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Annual Clery Report documents safety at Webster, other schools
By: Evan Sweetman
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: News
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The Clery Act is the law that protects students' rights to access information regarding public safety, in the form of the Clery Report, at their college or university. The annually-updated 2006 Clery Report became available to Webster students Sept. 28.
The act was created after Jeanne Clery, a student at LeHigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., was raped and murdered in her dorm. Her parents later discovered there were 38 other crimes committed on campus that students were not told about, according to the Web site http://www.securityoncampus.org.
There are several places where students can access the report according to Dan Pesold, Webster's Public Safety director.
"Students can also access it on Public Safety's Web site by going to http://www.webster.edu. and clicking on Public Safety," Pesold said. "There is a hard copy of the pamphlet available at the
front desk."
The Clery Act is also available on the Web site http://www.securityoncampus.org/school/cleryact.
Students can find information about public safety on campus by visiting the Public Safety office in Maria Hall, Pesold said.
"The crime log itself is at the Public Safety office at the front desk," Pesold said. "Students can access it Monday through Friday during normal business hours."
As stated in Webster's Clery Report, "Webster University's annual security report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by Webster University; and on public property within; or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus."
Pesold said more students access the Clery Act online then by picking up a hard copy.
"Mostly people get them during fall registration," Pesold said. "People have a tendency to pick them up during registration time when they are getting their parking passes and moving into the dorms."
Freshman art history major Carrie McNeal said she hadn't heard of the Clery Report before. But that she generally feels safe on campus.
"I'm rarely on campus, and while I am, I'm in my room," McNeal said. "I suppose my room is awfully safe. The parking garage is creepy, but parking garages always are, because that's where the guy gets murdered in mafia movies."
Jonathan Moy De Vitry, a sophomore from the Geneva Campus, said he feels safe in Webster Groves.
"I think the security is adequate," De Vitry said. "Webster Groves already seems to be a very safe neighborhood."
The act was created after Jeanne Clery, a student at LeHigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., was raped and murdered in her dorm. Her parents later discovered there were 38 other crimes committed on campus that students were not told about, according to the Web site http://www.securityoncampus.org.
There are several places where students can access the report according to Dan Pesold, Webster's Public Safety director.
"Students can also access it on Public Safety's Web site by going to http://www.webster.edu. and clicking on Public Safety," Pesold said. "There is a hard copy of the pamphlet available at the
front desk."
The Clery Act is also available on the Web site http://www.securityoncampus.org/school/cleryact.
Students can find information about public safety on campus by visiting the Public Safety office in Maria Hall, Pesold said.
"The crime log itself is at the Public Safety office at the front desk," Pesold said. "Students can access it Monday through Friday during normal business hours."
As stated in Webster's Clery Report, "Webster University's annual security report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by Webster University; and on public property within; or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus."
Pesold said more students access the Clery Act online then by picking up a hard copy.
"Mostly people get them during fall registration," Pesold said. "People have a tendency to pick them up during registration time when they are getting their parking passes and moving into the dorms."
Freshman art history major Carrie McNeal said she hadn't heard of the Clery Report before. But that she generally feels safe on campus.
"I'm rarely on campus, and while I am, I'm in my room," McNeal said. "I suppose my room is awfully safe. The parking garage is creepy, but parking garages always are, because that's where the guy gets murdered in mafia movies."
Jonathan Moy De Vitry, a sophomore from the Geneva Campus, said he feels safe in Webster Groves.
"I think the security is adequate," De Vitry said. "Webster Groves already seems to be a very safe neighborhood."
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