Act compliance |
General Counsel |
Policy Review and Guidance |
Student Affairs |
Reporting and Investigation |
Name |
Contact Information |
Scott Patterson |
314.446.8382 |