The University of Kansas, through the University Police Department, makes several safety and security reports available to its community and to prospective students and employees. These reports provide important information, including several items for which federal law requires disclosure. The "Campus Security Report" is published annually and contains:
While the University of Kansas Medical Center strives to provide a safe environment, criminal incidents and other emergencies do occur despite reasonable efforts.
It is crucial that you report criminal incidents affecting personal safety, state property and business to the University Police Department on a timely basis. If you are the victim of any crime or witness a crime, call 9-1-1 to reach police assistance and emergency medical treatment. If you are on campus, you can also contact the police by emergency blue phones located throughout the university. Blue Phone Locations
Anonymous reports of crime may be made by calling the Kansas City area Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
The University Police Department depends on these reports to allocate its resources most effectively. Therefore, to maximize crime prevention efforts and facilitate the arrest and conviction of criminals, all crime must be promptly reported to the University Police Department. This information goes into monthly and annual reports. Information from these reports as well as from the city police department is used by the University Police Department to prepare the "Campus Security Report" to comply with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crimes Statistics Act.
Each year, a portal announcement is made as well as e-mail notification to all employees, faculty and enrolled students that provides the web site to access for this report. Copies of the report may also be obtained from the University Police Department located in Suite #115 of the Support Services Facility or by calling 913-588-5191.
In addition to its law enforcement function, the University Police Department also has the authority and responsibility over security matters on campus including the establishment of schedules for the securing of perimeter doors and access to facilities after hours. Students and employees are required to carry their issued photo identification and after hours access card while on campus and to present the I.D. upon request to police officers and other university officials. Facilities and buildings are restricted for use by authorized visitors and members of the university community. Your photo identification card has the capability of serving as an access card to allow you to enter certain locked areas of campus outside of regular business hours. If you are a university student or employee and you need assistance in gaining entry to a non restricted area, you may call the University Police at 913-588-5030.
University police officers and security officers regularly patrol the exterior and interior of campus buildings thoughout the night, weekends, and holidays. Building patrols are conducted during normal business hours as well. University police officers and security officers regularly report lock and security hardware failures to Facilities Maintenance.
Crime prevention security surveys of campus facilities are conducted by qualified university police officers and recommendations are made concerning alarm systems, security measures for key and cash control, and physical modifications to enhance particular areas or building security. University departments wishing to request a facility security survey should contact the University Police Department at 913-588-5030.
Exterior campus lighting is essential to creating a safe campus environment. Parking lots and parking structures are lighted after dark. Walkways and most campus building exteriors are lighted during the hours of darkness. Maintenance, custodial, landscape, police and parking personnel advise Facilities Management of any lighting outages that occur.
Facilities Management replaces lamps as required. You are encouraged to report exterior or interior lighting problems by calling Facilities Management Production Control at 913-588-7928.
Landscape Services personnel trim trees, vines, shrubs, and other vegetation on a regular basis to maintain campus security. Obstructing vegetation is trimmed away from pedestrian walkways, building entrances, windows, and lighting fixtures. You are encouraged to report any specific concern regarding vegetation to Landscape Services at 913-588-5188.
The department is a fully commissioned law enforcement agency established by the University of Kansas. University police officers are granted authority by statue (K.S.A. 76-726) to enforce the laws of the state of Kansas, county resolutions and city ordinances. KU police jurisdiction includes property owned or operated by KU, property immediately adjacent to the campus, and in certain circumstances, property off campus. The department has an authorized strength of 33 police officers (with the authority to arrest), 26 security officers, and support staff to include communications operators, records employees and clerical staff. Major divisions within the department include Police Operations, Security Services, Special Operations, and Support Operations.
This authority to KU police includes provisions for 24 hour patrols, response to emergency situations, receipt of reports, detailed criminal investigations, and coordination with other agencies of the criminal justice system, including city and state prosecutors' offices.
University Police Department authority also covers the distribution of information to the university community of activities that, in the judgment of the Chief of University Police or the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor, may be considered a threat to the safety of students and employees. These timely warnings will include electronic mail, "In the Center", portal announcements, school and departmental mail distribution. KU police also work closely with other area law enforcement agencies. The community policing unit of the University Police Department is specifically charged with the task of maintaining ongoing open lines of communications with employees and students.
We depend on your assistance and cooperation to keep the KU Medical Center campus as safe as possible. Report suspected criminal activities to the KU Police Department by calling 9-1-1 or using an emergency blue phone.
While it is preferable that all crimes be reported the the KU Police Department, you may also report crimes to the following:
Anonymous reports of crime may be made by calling the Kansas City area Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
The University Police are involved in various programs to educate students, employees and the nearby community in the area of Crime Prevention. Officers make crime prevention presentations in hospital employee orientations, state employee orientations, School of Nursing orientations, and for the School of Allied Health. Presentations are also made at neighborhood meetings, neighborhood picnics, and for the Rosedale Middle School, the Wyandotte County Fair and the Frank Rushton PTA Carnival. Violence in the Workplace classes are also given several times annually.
Anyone wishing further information on any of the programs, or information on how so arrange for a presentation may contact Community Policing at 588-5196 or 588-5067. Crime Prevention Awareness
KU Medical Center does not have officially recognized student organizations (fraternities and sororities) with off campus housing facilities. Off-campus university property is used for administrative or support functions, and is not frequently used by students.
The University of Kansas prohibits the unlawful possession, use, manufacture, or distribution of alcohol or drugs by students and employees on its property.
The University is committed to a program to prevent the abuse of alcohol and the illegal use of drugs by students and employees. Any student or employee of the University found to be abusing alcohol or using, possessing, manufacturing, or distributing controlled substances in violation of the law on University property or at University events shall be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with applicable policies of the State of Kansas, the Board of Regents, and the University of Kansas. Students who violate this policy will be subject to sanctions which include suspension and expulsion from the University.
Students and employees are reminded that illegal possession or use drugs or alcohol may also subject individuals to criminal prosecution. The University will refer violations of proscribed conduct to appropriate authorities for prosecution. Kansas law provides that sale, distributing, or manufacturing opiates and narcotics, such as cocaine and heroin, shall be guilty of a Class C felony. For a conviction of a Class C felony, the court may sentence a person to a term of imprisonment of a minimum of 3 to 5 years, a maximum of 10 to 20 years, and a fine of up to $15,000. Unlawful possession of a depressant, stimulant or hallucinogenic drug is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor; with a penalty of up to one year in jail and a fine or $2,500. Depressants include barbiturates, Valium, and barbital. Hallucinogens include LSD, marijuana, and psilocybin. State law classifies amphetamines and methamphetamine as stimulants.
The Federal Controlled Substances Act provides penalties of up to 15 years' imprisonment and fines of up to $25,000 for unlawful distribution or possession with the intent to distribute narcotics. For unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a person is subject to up to one year of imprisonment and fines up to $5,000. Any person who unlawfully distributes a controlled substance to a person under twenty-one years of age may be punished by up to twice the term of imprisonment and fine otherwise authorized by law.
Accidents and injuries are more likely to occur if alcohol and drugs are used on University property or as part of University activities. Every year in the United States, over 200,000 people are treated in hospitals for drug-related accidents and mental and physical illness; another 25,000 die every year from drug-related accidents or health problems. Drug tolerance and psychological dependence can develop after sustained use of drugs. More specifically, physical dependency, heart problems, infections, malnutrition, and death may result from continued high does of amphetamines. Chronic use of narcotics can cause lung damage, convulsions, respiratory paralysis, and death. Depressants, such as tranquilizers and alcohol, can produce slowed reactions, slower heart rate, damage to liver and heart, respiratory arrest, convulsions, and accidental overdoses, because the abuser is unaware of how much of the drug or alcohol has been taken. Use of hallucinogens may cause psychosis, convulsions, coma, and psychological dependency.
Alcoholism is the number one drug problem in the United Sates. Alcoholism takes a toll on personal lives by affecting finances, health, social relationships, and families and can have significant legal consequences. Abuse of alcohol or use of drugs may cause an individual driving a motor vehicle to injure others and may subject the abuser to criminal prosecution. Drunk drivers are responsible for more than half of all traffic fatalities.
The term "controlled substance" as used in this policy means those substances included in Schedules I through V as defined by Section 812 of Title 21 of the United States Code and as further defined by the Code of Federal Regulations, 21 C.F.R. 1300.11 through 1300.15. The term does not include the use of a controlled substance pursuant to a valid prescription of other uses authorized by law.
The term "alcohol" as used in this policy means any product of distillation of a fermented liquid which is intended for human consumption and which is more than 3.2% alcohol by weight as defined in Chapter 41 of the Kansas statutes.
The University of Kansas Medical Center is interested in the health and well-being of its students, faculty, and staff. At some time, members of the University community may be faced with a variety of personal problems which may affect their wellness and job performance. While some people attempt to deal with such problems on their own, there may be times when professional assistance can be helpful.
It is in the best interest of the University, its students, and employees to provide assistance to those with personal problems involving alcohol, drugs, family, marriage, finances, emotions or other conditions which may interfere with work attendance, productivity, and the ability to get along with co-workers. The University believes that an effective Drug-Free/Alcohol Assistance Program encourages wellness and promotes efficiency of its students, faculty, and staff members.
Drug abuse is against the law and the University may institute disciplinary proceedings for the use of controlled substances in the workplace or other violations of the drug-free workplace policy. To avoid these adverse situations, the University encourages its students and employees to seek counseling and assistance from on-campus and community resources.
The KUMC's Employee and Student Assistance Program is designed to provide information, assessment and referral services to help faculty, staff, and student members identify problems and develop lifestyles that are physically and emotionally healthy. The University wants to encourage identification of problems at the earliest possible stage to motivate faculty, staff, and student members or their family to seek assistance.
There are a number of resources available to KUMC employees and students for personal problems:Link to Kansas Registered Sex Offenders
Link to Missouri Registered Sex Offenders
Sexual assaults violate the dignity of the individual and undermine the University of Kansas Medical Center as a caring institution within which to learn and work. The intent of the university is to provide as much educational information about the nature of sexual assaults as possible and how these attacks can be prevented.
The university also intends to provide resources for those who have been sexually assaulted and to administer appropriate consequences to those who have been judged responsible for sexually assaultive acts. The university intends to provide a fair hearing to all parties in cases of alleged sexual assault and to offer support and care for victims of sexual assault.
Sexual assault defined. A sexual assault is an act of rape, forcible sodomy, sexual penetration, however slight, of another person's anal or genital opening with an object. The unwanted touch of anyone's intimate parts (defined as genitalia, groin, breast, buttocks or clothing covering them) or forcing an unwilling person to touch another's intimate parts are also assaultive behaviors. These acts must be committed either by force, threat, intimidation or through the use of the victim's mental or physical helplessness of which the accused was aware or should have been aware.
Sexual assault policy. No form of sexual assault will be tolerated or condoned at the University of Kansas Medical Center. This policy prohibits those acts defined as sexual assaults as well as attempts to coerce sexual activity upon an unwilling person. The university will take action against those who violate this policy.
Prevention of sexual assault. In order to implement this policy, the university will engage in timely educational activities to inform members of the community about what sexual actions are unacceptable and how assaultive situations can be prevented and avoided.
ESCORTS TO YOUR CAR: During hours of darkness, University Police are willing to escort you to your car or residence if you live in the immediate area around the campus. Call extension 85030 for this service. Police Escort Service
The University of Kansas Police Department provides crime prevention and rape awareness information at student orientation sessions for all newly enrolled students at the KU Medical Center campus. The department also delivers educational programs periodically throughout each academic year that are accessible to the student population through appropriate scheduling.
KU Police will deliver specialized programs about the prevention of sexual assault upon request. The department will also work in cooperation with other training offered by organizations such as Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA).
Any individual may report an incident that she/he perceives to be a sexual assault. Victims of sexual assaults will be encouraged and assisted to report the assault to proper law enforcement authorities. The university has established procedures for investigating and administering sanctions in instances of sexual assaults, which include the following:
CARING ASSISTANCE: KU police will render immediate, caring assistance to the victim and seek out the perpetrator of the crime.
Although the university strongly feels that all crimes should be reported to proper law enforcement authorities, the final decision to make a criminal offense report to the police lies with the victim. The victim's willingness to assist the authorities in their investigation will largely determine the eventual outcome of the case and possible prevention of future crimes. The officer will assist the victim in filing a complaint and to receive medical attention if she/he wishes to do so. Crimes not reported to the KU Police may be reported, on a confidential basis, to the Director of the Counseling Center. These crimes will be included in the annual disclosure of crime statistics.
Once a report of an on-campus sexual criminal incident has been received, the University Police Department shall conduct an investigation independent of any other investigation which the university shall deem necessary. Upon conpletion of such criminal investigation, university police shall submit its findings to the appropriate prosecutor's office for determination of the filing of criminal charges.
The emergency room phone number, 588-6500, at KU Medical Center should be contacted so that immediate psychological and/or medical support can be provided to the victim. The goals of this intervention are to stabilize the victim's condition, to present the victim alternatives for continuing support, and to present options for redressing the assault throught administrative and/or civil procedures. The Director of Counseling Center's (Department Student Services) assistance will be sought.
If assistance outside the Medical Center is desired, contact can be made with Wyandot Sexual Abuse Service, 371-7452, and MOCSA, 931-4527.
The Director of the Counseling Center will convene a review panel consisting of the Director, the medical doctor assigned to Student Health and a faculty member. Notice of charges and date of hearing will be commuicated to the accuser and the accused by the review panel.
The hearing by the review panel will allow (a) a full examination of the evidence presented by both parties, including the opportunity to cross examine witness and (b) both parties to have another person present.
It is understood that the proceedings of these interviews are confidential and that all participants are required to adhere to this standard.
The review panel has the discretion to outline procedures to be followed during the proceedings.
The panel will determine from the established facts if a sexual assault occurred and if the accused is responsible for the assault. If both are true, then the panel will report its findings to the Dean of Student Services. The Dean shall administer appropriate sanctions which can include suspension, dismissal or probation. Both parties will be informed of the outcome.
Appeal of the Dean's decision is through the student grievance procedures as outlined by each school (School of Allied Health, School of Graduate Studies, School of Medicine, and School of Nursing). Both the accused and accuser have access to these grievance procedures and both will reference their respective schools.
In Search of an equitable solution:
Communities establish rules in order to protect the rights of all. Your rights are explained in the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities and other policies of the university. If you feel your rights have been infringed, there are established processes for resolution. Likewise, if your circumstances warrant a valid exception to a rule, you have a right to justify your claim.
Knowing where to go, knowing who is responsible for what, and knowing how best to present your case are important factors in resolving conflicts. The University Ombudsman and the Dean of Student Services know the systems and how they operate. You can go to them for advice and direction.
The University Police Department believes that a well informed community remains a safety conscious one. Numerous efforts are made to keep you and other members of the campus community informed about campus crime and crime related problems. Written reports are made of all crimes reported to the University Police. A daily crime log is available to the news media or other interested persons and may be obtained through the Unviersity Police Department, Police Records Unit, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Crime Log is also available on the University Police web site at www.kumc.edu/police/documents/Crime_Report.pdf.
| Crimes | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder/Non-negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forcible Sex Offences | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Non-Forcible Sex Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Aggravated Assault | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Burglary | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Burglary to Vehicle | 13 | 40 | 17 | 28 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 10 | 34 | 10 | 8 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hate Bias Crimes Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARRESTS FOR: | ||||
| Liquor Law Violations | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drug Abuse Violations | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Weapon Law Violations | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Crimes | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder/Non-negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forcible Sex Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Forcible Sex Offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary to Vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hate Bias Crimes Reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ARRESTS FOR: | ||||
| Liquor Law Violations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drug Abuse Violations | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Weapon Law Violations | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
For information on all crimes reported to the University of Kansas Police Department
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