Campus Annual Security Report

Anyone requiring campus assistance should call security dispatch at 791-2560.
In an emergency call 911 then notify security.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act, that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.

Issue Timely Warnings

The Director of Collegewide Security Services will work with the college's general counsel office to initiate action for a "timely notice" to the community once it has been determined that a "threat" to the community exists. This can occur any day of the week, time of the day. The Director, in concert with the General Counsel's office will draft the appropriate notice to the college community and post the notice on all (affected) college sites. The Timely Notice may be distributed by poster and memo, e-mail, web-site or use of the college's emergency notification system including the School Messenger voicemail system, as well as the InformaCast system.

The duty to provide "timely reports" is applied only to occurrences of the six crimes which are required to be disclosed in the Annual Report, and then only in circumstances where they are "considered to be a threat to other students and employees". The critical factor here, once again, is that the institution has knowledge of the incidents.

Emergency Notification

Emergency notification is required upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health and safety of students or employees occurring on the campus. SPC has several emergency notification systems available. In the event of an emergency one or all of these systems may be employed. The system includes:

Primary

  • SPC Homepage
  • SPC Email
  • InformaCast – a system which has the capability to quickly broadcast notices, warnings and alerts using IP telephones, desk-top computers, and broadcast speakers.
  • SPC Alert text messages which has the capability of broadcasting notices, warnings, and alerts using email, cell phones, and home phones.
  • SPC Alert on all networked computers (bulk mail)
  • SPC Television Channel
  • Fire Alarms
  • Enhanced 911 system

Secondary

  • Hand held radios
  • Electronic Signs
  • NOAA Tropical Storm Forecast and Radar Station in Ruskin
  • Panic Buttons linked to Security Dispatch

Offices Responsible For Issuing Emergency Notifications:

  • Director Marketing and Public Information
  • Director College Wide Security Services
  • Emergency Management Coordinator

The following offices would provide back-up:

  • SPC Homepage - Executive Director, eCampus, Web, and Instructional Technology
  • SPC Email - Associate Vice President - Information Systems
  • Text/Voice mail
        - Director College Wide Security Services
        - Emergency Management Coordinator
  • InformaCast
        - Campus Incident Commanders
        - CEO - Allstate Center
        - Sr. Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs
        - Sr. Vice President, Administrative/Business and Information Technology
        - Assistant Director, Marketing and Public Information
        - Vice President, Facilities Planning and Institutional Planning
        - Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs
        - Director, Network Systems and TV Operations

The office of Marketing and Public Information will conduct semi-annual tests of SPC Alert both announced and unannounced.

Additional information may be found here.

Clery Act

The Clery Act, a federal law, requires colleges and universities that receive federal money to report statistics regarding criminal activity on campus and in the neighboring area, as well as safety information, to the campus community. The definitions used for purposes of these reports are particular to the act and may not be entirely consistent with those definitions used by other entities that collect crime information.

The act requires universities to report statistics for the three most recent years. The statistics, reflected in Tables 1, 2,& 3 were gathered from Police reports, College security reports, and from reports made to Campus Security Authorities. The College's Campus Security Authorities for purposes of this report include: college security, Provosts, Associate Provosts and their professional staffs, counselors from the Office for Students with Special Disabilities or OSSD counselors, academic advisers in all divisions, student organization advisers, athletic coaches, sports club advisers, and visitor control attendants. A formal police report or investigation is not needed in order for a crime report to be included in the statistics.

The act also requires reporting of not only arrests for liquor law, drug law, and illegal weapons violations, but also referrals for University disciplinary actions of both students and employees based on these violations (see Table 4).

A recent clarification in the act requires reporting of not only disciplinary referrals for students but referrals of employees. Therefore, the statistics as of 2002 reflect referrals of students and employees.

Crime, Fire & Missing Student Reports

Campus Crime Report

The Clery Act, a federal law, requires colleges and universities that receive federal money to report statistics regarding criminal activity on campus and in the neighboring area, as well as safety information, to the campus community.

Campus Fire Report

In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 the College has established procedures regarding Fire Safety for students who are residing in the St. Petersburg College Foundation Inc. Housing Complex.

The Housing Complex is equipped with smoke detection devices and students are trained on evacuation procedures each semester. Procedures for contacting emergency responders are found in the SPC Emergency Response Guide.

Campus Missing Student Report

In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 the College has established a policy regarding missing students and notification. Only students who are residing in “on-campus housing” shall be subject to these policies and procedures.