Campus Security Authorities

The Federal Department of Education defines a CSA as:

• A campus police department or a campus security department of an institution
• Any individual who has responsibility for campus security but who does not constitute a campus police department or a campus security department (e.g., an individual who is responsible for monitoring the entrance to the institution or providing safety escorts)
• Any individual or organization specified in an institution's statement of campus security policy as an individual or organization to which students and employees should report criminal offenses
• Any official of the University who has a significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including but not limited to student housing, student discipline, and campus judicial proceedings of an official is any person who has the authority and the duty to take action or respond on particular issues on behalf of the institution. Examples (outside of a police or security department) include, but are not limit to:
  • Dean of Students
  • Director of Athletics and athletic coaches
  • Faculty and staff advisors to student organizations
  • Housing director and resident advisors
  • Coordinator of Greek Affairs
  • Title IX Coordinator
  • Ombudsperson
  • Director of Student Health & Counseling Center

California State University encourages all members of the campus communities to contact UPD when they have been the victim of or have witnessed criminal actions. The Clery Act requires certain individuals that are designated as Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) to promptly report allegations of Clery qualifying crimes that occur within a campus' Clery Geography reported to them for inclusion in the ASR.

Crime Reporting: For statistical purposes, all CSAs are required to promptly report to the Clery Director or designee crimes, including hate crimes, which are reported to them in their capacity as CSAs, to help inform whether a timely warning or emergency notification to the campus community is warranted. CSA's report to the Clery Director or designee include, if known:

• The crime that was reported and the information provided
• The exact location where the crime occurred
• The date and time the crime occurred
• Any witness and perpetrator information
• Victim information, unless the victim requests confidentiality

In the event the victim does request confidentiality, enough information must be obtained and provided by the CSA about the criminal incident to prevent over-reporting or "double-counting" of the incident.

CSAs are not responsible for determining authoritatively whether a crime took place, only to report the information promptly to the Clery Director if the CSA receives an allegation of crimes that are reported to them in their capacity as a CSA.

CSAs should make the victim or third party they are in contact with aware that UPD and Title IX make both confidential and non-confidential resources available that may be helpful to victims or witnesses of a crime and encourage them to utilize the resources available.

Clery crimes can be directly reported to Clery director using Clery Incident Reporting Form