Daily Crime Logs/Information about Criminal Incidents
University Police compiles statistical information from the contents of crime reports made to UA Police. From these reports, a daily crime log is provided that contains information of each incident's location, type, date, and time. University Police crime logs are available for public viewing in New Hall.
If a serious or unique crime has occurred and the circumstances warrant it (as in the case of a violent crime against a person or a major property crime), a special, timely crime alert is prepared and distributed. UAPD advisories are designed to give students and employees a timely notification of crimes and to heighten their safety awareness. Sometimes, an advisory provides information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the perpetrator. University Police will issue an advisory when a crime that represents an immediate threat to the safety of community members is reported. In such situations, every attempt will be made to distribute an advisory within 12 hours of the time the incident is reported; however, release of the alert is subject to the availability of facts concerning the incident. Advisories are communicated by various methods and are placed on the University Police Web site at http://police.ua.edu.
Additional Sources of Statistical Information
Disciplinary actions/judicial referrals -- liquor law violations, drug law violations, and illegal weapons possession violations -- made to the UA Office of Judicial Affairs are also disclosed in the statistical information published in this report.
University Police include in campus crime statistics all reports made to the following campus security authorities: the Office of Judicial Affairs, Intercollegiate Athletics, the Office of the Dean of Students, student organization advisers, and the Office of Residential Life.
University Police also makes annual requests to the Tuscaloosa City Police Department for crime statistics taken from the public areas immediately adjacent to campus to be included in the Annual Campus Security Report.
Submission of UA Crime Statistics to Federal Agencies
In October 2000, University Police began submitting crime statistics online to the Department of Education. We’ve also annually contributed crime statistics to the Uniform Crime Report published yearly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation by submitting data to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center. This detailed statistical report is available each year at academic and public libraries.
Voluntary Confidential Reporting
The University of Alabama does not have policies or procedures that allow victims or witnesses of crimes to report those crimes on a voluntary, confidential basis for inclusion in the Annual Campus Security Report -- except in the cases of forcible and non-forcible sexual offenses confidentially reported to the Women’s Resource Center. All verified and unverified, confidential reports of sexual offenses made to the Women’s Resource Center staff are included in UA campus crime statistics disclosed in the October 2000 Annual Campus Security Report. See Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Assaults for more information about UA policies and procedures concerning sexual offenses.
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