Report 2012-032 Recommendation 6 Responses

Report 2012-032: California's Postsecondary Educational Institutions: Some Institutions Have Not Fully Complied With Federal Crime Reporting Requirements (Release Date: October 2012)

Recommendation #6 To: University of the Pacific

To ensure that they comply with the Clery Act by correctly reporting all applicable crimes and disclosing all required campus security policies, institutions should review and adhere to applicable guidance related to the Clery Act, including Education's Office of Postsecondary Education's (OPE) Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting (OPE handbook) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2014

The Annual Clery Report is in compliance and all crimes are accurate and applicable crimes and disclosing all required campus security policies, institutions should review and adhere to applicable guidance related to the Clery Act. These can be viewed at the URL listed below.

http://www.pacific.edu/Documents/student-life/publicsafety/Annual%20Report%20090714c.pdf

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

6-Month Agency Response

Pacific determined that a portion of the policy had inadvertently been left out of the Annual Safety and Security Report. According to Pacific, the text was added to the report.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

Pacific's response does not indicate when or how it will review and adhere to applicable guidance related to the Clery Act. Thus, it does not specifically address the recommendation.

60-Day Agency Response

Pacific did not provide a response to the state auditor as requested in time to include it in this report. (See 2013-406, p. 104)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2012-032

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.