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An infographic detailing incidents of criminal complaints at the addresses of nine UNT Greek organizations on page 2 in the
Sept. 26 edition of North Texas Daily should have noted that the source of the information was UNT Police Department crime log
reports from 2008-2018.
The reports cited in the graphic reflect only complaints responded to by campus police and not the outcomes of the complaints.
Many of the reports to UNT police included in the graphic were logged as “unfounded,” “no further information,” “cleared by
other means” or cleared “by adult arrest.” This information should have been included in the graphic.
The graphic also did not clearly indicate the number of reports taken at each location over the 10-year period. The y-axis of the
graphic written with a 0-30 value should have been clearly labeled as the total number of reports on the crime log for the 10-year
period.
The intent of the graphic was to provide data to readers relating to UNT police reports taken at the locations of nine UNT Greek
organizations from 2008-2018.
North Texas Daily regrets the omissions.
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UNT released the 2019-2020
Annual Security and Fire Safety
Report on Monday, which details
crime and safety statistics from
2016 to 2018, in accordance
with a national law that
requires universities to publish
information on criminal activity
reported to them.
UNT’s Clery Act statistics for
2018 show nearly consistent rates
of sexual assault cases, thefts
and assaults as in the prior two
years, but reductions in liquor
law and drug violations. Reports
of dating violence and stalking
rose slightly.
went into effect on Sept. 1, made
withholding reports of sexual
misconduct a fireable offense for
university employees, eventually
becoming a criminal offense after
Jan. 1, 2020.
That bill affects Title IX
reports, which McGuinness said
differ from Clery reports in scope.
Clery crime statistics are isolated
by geography, only showing
events within UNT’s properties.
Title IX reports encompass
events affecting UNT students or
staff on and off campus.
Other UNT staff hold a
vital role in Clery reporting,
McGuinness said. Clery
documents show a record of
all UNT staff meetings about
criminal activity within the past
year, including the staff members
involved and material covered in
each meeting.
Mechanical engineering
senior Jadon Morris works with
Clery reporting as a resident
assistant at Honors Hall. Morris
and other RAs repeatedly attend
training sessions about incident
reporting, some led by UNT
Police.
Morris said he feels prepared
to report incidents after Clery
training, and praised the system
for its impact on students, even if
they do not read the report.
“Clery reporting is actually
Both McGuinness and
Reynolds said seeing higher
numbers in Clery reports can
sometimes be more helpful than
harmful.
“I’m a parent, so this is
important to me,” Reynolds said.
“If you look at an institution that’s
our size, so 39,000 students, and
you see things like sex offense
cases and you see zeroes in the
categories, me as a parent... that
would cause a concern. We know
that is the most underreported
crime and we know that it occurs
on our college campus.”
UNT, like some
universities, operates a Clery
committee to oversee the
accuracy of crime reports.
McGuinness said UNT’s Clery
committee convenes every two
weeks.
“Before I was educated like
I am now on Clery, I used to go
‘Yes. No sexual assaults,’ when
you would see the zeroes, because
we used to see that,” McGuinness
said. “Since we’ve started the
[Clery] committee and doing a
lot of education, as well as the
addition of the Violence Against
Women Act to Clery, you’re seeing
more people report.”
New Texas legislation may
increase reporting numbers at
universities across the state.
Texas Senate Bill 212, which
pretty cool,” Morris said. “A lot
of my friends from high school
would look at different schools
and say ‘Oh no, that school’s got
a super high crime rate,’ and
the only reason we have all that
information is because of Clery,
which I didn’t know at the time.
I think it’s a pretty good system
to have.”
But the system is not foolproof.
Texas State University drew
controversy for their criminal
reporting practices after Clery Act
statistics revealed the university
severely underreported the
number of sexual assault cases
on campus, the Texas Tribune
reported this week.
Incorrect records at Texas
State said only eight rapes
occurred at the school from
2016 to 2017, but updated Clery
statistics increased that figure to
38.
Reynolds said he has seen
similar instances of misreporting,
but affirmed that UNT commits
itself to accurate reporting,
brought partly by oversight from
the Clery team.
“Our statistics are just
accurate as the reports
receive,” Reynolds said,
know some of the cases
other universities, but we don’t
do business that way at the
University of North Texas.”
Dean of Students Moe McGuinness and UNT Police Chief Ed Reynolds give details on the 2019-2020 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
Clery statistics include both Qu'ncey Palmer
incidents reported to police and
other sources at UNT, like the
Dean of Students office. Not all
crimes outlined in the report
were confirmed by police, though
unconfirmed cases are labeled in
the report as “unfounded crimes”
and make up only a small portion
of reports.
UNT Police Chief Ed Reynolds
and Dean of Students Moe
McGuinness discussed the Clery
Act report Tuesday morning in
a press conference with student
media.
“The Clery Act requires
institutions to publish an annual
security report, provide three
years worth of crime data so that
families or prospective students
can look at it, compare it to other
institutions and make informed
decisions about safety,” Reynolds
said.
Clery statistics show the
number of crimes and fires
reported on campus grounds,
on public land near campus, like
streets and off-campus properties
maintained by the university.
Congress passed the Clery act
in 1990. The law is named after
Jeanne Clery, a Pennsylvania
student who was raped and
murdered in her residence hall in
1986. Clery’s family crusaded for
enhanced reporting of criminal
activities following her death.
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