Campus Safety Report
Security and Fire Safety Reports
A printed version of the Campus Safety Report is available upon request at the UTRGV Police Department.
Jeanne Clery Act Links
The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, a consumer protection law passed in 1990, requires all colleges and universities who receive federal funding to share information about crime on campus and their efforts to improve campus safety as well as inform the public of crime in or around campus. This information is made publicly accessible through the university's annual security report.
- Sexual Harrassment and Sexual Misconduct
- Consensual Relationships
- Student Conduct and Discipline
- Notification Regarding Missing Resident Students
- Alcohol and Drug Free Workplace
- Alcoholic Beverages
For more information regarding UTRGV Clery Compliance, please contact Clery Compliance Manager at [email protected].
Crime Statistics
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Police Department collects data related to reports of crimes occurring on campus, at off campus university facilities, residence halls and public property immediately adjacent to the campus. In addition to these reported incidents, additional incidents are reported to campus security authorities (Residence Life, Judicial Affairs, Dean's Office, etc.,) and the data is added to the Police Departments data to produce the Campus Crime Statistics.
Federal Crime Definitions
The University Police Department has made available the definitions and terms used in the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports. These terms are also used in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Crime Statistics reported annually.
NOTE: These are federal definitions of acts and not charges issued against individuals according to the Texas Penal Code.
Disseminating Information On Campus Crime
The University Police Department wants to keep you informed about campus crime. Here are some ways we do it:
- Emergency Alerts: The UTRGV Emergency Alert system is a mass, urgent notification system, comprised of a variety of methods by which the University can notify students, faculty and staff of an active, major campus emergency:
- Text messages (SMS) to cell phones
- Voice messages to phones
- Emails
- University Website
- University Facebook page
- News Releases: The University Police Department prepares news releases on crime for distribution to campus and Rio Grande Valley News Stations.
- Newspaper: The Rider UTRGV student newspaper publishes stories on serious criminal offenses.
- Website: Security and safety information is placed online through the University Police Department Crime Alerts page
- Email: The University Police Department will notify all faculty, staff, and students by email of any potential serious criminal activity occurring on campus from the [email protected] email address.
NOTE: When a serious crime occurs or a series of thefts showing a pattern develops; University Police will alert the university community via the campus email system and the university emergency alert system.