Police and Security Services

Campus Security Authorities (CSAs)

The Clery Act defines “Campus Security Authority” as:

• The staff who work for the campus police department or a campus security department of an institution.
  • At UW-Stevens Point, this is University Police.
• Any individual(s) who have responsibility for campus security, but who do not constitute a campus police department or security department.
  • Examples include all individuals, whether student, employee or volunteer, who provide security or monitor access to any campus facility (e.g. parking lots, a library, an athletic facility, a residence hall), groups contracted by UW-Stevens Point to provide event security and members of a safety escort service.
• Any individual or organization specified as an individual or organization to which students and employees should report criminal offenses.
  • Our policy states that criminal offenses should be reported to UW-Stevens Point University Police, Office of the Dean of Students, and the Division of Student Affairs. Employees in these offices are generally CSAs.
• An official of the institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities. This includes, but is not limited to, student housing, student discipline and campus judicial proceedings. An “official” is defined as any person who has the authority and the duty to take action or respond to particular issues on behalf of the institution.
  • This includes officials (not support staff) whose responsibilities/functions involve student and campus activities. Examples include: faculty or staff who act as advisors to student organizations; staff in the University Centers; Deans and Assistant/Associate Deans who have significant responsibility for student activities; Athletic Director, Assistant/Associate Athletic Directors, coaches/assistant or student coaches; staff in student activities/resource offices; Director, Assistant/Associate Directors, Hall Directors, Complex Coordinators, Resident Assistants (RAs), and Desk Managers of Residential Living.  

Who is NOT a CSA?

• Examples of individuals who do not have significant responsibility for student activities are as follows:
  • ​a faculty member who does not have any responsibility for student and campus activity outside of the classroom; 
  • administrative staff not responsible for students (e.g. payroll); 
  • clerical or dining staff;
  • facilities or maintenance staff; 
  • medical staff who only provide medical care to individual students.
• Pastoral or professional counselors are exempt. However, to remain exempt, the pastoral or professional counselor must be acting in the role of pastoral or professional counselor when they receive a report. If an individual has a pastoral or professional counseling license, but is not employed by UW-Stevens Point in that capacity, she or he may be CSA.