Enacted in 1990, the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act was designed to assist the campus community in making decisions which affect their personal safety by requiring institutions of higher education to provide certain campus security information to current and prospective students and employees annually. The Higher Education Act of 1998 and the subsequent amendments of the implementing regulations (34 C.F.R.668.46) significantly expanded institutions’ obligations under the act. The act was also renamed the “Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act” (hereafter the Clery Act).

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Police Department (UPD) is responsible for preparing and distributing the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report to comply with the Clery Act. The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is published every year by October 1^st and contains three years of selected campus crime statistics and certain campus security policy statements in accordance with the Clery Act. The 2024 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains crime statistics for calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023.

UPD composes the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report and statistical information with input from various sources such as local law enforcement agencies, the Division of Student Affairs, the Office of Compliance and other campus personnel and departments.

Annual Security and Fire Safety Report