University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

Published: November 6, 2002

The UB Annual Security Report is available to all current UB students and employees and to all prospective UB students and employees upon request.

The Annual Security Report includes:

• Statistics on the number of on-campus murders, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, motor-vehicle thefts, bias-related crimes and arrests for weapons possessions and liquor and drug-abuse violations

• Policies regarding security, access to campus residences and other facilities, and campus law enforcement

• Procedures for reporting crimes and other emergencies

• Information on campus sexual assault and rape-awareness programs, procedures to follow when a sex offense occurs, disciplinary action procedures, counseling opportunities and notification to students that UB will make reasonable changes of a victim's academic and living situation if the victim so chooses

• Policies on the use, possession and sale of alcoholic beverages and illegal drugs

• A description of programs informing the campus community about alcohol and drug-abuse education, crime prevention and campus-security practices

• Sex offender registry information

University at Buffalo institutional data is available at the U.S. Department of Education office of post-secondary education Web site at http://www.ope.ed.gov/security and the University at Buffalo Department of Public Safety Web site at http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/public-safety.

This report is filed as required by the federal "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act," (hereafter referred to as the Campus Safety Act), which was last amended in 1998. The purpose of this report is to provide our faculty, staff and students with campus safety information, including crime statistics and procedures to follow to report a crime. The annual report is prepared by the Department of Public Safety and is electronically available at http://www.public-safety.buffalo.edu. Any questions regarding this report should be directed to the Director of Public Safety, at Bissell Hall, or by telephone (716) 645-2230 or by email at http://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/genemail?email=Safety.

This report focuses on university programs, properties and facilities owned or controlled by the university. UB has campuses located within the City of Buffalo and Town of Amherst, and each municipality has law enforcement agencies and maintains crime statistics. For information on safety and crime in the local communities, contact University Police. (Consult the "Living Off-Campus" brochure produced by Commuter Services—Office of Student Activities and the Personal Safety Committee, or visit http://www.activities.buffalo.edu/offcampus.

The University is concerned about crime in the community and works with local law enforcement agencies in the investigation of crimes and promotion of safety-awareness programs aimed at reducing incidents.

Current campus policies regarding procedures and facilities for reporting criminal actions and other emergencies occurring on campus, as well as the institution's response to such reports.

The University Police is the University's law enforcement agency, with an office on the North Campus (Bissell Hall) and a sub-station on the South Campus (Goodyear Hall) to facilitate the reporting, prevention and investigation of criminal activities and to provide for prompt response to other emergencies.

Members of the academic community and visitors to the campus are encouraged to report crimes to the department's dispatcher from any campus telephone at 2222. Crimes and emergencies also can be reported by using one of the campus' "blue light" telephones, one of the campus payphones by dialing *2222, or one of the residence hall entry phones, all of which immediately connect the caller with University Police's dispatcher. This office operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and dispatches patrols to fire and medical emergencies, and to reports of criminal activity.

Members of the campus community also can report criminal incidents to the following offices, which will facilitate the reporting of crime: Office of Student Life, 645-6125; Office of Residence Life, 645-2174; University Counseling Center, 645-2720; Student Affairs, 645-2982; Student Health Center, 829-3316, Student Advocate, 645-6154; Director of Athletics, 645-3454

Please note that victims and witnesses may report a crime on a voluntary and confidential basis by filing either a proxy report or a Silent Witness report. Without compromising the victim's confidentiality, a proxy report can alert the campus to the fact that an incident has occurred, and can assist University Police in detecting patterns (and preventing future assaults). Proxy reports may be filed online at http://www.ub-judiciary.buffalo.edu/protocol.shtml.

Silent Witness is a program that allows for the anonymous submission of suspected criminal activity that occurs on either the Main Street or Amherst Campuses. A Silent Witness report may be filed online at: http://www.public-safety.buffalo.edu/silentwitness.shtml.

Current campus policies concerning security and access to campus facilities and residence halls and security considerations in the maintenance of campus facilities.

The campus has a Personal Safety Committee, which conducts facilities audits from a safety perspective and identifies and corrects deficiencies. Campus community members with security concerns should contact University Police directly.

Most campus facilities are open to the public under existing campus policies, with the exception of residence areas, which are limited to residents and guests. All residential entry doors are controlled through a card access system and rooms are provided with locks and door viewers.

Current campus policies concerning

(i) law enforcement authorities' working relationship with state and local police agencies

(ii) the encouragement of accurate and prompt reporting of all crimes to University Police and other appropriate police agencies.

(i) University Police Officers have full police status and the state authority to enforce and investigate violations of all laws and regulations. The department is in daily contact with the City of Buffalo and Town of Amherst police departments, the Erie County Sheriff's Office and the New York State Police. The department maintains 24-hour-a-day radio and teletype contact with area law enforcement agencies.

(ii) In posters, media publicity and many brochures (including "Safety Awareness," "Living Off Campus" and "Preventing Acquaintance Rape"), members of the campus community are directed to dial 2222 from on-campus phones, *2222 from on-campus payphones or blue light emergency phones and 911 from off-campus locations to report crimes, as well as in the event of any criminal, medical or fire emergency.

Campus programs designed to inform students and employees about campus security procedures and practices.

These programs encourage students and employees to share responsibility for their own security and the security of others. Included is a description of crime prevention programs available on campus. University police officers conduct crime prevention and awareness programs for the campus, encouraging members of the community to take responsibility for their own safety. They present safety videos; distribute printed materials; discuss safety topics with student, faculty and staff groups; publish safety alerts, and participate in campus-wide safety events.

The campus has an active crime-prevention and safety-awareness program. University police officers conduct a series of campus programs on topics related to sexual assault, self-defense, personal safety and general crime prevention. Presentations are made in the residence halls, at employee and student orientation programs, campus activity fairs and for campus bargaining units. To make arrangements for a group presentation, contact University Police directly at 645-2228. Information about University Police also is available on the Internet at http://www.public-safety.buffalo.edu.

The University at Buffalo Personal Safety Committee prepares an annual report on campus security for review. The task force, chaired by the director of university police, conducts open forums, distributes printed information, conducts biannual lighting audits and arranges for appropriate campus safety-related signage.

In addition, safety and security programs for students are offered by the Residence Life and Student Life offices. Residential students discuss safety issues at mandatory floor meetings and are provided with security-related printed materials. Student Life conducts orientation programming on campus, which includes security information in printed student guidebooks, distribution of a personal safety brochure, a sexual-assault prevention brochure and related presentations on these topics. The presentations are conducted by Student Activities, University Police and the University Counseling Center.

Campus policy concerning the monitoring and recording through local police agencies of criminal activity engaged in by UB students while participating in officially recognized off-campus organizations, including those student organizations with off-campus housing facilities.

Local community law-enforcement agencies are encouraged to monitor and respond to criminal activities engaged in by off-campus students and student organizations. The campus participates in neighborhood advisory boards to monitor student activity in the area surrounding the South Campus. Law-enforcement personnel and community leaders are invited to meet annually with student organization leadership, particularly the campus fraternities and sororities.

Students are advised if they are apprehended for a violation of a law, it is the university's position not to request or agree to special consideration based on student status. Students who violate a local ordinance or any law risk the legal penalties prescribed by civil authorities.

Description of any drug or alcohol abuse education programs and current campus policies on:

• possession, use and sale of alcoholic beverages

• enforcement of state underage drinking laws

• possession, use, and sale of illegal drugs

• enforcement of federal and state drug laws

The campus complies with state and federal laws regarding the possession, sale and consumption of alcohol and illegal drugs. All students are provided with an annual Drug Free Schools and Community Act compliance statement, which details campus policies, treatment and counseling programs, and education efforts. Faculty and staff members receive this statement and the campus Drug Free Workplace Policy.

For additional copies of these policies, contact Student Affairs (542 Capen Hall) or Human Resource Services Services (108 Crofts Hall).

Current campus policy with regard to sexual assaults.

• The university conducts a number of training and information programs to familiarize faculty, staff and students with the procedures to follow should a sexual assault occur. Programs are conducted by University Police, University Health Services, University Residence Halls, the Office of Student Activities and by student groups, including the Anti-Rape Task Force and the Sexuality Education Center. Resident students attend mandatory floor meetings on this topic, which also is addressed in the university's orientation sessions. Information concerning the university's sexual assault protocol and prevention are available in a number of university brochures, which receive wide distribution on campus. There also is a recorded sexual assault information line (645-3411) for information on action to take in the event of a sexual assault, options in reporting (including anonymous, confidential proxy and Silent Witness reporting) and resources available to a victim.

• The victim of a sexual assault is notified of available counseling, mental health and other services, both on campus and in the community. He or she also is notified of the importance of preserving evidence for proof of a criminal offence.

• The university advises the victim of his or her rights to notify law enforcement authorities and the university's willingness to assist in such a notification. University Police, University Health Services and Counseling Services will provide a crisis services sexual assault advocate for the victim, and female officers are available to assist at all times.

• Students are notified that victims have the right to change their academic and living situations and will be assisted in doing so if they choose.

• If victims wish to press charges, the university will arrest and charge the accused offender on campus. The accuser and the accused will have their legal rights maintained, including the same right to have others present during disciplinary hearings, and both will be informed of the outcome of any internal and external proceedings.

• Students are informed that in the event of a sexual assault, the university will impose maximum disciplinary sanctions up to and including dismissal from the university.

Sex Offender Registry Information

• When notified by New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services of the presence of a sex offender on campus, UB Public Safety will use the methods currently used to make "timely warning" of criminal activity to alert the campus community, in general or in a limited manner, as appropriate. This may include Web notices, doorway signs, campus media and email messages.

• Warnings will indicate that a level 2 or 3 sex offender now is enrolled or employed at the university and will indicate that further information can be obtained at the DCJS Web site http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/index.htm by zip code (14260, 14261, 14214).

• Information given out on the Web site may include name, address, physical description, crime of conviction, modus operandi, type of victim targeted and special conditions imposed on parole.

UB's campus policy on timely reports to the campus community on crimes reported to University Police or local law enforcement agencies that may indicate a potential threat to other students or employees.

University Police publishes a weekly listing of crime on campus that details the date, time, location and offense of all campus criminal incidents. The listing is circulated to campus offices and is summarized weekly in the student newspaper, The Spectrum.

The University Police also maintain a daily log of crimes and incidents that occur on campus, which is available for the public to view. This information is recorded by date, time, general location and disposition of the complaint. This daily log is available at the University Police, Bissell Hall, by contacting the director's office (645-2230) during the business hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

In addition, University Police uses the student newspaper, The Spectrum, telephone calls, posters (University Police alerts) and local media to communicate more urgent security information and can provide bulletins to departments and units on crime activity as warranted.

Prepared by:
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and University Police in compliance with the Federal Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act (Title II - Crime Awareness and Campus Security). 09/2003

UB CRIME STATISTICS Calendar Years 2000-2002
	2000	2001	2002
Murder
On Campus	0	0	0
In residence halls	0	0	0
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0
Manslaughter
On Campus	0	0	0
In residence halls	0	0	0
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0
Sex Offenses (Forcible)
On Campus	0	1	3
In residence halls	0	0	2
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	0	0	0
Total	0	1	3
Sex Offenses (Non-Forcible)
On Campus	10	3	0
In residence halls	4	1	0
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	2	0	0
Total	12	3	0
Robbery
On Campus	8	5	7
In residence halls	1	3	4
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	7	3	22
Total	15	8	29
Aggravated Assault
On Campus	16	3	6
In residence halls	2	3	0
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	5	0	6
Total	21	3	12
Burglary
On Campus	118	123	145
In residence halls	71	74	64
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	15	12	26
Total	133	135	171
Arson
On Campus	3	2	7
In residence halls	3	0	7
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	0	0	0
Total	3	2	7
Motor Vehicle Theft
On Campus	10	19	6
In residence halls	0	0	0
In or on a non-campus building/property	0	0	0
On public property	0	5	13
Total	10	24	19
Liqour Law Violations
On Campus	Arrest: 15 Judicial: 9	Arrest: 2 Judicial:18	Arrest: 3 Judicial: 75
In residence halls	Arrest: 9 Judicial: 0	Arrest: 2 Judicial: 16	Arrest: 3 Judicial: 6
In or on a non-campus building/property	Arrest: 0 Judicial: n/a	Arrest: 0 Judicial: n/a	Arrest: 0 Judicial: n/a
On public property	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: 4 Judicial: 4	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 24
Total	Arrest: 15 Judicial: 9	Arrest: 6 Judicial: 22	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 102
Drug Related Violations
On Campus	Arrest: 10 Judicial: 16	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 17	Arrest: 4 Judicial: 27
In residence halls	Arrest: 10 Judicial: 0	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 15	Arrest: 4 Judicial: 16
In or on a non-campus building/property	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0
On public property	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 2	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 3	Arrest: 2 Judicial: 0
Total	Arrest: 10 Judicial: 18	Arrest: 4 Judicial: 20	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 33
Weapons Possession
On Campus	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 2	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 1	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 2
In residence halls	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 1	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 1	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 1
In or on a non-campus building/property	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0
On public property	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 0	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 0
Total	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 2	Arrest: 1 Judicial: 1	Arrest: n/a Judicial: 4