Campus Security Authorities (CSA)
Richmond is obligated under the federal Clery Act to report annually to current and prospective students and employees statistics on specified crimes occurring on campus and on certain non-campus property.
The Act requires that institutions collect statistical information from three groups of “Campus Security Authorities” individuals in preparing this annual report.
- Campus Law Enforcement;
- Other officials on campus who have been identified as those to whom reports of crimes should be made; and
- Other individuals who have significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including but not limited to, student housing, student discipline, and campus judicial proceedings.
The intent of including non-law enforcement positions as CSA’s is to acknowledge that many individuals are hesitant to report crimes directly to police, but may be more inclined to report to other campus affiliated individuals.
The University annually reviews the positions identified for Campus Security Authority. If you have any questions about your reporting responsibilities, contact Nick Myers at (nmyers@richmond.edu).
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Specified Crimes
Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter is defined as the willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
Manslaughter by Negligence is defined as the killing of another person through gross negligence
Rape is 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 the consent of the victim. This offense includes the rape of both males and females.
Criminal Sexual Contact is the touching of the private body 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/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
Incest is sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Statutory Rape is sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
Robbery is 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.
Aggravated Assault is an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Burglary is the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
Motor Vehicle Theft is the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. This includes golf carts.
Arson is 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.
Dating Violence is 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. For the purposes of this definition—
•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.
Domestic Violence is a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed—
- By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
- By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
- By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
- By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of Virginia.
- By 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 Virginia.
Stalking is engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to—
- Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or
- Suffer substantial emotional distress
Hazing means any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that:
- is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in a student organization; and
- causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including—
◊ whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance
on someone’s body, or similar activity;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements,
confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid,
alcohol, drugs, or other substances;
◊ causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts;
◊ any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through
the use of threatening words or conduct;
◊ any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State,
Tribal, or Federal law; and
◊ any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty
or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.”
- A student organization is defined as “an organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the
institution”.
Hate Crimes: The Clery Act defines hate crimes as a criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim.
- Bias categories under the Clery Act: Disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, national origin and sexual orientation.
- Institutions must compile crime statistics for any of the following offenses that are motivated by bias:
- Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter
- Sex Offenses
- Rape
- Fondling
- Incest
- Statutory Rape
- Robbery
- Aggravated Assault
- Burglary
- Motor Vehicle Theft
- Arson
- Larceny
- Simple Assault
- Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property
To assist, if at any time a person reports to you that they have been harmed please contact URPD (804) 289–8911 for emergencies and nonemergencies contact URPD (804) 289-8715. Allow us to categorize the type of crime(s) involved.