Timely Warnings...

     The Safety Services department keeps the campus community informed of on campus incidents by forwarding a summary of the previous week’s incidents to the University’s newspaper, The Collegian. In situations where there may be an immediate threat to the campus community, special bulletins will immediately (upon confirmation of a threat) be distributed electronically and physically posted on campus. Electronic communications may include phone notification via text messaging, e-mail notification, use of the university’s radio and television station (WRDL), use of an intercom system and updates on the Ashland University website. Text messaging requires registering your cell phone number with Ashland University’s notification system. Registering for text messaging can be done on line at Ashland.edu/emergency, or on the Ashland University Safety Services webpage. You can also simply highlight the Emergency Notification System for Campus tab in the A – Z Index pull down menu on the Ashland University homepage. Bulletins may also be posted in conspicuous locations in campus buildings.  In the event a campus and/or regional evacuation are necessary, all of the above methods of communication would be used. 

     The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act requires sex offenders to provide notice to each institution of higher education at which the person is employed or enrolled. Because the Ashland University main campus and Theological Seminary are within the jurisdiction of the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department, the Ashland County Sheriff’s Department should be the notifying agency of any registered sex offenders who are currently enrolled students or employees. The Ashland University Safety Services department also reviews the Ashland County Sheriff’s website to see if any registered sex offenders address is on or directly adjacent to Ashland University. The website link to review registered sex offenders for Ashland County is, www.ashlandcounty.org/sheriff/.

     Upon notification to the Safety Services department of a registered sex offender on or directly adjacent to the campus, the information will immediately be passed on to the Vice President for Student Affairs. The Vice President for Student Affairs will determine if a warning to the campus community is warranted.

 

Missing Person(s)…

 

     Suzanne’s Law requires notification to the National Crime Information Center when someone under the age of 21 is reported missing.  The Ashland University Safety Services office will immediately report such missing persons to the Ashland City Police. Upon notification of a missing student(s) Ashland University will attempt to contact known associates, family and/or guardians. Contact information may also be shared with the Ashland City Police.

Crime Statistics...

     The Safety Services Department compiles the annual crime statistics that are included in this report. The information contained in this entire report is available on-line by visiting the Ashland University web site at ashland.edu. Should you wish to receive this report in a pamphlet, please contact the Ashland University Safety Services, Admissions or Personnel Department. The statistical information included in this report is acquired from various sources, including the Safety Services Department, Judicial Affairs Office, Ashland City Police Department, University Deans, Athletic Director and any University official who has a significant responsibility for student and campus activities. Ashland University accepts confidential reports, for statistical reporting purposes, from health and pastoral counselors and the Ashland University Psychological & Counseling Services Office. A written request for statistical information is made to the Ashland University Psychological & Counseling and Health Center offices. These departments are not required by law to provide statistics for the compliance document. The classification of reported crimes is based on the definitions in the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook published by the Department of Justice. Collection and publication of these statistics is required by the Jeanne Cleary Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. 

*** A database of other colleges and their crime statistics can be found at: http://www.securityoncampus.org.

 

 

Murder/Non-Negligent Manslaughter Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Negligent Manslaughter   Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Robbery   Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Aggravated Assault   Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Motor Vehicle Theft   Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Larcency/Theft   Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 28 29 28 residential facilities 6 4 8 non-campus 0 0 0
Burglary: Forcible Entry Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 2 3 0 residential facilities 1 2 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Burglary: Unlawful Entry (no force) Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 25 14 11 residential facilities 18 10 6 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Sex Offenses: Forcible Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 1 1 1 residential facilities 1 0 1 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Sex Offenses: Non-Forcible Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Arson Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 1 residential facilities 0 0 1 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0

 

Liquor Law: Arrests Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 1 2 residential facilities 0 1 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Liquor Law: On-Campus Judicial Referrals Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 112 100 141 residential facilities 95 100 126 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Drug Law: Arrests Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 2 2 7 residential facilities 2 2 5 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Drug Law: On-Campus Judicial Referrals Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 2 2 10 residential facilities 2 2 9 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0
Weapons: Arrests Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 0 0 0 residential facilities 0 0 0 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0		Weapons: On-Campus Judicial Referrals Venue 2006 2007 2008 on-campus 3 1 2 residential facilities 3 1 2 non-campus 0 0 0 public property 0 0 0

* Residential facilities statistics are included in the on-campus statistics.
* Larceny/theft statistics are not required by law to publish (includes: theft from motor vehicles, theft of books, from vending or laundry machines, and from any common area).
* Arrests include citations issued by the Ashland City Police.
* Arrests for both drug and alcohol violations include non-students on Ashland University property.

 

     Hate crimes are where the victim is intentionally selected based on his or her actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability. The reported statistics for hate crimes include incidents on-campus, in residential facilities, non-campus and on public property directly adjacent to the campus.

 

Definitions of Geographical Catergories:

 

Non-Campus

     Any building or property owned or controlled by student organizations recognized by the school. Also includes any building or property controlled by the university that is not within the same reasonably contiguous area. Ashland University owns and maintains the fraternity houses, so these facilities are considered "on-campus".

On-Campus

     Includes any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to the institution's educational purposes.

Public Property

     An area that is within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution, or is adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the institution. This includes sidewalks and streets

Crime Definitions from the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook:

 

Aggravated Assault

     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. (It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated assault when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)

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. For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

Criminal Homicide: Manslaughter by Negligence

     The killing of another person through gross negligence.

Criminal Homicide: Murder by Nonnegligent Manslaughter

     The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.

Drug Abuse Violations

     Violations of state and local laws 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, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (demerol, methadones); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine).

Liquor Law Violations

     The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.)

Motor Vehicle Theft

     The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Classify as motor vehicle theft all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned including joyriding.)

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.

Sex Offenses: Forcible

     Any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent.

1. Forcible Rape - The carnal knowledge of a person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (or because of his/her youth).
   
   
2. Forcible Sodomy - Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
   
   
3. Sexual Assault with an Object - The use of an object or instrument to unlawfully penetrate, however slightly, the genital or anal opening of the body of another person, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.
   
   
4. Forcible Fondling - The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, forcibly and/or against that person's will; or, not forcibly or against the person's will where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her youth or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.

Sex Offenses: Non-Forcible

     Unlawful, non-forcible sexual intercourse.

1. Incest - Non-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
   
   
2. Statutory Rape - Nonforcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

Weapon Law Violations

     The violation of laws or ordinances dealing with weapon offenses, regulatory in nature, such as: manufacture, sale, or possession of deadly weapons; carrying deadly weapons, concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing deadly weapons; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

     Excerpted from the Implementing Regulations of the "Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act" (originally the Campus Security Act) originally published in the Federal Register on April 29, 1994 (Vol. 59, No. 82) and November 1, 1999 (Vol 64, No. 210).
     The following definitions are to be used for reporting the crimes listed in 34 CFR sec. 668.46 (previously 668.47) in accordance with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The definitions for murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, weapon law violations, drug abuse violations and liquor law violations are excerpted from the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook. The definitions of forcible and non-forcible sex offenses are excerpted from the National Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.
     Sex Offenses Definitions from the National Incident-Based Reporting System Edition of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program

Source: Federal Register, April 29, 1994, Vol. 59, No. 82; Federal Register, November 1, 1999, Vol. 64, No. 210.