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Campus Security
Phoenix Seminary is committed to providing a safe campus environment for students, faculty and staff. The Administrative staff makes every effort to quickly inform the seminary community of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students, faculty and staff.
Phoenix Seminary publishes and disseminates an annual report disclosing campus security policies and crime statistics in compliance with the Higher Education Amendment of 1990. A copy of this report can also be found on the student lounge bulletin board.
Campus Crime Statistics/Clery Act Reporting
The administrative staff of Phoenix Seminary makes every effort to maintain secure campuses. Each fall, as required by the Higher Education Amendment of 1990, Phoenix Seminary publishes a Campus Crime and Security Report. This updated report is available on the Phoenix Seminary website, in each Campus Director’s office, and on bulletin boards in student, employee, and public areas of the campus.
Student Right To Know & Campus Security Act
The student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act requires colleges and universities receiving federal funds to notify community members as to who is considered a “campus security authority.” The U.S. Department of Education defines a campus security authority as (1) A campus law enforcement unit; and (2) An individual or organization specified in an institution’s statement of campus security policy as the individual or organization that has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, but does not have significant counseling responsibilities.
For the purposes of meeting the requirements set forth in the act, the campus security authority at Phoenix Seminary includes the Vice President for Administration, the Vice President for Academics, and the Dean of Students (the latter only for cases involving non-confidential communications.) The on campus security guard is also considered campus security authority. All campus security authorities are required to report criminal occurrences to the Phoenix Police Department. It shall be the responsibility of the Vice President of Administration to investigate reports of criminal activity on campus. Campus security authorities will report all crimes reported to them using the Crime Incident Report Form.
Timely Warning Policy
A Campus Crime Alert/Timely Warning is issued to heighten safety awareness and to provide students, faculty and staff timely notification of crimes that are considered to represent a serious or continuing threat to the campus community. The alert will provide pertinent information related to the crime and suspect, and will also seek information that may lead to arrest and conviction of an offender.
The Vice President for Administration is responsible for preparing and issuing Alerts/Timely Warnings, and will make the decision as to whether to issue an Alert/Timely Warning on a case-by-case basis considering the facts surrounding a crime, including factors such as the nature of the crime, the continuing danger to the campus community and the possible risk of compromising law enforcement efforts. Information for Alerts/Timely Warnings may also come from other law enforcement agencies or other officers. Alerts/Timely Warnings will be issued to the campus community as soon as pertinent information about the crime is available. Alerts/Timely Warnings will be delivered by e-mail and posted on bulletin boards on campus.
Timely Warning Contents
If a Crime Alert/Timely Warning is to be issued, it will include the following information:
- A description of the incident and type of crime, including location, date and time of occurrence
- A physical description of the suspect, including gender and race
- Composite drawing of the suspect, if available
- Apparent connection to previous incidents, if applicable
- Race of the victim (only if there was an apparent bias motive)
- Sex of the victim, if relevant
- Injury sustained by the victim
- Date and time the campus alert was released
- A notice to the campus community to exercise caution