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Campus Security Authority

What is a Campus Security Authority or CSA?

A CSA is responsible for reporting all allegations of Clery Act crimes that are reported to them in their capacity as a CSA. 

For more information on reporting obligations or to schedule a CSA training for your department, please contact the Clery Compliance Office at usaclery@southalabama.edu.

Who is a Campus Security or CSA?

A CSA is someone: 

  • Who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities.
  • Who works for the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Police Department (USAPD) or has security responsibilities for the campus or Clery locations
  • Who is a designated office/organization/individual that receives reports of criminal offenses from students and employees (e.g. The Student Affairs Office). 

What incidents should a CSA report?

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal law that requires every higher education institution to collect and publish statistics on the specific list of crimes you see below. The disclosure of these statistics is intended to raise safety awareness at the institution and in turn, make the campus safer.

Statistics must be disclosed separately for each of the four general categories you see below: primary criminal offenses, Violence Against Women Act offenses, hate crimes and liquor/drug/weapons arrests and referrals for disciplinary action. This means that when more than one crime or component occurs in a single incident, statistics could be disclosed in multiple categories for that incident.

Liquor, drug, and weapon offenses are tallied in two groups; arrests and referrals. Referrals include individuals who are referred to USA for disciplinary actions.

The following definitions and locations are used to determine how alleged crimes are categorized under the Clery Act. 

CSA’s are not expected to determine whether or not an alleged crime falls under these crime or geographic definitions. Please report any alleged crime listed on this page.

Clery Crimes

â–¼   Criminal offenses
Criminal Homicide (including Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter and Manslaughter by Negligence), Sexual Assault (including Rape, Fondling, Incest and Statutory Rape), Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, and Arson.
â–¼   Violence Against Women Act offenses (VAWA)
Any incidents of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking (Sexual Assault is included in the VAWA offenses but under the Clery Act is reported in the Criminal Offenses category).
â–¼   Hate Crimes
Any criminal offense, and any incidents of Larceny-Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, or Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property that were motivated by bias.
â–¼   Arrests and Referrals for disciplinary action
Liquor/drug/weapons arrests For liquor, drug, and weapon offenses, the statistics are divided into two categories: individuals who were arrested and individuals who were referred to USA for disciplinary action as the result of a law violation.
â–¼   Hazing 
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 (1) is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization (e.g., a club, athletic team, fraternity, or sorority); and (2) causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization, of physical or psychological injury.