WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

28B.10.569 - Crime statistics reporting -- Campus safety plans -- Memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements -- Task forces -- Contact information.

Crime statistics reporting — Campus safety plans — Memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements — Task forces — Contact information.

(1) Each institution of higher education with a commissioned police force shall report to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs or its successor agency, on a monthly basis, crime statistics for the Washington state uniform crime report, in the format required by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, or its successor agency. Institutions of higher education which do not have commissioned police forces shall report crime statistics through appropriate local law enforcement agencies.

     (2) Each institution of higher education shall publish and distribute a report which shall be updated annually and which shall include the crime statistics as reported under subsection (1) of this section for the most recent three-year period. Upon request, the institution shall provide the report to every person who submits an application for admission to either a main or branch campus, and to each new employee at the time of employment. In its acknowledgment of receipt of the formal application for admission, the institution shall notify the applicant of the availability of such information. The information also shall be provided on an annual basis to all students and employees. Institutions with more than one campus shall provide the required information on a campus-by-campus basis.

     (3)(a) Within existing resources, each institution of higher education shall make available to all students, faculty, and staff, and upon request to other interested persons, a campus safety plan that includes, at a minimum, the following:

     (i) Data regarding:

     (A) Campus enrollments;

     (B) Campus nonstudent workforce profile; and

     (C) The number of campus security personnel;

     (ii) Policies, procedures, and programs related to:

     (A) Preventing and responding to violence and other campus emergencies;

     (B) Setting the weapons policy on campus;

     (C) Controlled substances as defined in RCW 64.44.010; and

     (D) Governing student privacy;

     (iii) Information about:

     (A) Sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking, including contact information for campus and community victim advocates, information on where to view or receive campus policies on complaints, and the name and contact information of the individual or office to whom students and employees may direct complaints of sexual assault, stalking, or domestic violence; and

     (B) Sexual harassment, including contact information for campus and community victim advocates, information on where to view or receive campus policies on complaints, and the name and contact information of the individual or office to whom students and employees may direct complaints of sexual harassment;

     (iv) Descriptions of:

     (A) Mutual assistance arrangements with state and local police;

     (B) Methods and options that persons with disabilities or special needs have to access services and programs;

     (C) Escort and transportation services that provide for individual security;

     (D) Mental health and counseling services available to students, faculty, and staff;

     (E) Procedures for communicating with students, faculty, staff, the public, and the media, during and following natural and nonnatural emergencies.

     (b) The campus safety plan shall include, for the most recent academic year:

     (i) A description of programs and services offered by the institution and student-sponsored organizations that provide for crime prevention and counseling. The description must include a listing of the available services, the service locations, and how the services may be contacted; and

     (ii) For institutions maintaining student housing facilities, information detailing security policies and programs for those facilities.

     (c)(i) Institutions with a main campus and one or more branch campuses shall provide the information on a campus-by-campus basis.

     (ii) Community and technical colleges shall provide such information for the main campuses only, and shall provide reasonable alternative information for any off-campus centers and affiliated college sites enrolling fewer than one hundred students.

     (4)(a) Each institution shall enter into memoranda of understanding that set forth responsibilities for the various local jurisdictions in the event of a campus emergency.

     (b) Each institution shall enter into mutual aid agreements with local jurisdictions regarding the shared use of equipment and technology in the event of a campus emergency.

     (c) Memoranda of understanding and mutual aid agreements shall be updated and included in campus safety plans.

     (5)(a) Each institution shall establish a task force that examines campus security and safety issues at least annually. Each task force shall include representation from the institution's administration, faculty, staff, recognized student organizations, and police or security organization.

     (b) Each task force shall review the campus safety plan published and distributed under this section for its respective institution, in order to ensure its accuracy and effectiveness and to make any suggestions for improvement.

     (6) The president of each institution shall designate a specific individual responsible for monitoring and coordinating the institution's compliance with this section and shall ensure that contact information for this individual is made available to all students, faculty, and staff.