When to Report a Crime
Clery Reportable = Clery Crime + Clery Geography
For an incident to be Clery reportable, it must consist of a Clery crime, and it must have occurred within CPP's Clery geography.

Clery Crimes
There are four main categories of Clery crimes: Criminal Offenses, Hate Crimes, VAWA Offences, and Arrests and Referrals.
- Definitions for Clery crimes come from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
- The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) of 1994 provides definitions for VAWA Clery crimes and the Stop Campus Hazing Act provides the definition for hazing as a Clery crime.
- State and local laws also apply.
Specific definitions for each Clery crime are listed below.
Criminal Offenses
The willful killing of one human being by another.
The killing of another person through gross negligence.
The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.
The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.
Sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.
Sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.
Taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person(s) by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury; this type of assault is usually accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.
The theft or attempted theft of a motorized vehicle.
Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft or personal property of another.
Hate Crimes
A criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim. Include any of the above criminal offenses and any incidents of larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, destruction/damage/vandalism of property that manifest evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias.
- Larceny-Theft: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.
- Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person on another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness
- Intimidation: To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
- Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property: To willfully and maliciously destroy, damage, deface or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.
Bias Categories include disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, and sexual orientation
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Offenses
Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of:
- The length of the relationship
- The type of relationship
- The frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship
For the purposes of this definition, dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse. Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.
A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by:
- A current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim.
- A person with whom the victim shares a child in common.
- A person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner.
- A person similarly situated to a spouse of a victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
- Any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.
Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to:
- Fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others or
- Suffer substantial emotional distress
Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person’s property.
Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may but does not necessarily require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.
Arrests and Referrals
The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons. This classification encompasses weapons offenses that are regulatory in nature.
The violation of laws prohibiting the production, distribution, and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation or use. The unlawful cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation, or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance. Arrests for violations of state and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs.
The violation of state or local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the influence and drunkenness.
Hazing Incident
Clery Reportable = Clery Crime + Clery Geography
For an incident to be Clery reportable, it must consist of a Clery crime, and it must have occurred within CPP's Clery geography.

Clery Geography
Incident location is an important factor in determining CPP’s responsibilities under the Clery Act. It also matters whether or not CPP has ownership or control of that location, and how it functions in relation to CPP’s overall operations. There are three Clery geography categories: On Campus, Noncampus, and Public Propertyy.
If you are unsure of the location of a crime reported to you or are unsure whether the location falls into one of our Clery Geography categories, please still report this crime. It is Clery Director's responsibility to determine whether the information you share is considered Clery reportable and then classifying it as such.