The Jeanne Clery Act has been adopted by 10 schools in Washington State recently. The Clery Act serves student communities by ensuring that Campus Security discloses information on crimes committed by other students,  whether that be on-campus or anywhere else.

The law has been amended throughout its short history and even in the recent years after dealing with many accounts of sexual abuse victims and the retaliation against them for reporting the crimes.

The newest amendment to the Clery Act is that those convicted of sexual assault crimes will become registered sex offenders in the school’s system. Sex offenders will also be banned from the campus, but allowed to take online classes in most cases. This amendment takes the responsibility of personal safety off of the victim, and puts it back on the perpetrator.

Along with this amendment for sexual assault crimes, the act upholds 6 major categories, along with sub-divisions, to be reported on to ensure the safety of students. The major categories including: Criminal Homicide, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Arson, and Motor Vehicle Theft.

Subdivisions of those categories include: Liquor Violations, Drug Violations, Illegal Weapons Violations, Larceny Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, and Destruction/Damage/Vandalism.

Campus Security must turn in the updated list of criminal offenders by October 1 of each school year, as well as issue timely warnings from then on for the rest of the school year, as public knowledge.

Pierce College is compliant with the Jeanne Clery Act. More information can be found at http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/studentlife/safety/reports.