Office of Origin: Accreditation, Strategic Projects & Quality
Responsibility: Dean, Accreditation, Strategic Projects & Quality
Original Date Adopted: 4-15-25
Dates Reviewed: 4-15-25
Last Date Board Approved: 4-15-25

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) is a federal law which requires institutions to publish an Annual Security Report (ASR) as well as submit all crime statistics to the Department of Education. Institutions with on-campus housing must also submit a Fire Safety Report (FSR) along with other items detailed below.

Lake Michigan College (LMC) will prepare an ASR and FSR that reflects LMC’s current policies and procedures, and which contains, at minimum, the following information: 

• Crime statistics (stats) gathered from LMC’s Care and Concern reports, incident reports, and campus security reports. In cooperation with law enforcement agencies, the department of Accreditation, Strategic Projects, & Quality (ASPQ) will collect stats from these agencies covering LMC’s Clery geography. All crime stats are collected and maintained from the most recent three calendar years. (See Appendix A for Clery reportable crimes and definitions.)
• Statements of policies and procedures include, but are not limited to, how students and others can report criminal actions or other emergencies occurring on campus, security and accessing campus facilities, emergency evacuation and preparedness procedures, missing student notifications, prohibited items on campus, institutional disciplinary action in cases of alleged dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, a statement advising the campus community where registered sex offenders may be located, etc.
• Programming of the following, but not limited to drug and alcohol abuse education, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, prevention of crimes, campus security procedures and practices, etc.
• Fire Safety procedures, for on-campus housing facilities. 

LMC will publish the ASR and FSR by October 1 of each year. ASPQ will release the ASR and FSR along with a statement to the LMC campus community of its availability. Paper copies will be made available upon request. 

References:    
Building Access procedure
Campus Security Authority procedure
Clery Compliance Act policy
Clery Geography procedure
Crime Definitions in Appendix A (see below)
Daily Crime & Fire Log procedure
Title IX policy

Appendix A: Crime Definitions (Federal/Clery Definitions)
Listed in alphabetical order, not Clery hierarchy order. 

Aggravated Assault 
An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. 

Arson 
Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. 

Burglary 
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. 

Dating Violence 
Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

• Dating Violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.
• Dating Violence does not include acts covered under the definition of Domestic Violence. 

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property 
To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it. 

Disciplinary Referrals (Referred for Disciplinary Action) 
The referral of any person to any official who initiates a disciplinary action of which a record is established, and which may result in the imposition of a sanction. 

Domestic Violence 
A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by any of the following individuals: 

1. A current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; or 
2. A person with whom the victim has a child in common; or 
3. A person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; or 
4. A person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or
5. Any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred. 

Drug Abuse (Law) Violations 
Violations of laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of state and local laws, specifically relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing and making of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroine and codeine), marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol and Methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine). 

Hate Crimes 
A criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim. The following eight categories are reported: Race, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Gender, Gender Identity, Ethnicity, National Origin or Disability. A hate crime is not a separate, distinct crime, but is the commission of a criminal offense which was motivated by the offender’s bias. Crimes that are classified under this definition include all listed Clery Reportable Crimes plus: larceny/theft, simple assault, intimidation, destruction, vandalism and/or damage. Weapon, drug law and liquor law violations are not included in hate crime data. 

Intimidation 
To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack. 

Larceny/Theft 
The unlawful taking, carrying, leading or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Constructive possession is the condition in which a person does not have physical custody or possession but is in a position to exercise dominion or control over a thing. 

Liquor Law Violations 
The violation of state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession of alcoholic beverages; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to minor; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; open alcohol in a motor vehicle; consumption of alcohol in public; and other related offenses. Driving under the influence of alcohol is not included in this definition. 

Motor Vehicle Theft 
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Classified as motor vehicle theft, are all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned—including joy riding. 

Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter 
The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another. 

Manslaughter by Negligence 
The killing of another person through gross negligence. 

Robbery 
The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Sexual Assault (Sex Offenses)
Sexual assault means an offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape as used in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting system. A sex offense is any act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

• Rape: The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part, or object; or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person without consent of the victim. This offense includes the rape of both males and females.
• Fondling: The touching of the private parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his or her age or because of his or her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
• Incest: Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
• Statutory Rape: A non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent (which is 16 in the State of Michigan). 

Simple Assault 
An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness. 

Stalking 
Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress.

• Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person or interferes with a person’s property.
• Reasonable person means a person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
• Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may but does not necessarily require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.

Weapon Law Violations 
The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons. This classification encompasses weapons offenses that are regulatory in nature.