SystemLegal Affairs, Title IX & Student Conduct

Clery Act Compliance

Clery Act compliance where every number in the annual security report opens into the reports behind it, for the Clery compliance officer to certify

Every published number tied to its source reports, ready for a program review.

See one case, screen by screen ↓
demo2,614reportsread and classified for 2025 from police, residence life, Title IX and campus security authorities
demo61duplicatesmerged for 2025, so one incident reported through two channels counts once
demo31minutesfrom a robbery reported to the police to a timely warning draft in front of the Chief
target100%of published statistics traced to their source reports, the people who decided and the agent versions
In short

What is Clery Act Compliance?

Clery Act compliance is what every US college that takes federal student aid must do under the Clery Act and 34 CFR 668.46: keep a daily crime log, issue timely warnings for serious or continuing threats, and publish an annual security report each October 1 with three years of crime statistics by Clery geography. Clery Act Compliance puts agents on that work: they classify every report, place it on the geography, count each incident once and draft warnings and log entries, while the Clery Compliance Officer certifies every row and counsel second-reviews.

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The problem

Why Clery Act compliance comes down to one spreadsheet the week before October 1

Every college that takes federal student aid must keep a daily crime log, issue a timely warning for a serious or continuing threat, and publish an annual security report each October 1 with three years of crime statistics by Clery geography. At Halden State that means about 2,600 incident reports a year arriving through the police, residence life, Title IX and 380 campus security authorities, and about 1,900 crime log entries.

Today the Clery officer exports the police reports, chases the other channels and reconciles it all by hand. One incident reported to the police and to residence life is counted twice. A chapter house that residence life calls affiliated housing is counted as a residence hall. A burglary in which a car was also taken is counted twice, against the hierarchy rule. A stalking report a coach heard in October lands in the wrong year. The 2026 report adds the first hazing statistics under the Stop Campus Hazing Act, and a program reviewer will ask the institution to trace each number to its reports.

typical$71,545per violationthe civil fine the Department of Education can impose for a Clery violation
typical$14millionthe largest Clery fine to date, announced in 2024
Where a Clery officer's report-season working days goestimated
By hand29 days
With the solution7 days
  • Exporting and chasing reports from police, residence life, Title IX and authorities8 → 1 d
  • Classifying each report under the Clery definitions and the hierarchy rule6 → 1 d
  • Placing every address on the Clery geography3 → 0.5 d
  • Finding the same incident reported through two or three channels3 → 0.5 d
  • Building the statistics table and checking the policy statements4 → 1 d
  • Certifying each row and counsel's second review5 → 3 d

Estimated split of the working days behind one year's statistics table, by hand and with the agents; our arithmetic, kept modest. Certification and counsel's review stay with people.

How it works

How a report becomes a published number

Seven agents read, classify, place, merge and draft; the officer certifies and counsel second-reviews.

What comes in
Reports in4 channels · police, residence life, Title IX, campus authorities
Agents at work
Intake agentvictim stripped
Then
Classification agentdefinitions, hierarchy
Geography agentregister of 23
Then
Duplicate agentone incident, once
Warning agentdraft within the hour
Then
Crime Log and Report agentslog, table, hazing
A person decides
Clery Compliance Officercertifies each row; counsel second-reviews
What comes out
Annual Security Report
Daily crime log
Timely warning
One case, step by step

One number in the annual security report, from 14 reports to a certified row

Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 9:40 a.m. Marcus Tellford, Clery Compliance Officer at Halden State University, has 16 days to publish. Here is how one number in the report is checked, changed and certified, screen by screen, in the working solution.

  1. 019:40 a.m.

    The morning brief, written by the agents

    Marcus Tellford · Clery Compliance Officer

    17 of 21 rows of the 2025 column are certified, 2,614 reports have been read for 2025 and one timely warning waits for the Chief. The brief explains what changed since last week, every line cited. The next decision is the burglary number: 14 now, 12 with the agents' two changes.

  2. 02One click

    The annual security report table, as it will be published

    Marcus Tellford

    Offenses run down the side, from murder to the new hazing row, with arrests and disciplinary referrals; on campus, residential, noncampus and public property run across the top, with 2023, 2024 and 2025 in each. A dot marks the cells that changed since September 8. The hazing row reads "n/a" for 2023 and 2024.

  3. 03One click

    Burglary in residence halls, 2025, opens into its 14 reports

    Marcus Tellford

    The number unfolds in place: 11 police reports, 2 from residence life and one campus security authority form, each with its date, place and source. Beside the list sit two findings from the agents, each with its confidence, its citations and the choice to accept it or keep the count with a reason.

  4. 04Finding 1

    One Larkspur Hall break-in, reported twice

    Duplicate agent

    Police report HSUPD-25-03117 and residence life report RL-25-0882 both describe room 412 of Larkspur Hall on March 8, 2025, with a laptop and a wallet taken. Residence life logged it at 11:05 p.m. and called the police at 11:07. The agent proposes counting it once, under the police report, at 0.97.

    A merge never deletes a report: RL-25-0882 stays on file, linked to the police report.

  5. 05Finding 2

    A chapter house is noncampus, not a residence hall

    Geography agent

    HSUPD-25-05902, a window entry at 1418 Alder Row on September 6, 2025, was counted as residential because residence life lists the house as affiliated housing. The Clery geography register lists it as property 7, the Delta Kappa Rho chapter house, leased to a recognized student organization: noncampus. The agent cites the register entry at 0.95.

  6. 06Certified

    The number now reads 12, and the row is certified

    Marcus Tellford

    Marcus accepts both findings. Burglary in residence halls reads 12 with the old 14 struck through; on campus moves from 31 to 29 and noncampus from 3 to 4. He certifies the burglary row with an attestation, 18 of 21 rows, and it goes to Associate General Counsel Simone Achterberg for second review.

    You certify; counsel second-reviews the whole report. You cannot second-review your own certification.

  7. 07Meanwhile, 9:02 a.m.

    A timely warning drafted 31 minutes after the report

    Warning agent

    A student was robbed at knifepoint at the University Parkway transit stop at 7:55 a.m., reported at 8:31. It is the third knife robbery in 10 days with a matching description, and the suspect is not in custody. The agent drafted a warning at 9:02, removed four details that could identify the victim, and gave its reasons with the police reports cited.

    The agent never sends. Chief Dana Whitcombe issued it at 9:51 a.m. to 38,000 students and 9,400 employees.

  8. 08Due by Sep 17

    The daily crime log, current within two business days

    Crime Log agent

    1,312 of 1,312 entries in 2026 were made within two business days. One dating violence entry needs Marcus: the agent generalized a room in a house of 12 residents to "Residence hall, main campus", because the room would identify the victim. He approves the change and the records lieutenant posts the entry.

  9. 09Before October 1

    Sign-off in five steps, with duties kept apart

    Simone Achterberg · Associate General Counsel

    The officer certifies the statistics, the Report agent checks 46 of 47 required policy statements, the fire safety report is certified, counsel's second review opens September 21, and publication and notice follow by October 1. Send to counsel opens only when every row is certified.

  10. 10Program review

    A published number traced to its reports

    Graham Okafor-Lind · Internal auditor

    The audit trail follows burglary, residential, 2025 from the published 12 to Marcus's certification, the 12 reports behind it (police 10, residence life 1, authority form 1), the two accepted changes and the agent versions and rule that produced them. The export pack is ready for a program reviewer.

Who it’s for

Built for everyone who signs off a Clery number.

The same report, seen by the five people who carry it: what their day looked like, and what it looks like now.

MT
Marcus TellfordClery Compliance Officer · owns the log, the warnings process and the report
Clery Compliance Officer
Before
Reconciles police, residence life, Title IX and authority reports in a spreadsheet, and hopes every number survives a program review.
Now
Opens any number in the report into its reports, settles the agents' findings with a reason, and certifies each row in place.
CD
Chief Dana WhitcombeChief of Police · decides every timely warning
Chief of Police
Before
Pieces together the reports, the pattern and the wording of a warning while the clock runs.
Now
Gets the facts and the draft in the first hour, with the victim removed and the reasons cited, and decides: issue, edit, do not issue with a reason, or escalate.
SA
Simone AchterbergAssociate General Counsel · second-reviews the report before October 1
Associate General Counsel
Before
Reviews a finished report with no view of what changed or who decided it.
Now
Sees each certified row, every change since the last certification and the reason recorded for it, and approves the hazing transparency update.
JP
Jordan Pell-RamirezCSA Liaison · trains 380 campus security authorities
Campus Security Authority Liaison
Before
Runs the annual request by email and chases the authorities who have not answered, one by one.
Now
Sees 362 of 380 answered and the 18 outstanding, sends reminders in bulk, and watches late authority reports counted in the year they were reported.
GO
Graham Okafor-LindInternal auditor · reads everything, changes nothing
Internal auditor
Before
Rebuilds the path from a published statistic to its reports from several systems when a reviewer asks.
Now
Follows any number to its certification, its reports and the agent versions, and exports the pack with redaction.
Built on the engine

7 agents. Each with one job, and hard limits.

Seven agents read, classify, place, merge and draft; the officer certifies and counsel second-reviews.

Intake agent

Reads every report from the police, residence life, Title IX, student conduct and campus security authorities the moment it arrives, strips victim identity, and starts the crime log and warning clocks.

  • Never decides a count
Classification agent

Classifies each report under the Clery definitions in 34 CFR 668.46 and the hierarchy rule, including hazing under the Stop Campus Hazing Act, citing the passage and the rule.

  • Never unfounds a report
  • Never certifies
  • Below 0.90, hands the report to the Clery officer
Geography agent

Places every address on the Clery geography register as on campus, residential, noncampus or public property, citing the property entry; for an address not on it, finds the lease and proposes a property.

  • Only proposes register changes; the Clery officer and Real Estate confirm
Duplicate agent

Matches one incident reported through several channels on date, place, items and a match key for the people, and proposes a merge with its evidence, keeping the police report as primary.

  • Never deletes a report
  • Never reads Title IX narrative
Warning agent

Weighs the crime, the geography, the pattern and whether the suspect is at large, and drafts a timely warning within the hour with the victim removed, for the Chief of Police to decide.

  • Never sends
  • No victim identity in a draft
Crime Log agent

Drafts each crime log entry and every disposition update within two business days, and generalizes a location that would identify a victim.

  • Never posts; the records lieutenant does
  • A person approves every generalization
Report agent

Builds the statistics table and checks the policy statements, answers questions about any number with citations, and drafts the hazing transparency updates and the audit pack.

  • Never certifies or publishes
Clery Compliance Officer

Certifies; counsel second-reviews. The agents propose; a named person decides.

Ask in plain words

Ask about any number in the report

The ask bar under the statistics table answers from the reports and the regulation, with every source cited, and can open the cell or filter the table.

Why is the hazing row empty for 2023 and 2024?

Hazing statistics are collected from January 1, 2025 under the Stop Campus Hazing Act, so this October's report is the first with hazing, and only for 2025. The table shows "n/a" for earlier years, with a footnote. 2025: 7 on campus (2 in residence halls), 4 noncampus, none on public property.

Which cells changed since last week?

Four, all since the September 8 certification: stalking on campus 24 to 26 (two campus security authority reports); hazing noncampus 3 to 4 (a chapter house report); aggravated assault on public property 5 to 6 (a report found on review); and burglary in residence halls, where two changes take it from 14 to 12.

How was the hierarchy rule applied this year?

In 2025, 23 incidents had more than one offense, and in each only the most serious counts. HSUPD-25-07514, a burglary in which car keys were taken and the car stolen, counts as one burglary. Arson was counted alongside the other offense in both incidents where it occurred, as the rule requires.

What would a program reviewer ask about stalking in 2025?

Why it rose from 24 to 26 after it was certified. The answer is on the record: two campus security authorities answered the annual request with stalking they learned of in 2025, and the Duplicate agent checked both against 812 police and Title IX reports.

Every screen

The working solution, as it ships.

13 screens from the working solution, on its sample data. Pick one to see it large.

A number in the annual security report that unfolds into its reportsBurglary in residence halls for 2025 reads 14. Clicked, it opens in place into its 14 incident reports from the police, residence life and a campus security authority form. Beside the list, the Duplicate agent (0.97) shows that HSUPD-25-03117 and RL-25-0882 are one Larkspur Hall break-in, and the Geography agent (0.95) shows that 1418 Alder Row is property 7, a leased chapter house: noncampus.
The Clery compliance officer's morning, written by the agentsTuesday, September 15: 16 days to publish on October 1, 17 of 21 rows of the 2025 column certified, 2,614 reports read for 2025 with 61 duplicates merged, and one timely warning waiting for the Chief. Every line of the brief is cited, and the next decision is the burglary number: 14 now, 12 with the agents' two changes.
The annual security report statistics, as they will be publishedCriminal offenses, Violence Against Women Act offenses, the new hazing row, arrests and disciplinary referrals down the side; on campus, residential, noncampus and public property across the top, with 2023, 2024 and 2025 in each. A dot marks the cells that changed since September 8, and each row shows whether its 2025 numbers are certified.
One incident reported twice, side by sidePolice report HSUPD-25-03117 and residence life report RL-25-0882 both describe Larkspur Hall, room 412, on March 8, 2025, with a laptop and a wallet taken. The Duplicate agent proposes a merge at 0.97. Another proposal is a Title IX match whose detail stays with the Title IX office, and one pair the agent says are separate (0.34).
Every address placed on the Clery geography register23 properties with their Clery geography category: the main campus and residence halls, the chapter houses on Alder Row and other noncampus property, and five public property areas. This week the Geography agent placed 214 addresses; three need the officer, including a suite leased on August 1, 2026 that the agent proposes as property 24 for Real Estate to confirm.
The number now reads 12, both changes explainedAfter the officer accepts both findings, burglary in residence halls for 2025 reads 12, with the old 14 struck through; on campus moves from 31 to 29 and noncampus from 3 to 4. RL-25-0882 stays on file, linked to the police report, and the row is ready to certify.
Why a car theft is not counted twice: the hierarchy rulePolice report HSUPD-25-07514: a room in Halvorsen Towers entered overnight, car keys taken and the car then taken from Lot 14. The Classification agent found two offenses and, under the hierarchy rule, counted only the burglary. Asked why, it answers with the report and the rule cited.
Reports the agents could not settle aloneReports below the 0.90 confidence threshold wait for the Clery officer, with source, classification, Clery geography and confidence: dating violence and stalking reported by campus security authorities, two hazing reports, and a theft at an address not on the register. A Title IX system timeout shows with a retry, and the target is one business day.
A Clery Act timely warning drafted for the Chief to decideA knife robbery at the University Parkway transit stop, reported at 8:31 a.m. The Warning agent drafted a timely warning at 9:02 a.m. because it is the third in 10 days with a matching description and the suspect is not in custody, and removed four details that could identify the victim. The Chief can issue, edit, decline with a reason, or escalate.
The Clery crime log, current within two business days1,312 of 1,312 entries in 2026 made within two business days, 3 entries ready to post and 11 disposition updates today. One dating violence entry needs the officer: the Crime Log agent generalized a room in a 12-resident house to "Residence hall, main campus" so the victim cannot be identified. Staff and public views of the log are one click apart.
Hazing statistics and the hazing transparency report2025 hazing statistics: 7 on campus, 2 of them residential, 4 noncampus and none on public property, 11 incidents in all. The Campus Hazing Transparency Report lists findings and sanctions against student organizations by name only, posted June 22, 2026, with the next update due December 23. Five of six required policy statements are in place.
Sign-off before October 1The Clery Compliance Officer certifies the statistics, now 18 of 21 rows; the Report agent checked 46 of 47 required policy statements; the fire safety report is certified; counsel's second review opens September 21. Send to counsel opens only when every row is certified, and second-reviewing one's own work is blocked.
A published number traced to its reportsThe audit trail follows burglary, residential, 2025 from the published 12 to its certification by Marcus Tellford, the 12 reports behind it (police 10, residence life 1, campus security authority form 1), the two accepted changes and the agent versions and rule that produced it, with the export pack for a program review.
Governance

Clery Act compliance a program reviewer can trace.

Seven roles, separated by dutyThe Clery officer settles reports and certifies rows; counsel second-reviews and approves the hazing update; the Chief of Police decides warnings and approves unfounding, which only sworn police may determine; the records lieutenant posts the log; the CSA Liaison runs the authority program; the auditor reads and exports; the administrator changes settings.
A second person on every decision that mattersA certified row goes to counsel, who can never be the certifier; a warning draft goes to the Chief; a log entry goes to the records lieutenant; a new property goes to Real Estate; the hazing transparency update goes to counsel.
Overrides carry a reason codeKeeping two reports apart or keeping an address as residential needs a reason code, such as "Different incidents on the same day" or "Register entry is out of date". The agent's proposal and the person's reason both stay on the record.
No victim identity, and Title IX detail stays with Title IXVictim names never reach the Clery desk, the crime log, a warning or a statistic. The desk sees a Title IX report's offense, date, general location and a match key only, and campus security authority names are sealed.
Versioned agents and counting rulesEach agent carries its version and confidence threshold; the counting rules are version 2026.2, approved August 3, 2026, with the hierarchy rule and the year counted locked to the regulation. Agents never certify, issue a warning or post to the log.
A trail from every number to its sourcesWho, what, when, why and which reports, for people and agents alike, with the chain from a published number to its certification, reports and agent versions, and an export pack with victims, accused and Title IX detail redacted.
Configuration

Your Clery program's rules, versioned

The clocks, thresholds and counting choices are settings; every change is saved as a new version and is on the audit trail.

SettingDefaultChoose from
Confidence threshold0.900.85 · 0.90 · 0.95; below it, a person settles the report
Timely warning draftWithin 1 hour of the reportWithin 30 minutes · 1 hour · 2 hours
Crime log entryWithin 2 business daysWithin 1 or 2 business days, on the university calendar
Reports below the thresholdSettled within 1 business dayWithin 1 or 2 business days; then escalated to the Chief of Police
Primary report for a mergePolice firstPolice first · earliest report first
Hierarchy ruleMost serious offense counts; arson always countedLocked to the regulation
Retention7 years (three after the last report that uses them)7 years · 10 years; redaction on export
Override reason codesAgent misread the report · New information from the investigator · Definition applied differently · Report is not a crimeEdited by the administrator, saved as a new version
Connections

Works with the systems a Clery program already runs on

Police records management systemreports, dispositions and case numbers
Title IX case management systemoffense, date, general location and a match key only
Residence life and student conduct systemsincident reports, referrals and hazing findings
Campus security authority formreports from coaches, advisers and resident assistants the moment they are sent
Emergency notification systemtimely warnings by email and text
Safety website and document managementthe public crime log, the published report and signed certifications
What it changes

The difference, in numbers.

Every figure is labelled: a target the solution is built to, an estimate, a typical published result, or a proven one.

target
100%
of published statistics traced to their source reports, people and agent versions
Every number
2,614 reports behind the 2025 column (demo)
typical
$71,545
fine per violation; $14 million in the largest Clery case
target
1hour
from a police report to a timely warning draft in front of the Chief
By handhours
With agents≤ 1 hour

Sources: 34 CFR 668.46 (crime log, timely warnings, the hierarchy rule, Clery geography, unfounded reports, campus security authorities) · the Stop Campus Hazing Act (signed December 23, 2024; hazing statistics collected from January 1, 2025) · civil fine of up to $71,545 per violation · the $14 million fine, the largest under the Clery Act, as reported by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education (2024) · "demo" = seen in the working solution, on its sample data · "target" = design goal, measured in the live solution · "typical" = published figures · "estimated" = our arithmetic, kept modest. Halden State University and the people named on this page are fictional: characters and sample data in the working solution.

Questions

What Clery officers ask us.

What is Clery Act compliance?

Clery Act compliance is what every US college that takes federal student aid must do under the Clery Act and 34 CFR 668.46: keep a daily crime log, issue timely warnings for serious or continuing threats, and publish an annual security report each October 1 with three years of crime statistics by Clery geography. Clery Act Compliance puts agents on that work: they classify every report, place it on the geography, count each incident once and draft warnings and log entries, while the Clery Compliance Officer certifies every row and counsel second-reviews.

What are the Clery Act annual security report requirements?

The annual security report carries three years of statistics for the criminal offenses, the Violence Against Women Act offenses, arrests and disciplinary referrals, on campus, in on-campus student housing, noncampus and on public property, with hate crimes by bias, unfounded reports and the required policy statements; from 2026 it adds hazing. In the working solution the table has 21 rows, and the Report agent checks the 47 required policy statements before sign-off.

What are the Clery crime log requirements?

Under 34 CFR 668.46(f), each crime reported to the campus police is entered in the daily crime log within two business days, and the last 60 days are open to the public. The Crime Log agent drafts each entry and disposition update within that clock and generalizes a location that would identify a victim; a person approves the change and the records lieutenant posts the entry.

What are the Clery Act timely warning requirements?

A timely warning goes out for a Clery crime that is a serious or continuing threat, and it must not identify the victim (34 CFR 668.46(e)). The Warning agent drafts it within the hour with its reasons cited and identifying details removed. Only the Chief of Police issues, edits, escalates or declines it, and a decision not to warn needs a reason on the record.

How does it handle Clery geography?

The Geography agent places every address on the institution's Clery geography register as on campus, residential, noncampus or public property, and cites the register entry. A chapter house leased to a recognized student organization is noncampus, even if residence life calls it affiliated housing. For an address not on the register, the agent finds the lease and proposes a property, which the Clery officer and Real Estate confirm.

What does the Stop Campus Hazing Act require in 2026?

Hazing statistics are collected from January 1, 2025 and first appear in the annual security report due October 1, 2026, so 2023 and 2024 read "n/a". The Act also requires a Campus Hazing Transparency Report updated at least twice a year. The Report agent drafts the update from student conduct findings, naming organizations only, and counsel approves it before it is posted.

Do people stay in control of the numbers?

Yes. The agents read, classify, place, propose merges and draft; they never certify a row, unfound a report, issue a warning or post to the crime log. The Clery officer settles every report below the 0.90 confidence threshold and certifies each row, counsel second-reviews, and every override carries a reason code with the agent's proposal kept on the record.

How long does it take to go live?

The Agentic Solution Engine builds and deploys it from your requirements and documents: your Clery geography register, counting rules, policy statements and a sample of past reports. It goes live once every quality gate has passed. We will walk you through it on your own reports first.

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your annual security report.

We'll run Clery Act Compliance on a sample of your own incident reports and last year's statistics.