This page is a resource for UC Santa Cruz’s campus security authorities (CSAs) – mandated reporters under the Clery Act. More importantly, this page provides the positions and office locations of CSAs to whom employees, students, and community members can report crime aside from the UC Santa Cruz Police Department.
What is a CSA?
The term campus security authority, or CSA, is a Clery-specific term encompassing four groups of individuals and organizations associated with an institution.
- A campus police department or a campus security department of an institution.
- Any individual or individuals who have responsibility for campus security but who do not constitute a campus police department or a campus security department (e.g., an individual who is responsible for monitoring the entrance into institutional property).
- 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.
- An official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, student housing, student discipline, and campus judicial proceedings. An official is defined as any person with the authority and the duty to take action or respond to particular issues on behalf of the institution.
Who is a CSA?
The following positions are some campus CSAs outside of sworn personnel. For contact information of professional staff, see the campus directory.
- Associate Vice Chancellor with Equity & Equal Protection
- Assistant Vice Chancellor & Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Director with Equity & Equal Protection
- Associate Vice Chancellor & Dean of Students
- Slug Support Manager with the Dean of Students Office
- Director, Ethnic Resource Centers
- Senior Service Coordinator with Disability Resource Center
- Athletics & Recreation Head & Assistant Coaches
- Global Learning Director with Global Engagement
- Assistant Director International Student Services with Global Engagement
- Director of Global Programming with Global Engagement
- Any member of the Behavioral Intervention Team
- Associate Director, SOAR/Student Media/Cultural Arts and Diversity (SOMeCA)
What is the function of a CSA?
What Does a CSA Do?
The function of a CSA is to report to the official or office designated by the institution to collect crime report information allegations of Clery Act crimes that receive or witness. CSAs are responsible for reporting allegations of Clery Act crimes reported to them in their capacity as a CSA. This means that CSAs are not responsible for investigating or reporting incidents that they overhear students talking about in a hallway conversation; that a classmate or student mentions during an in-class discussion; that a victim mentions during a speech, workshop, or any other form of group presentation; or that the CSA otherwise learns about in an indirect manner.
What Shouldn’t a CSA Do?
Except for sworn UC Santa Cruz Police Department personnel, a campus security authority is not responsible for determining authoritatively whether a crime took place and should not try to apprehend the alleged perpetrator of the crime.
It’s also not a CSA’s responsibility to try and convince a victim to contact law enforcement if the victim chooses not to do so. ASK them, don’t convince.
Crimes Mandated to Report
- 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.
- Hate Crimes—Any of the above-mentioned offenses, and any incidents of Larceny-Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, or Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property that were motivated by bias;
- VAWA Offenses—Any incidents of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking; and
- Arrests and Referrals for Disciplinary Action for Weapons—Carrying, Possessing, Etc. Law Violations, Drug Abuse Violations, and Liquor Law Violations.
Per the California Education Code, Chapter 15.5, of the Donahoe Higher Education Act , Section 67380, CSAs are also required to report theft (not just bias-related incidents), destruction of property (not just bias-related incidents), alcohol intoxication (i.e., i.e., public alcohol or drug intoxication to the extent where a person is unable to care for themselves or others or interferes with, obstructs or prevents the free use of any street, sidewalk, or another public way), and noncriminal acts of hate violence.
If a CSA doubts whether a crime is reportable, please err on reporting the matter.
Anyone can make reports to a CSA, including students, faculty, staff, otherwise affiliated, local community members, visitors, and otherwise non-affiliated.