Section 10a-55a - Uniform campus crime reports. Emergency response plans(a) Each institution of higher education shall annually prepare a uniform campus crime and safety incident report concerning crimes committed and accidents occurring in the immediately preceding calendar year within the geographical limits of the property owned or under the control of such institution. The portions of such report concerning criminal offenses shall be in accordance with the uniform crime reporting system pursuant to section 29-1c, provided such report is limited to those offenses included in part I of the most recently published edition of the Uniform Crime Reports for the United States as authorized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice, sexual assault under section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or sections 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b and 53a-73a, stalking under sections 53a-181c, 53a-181d and 53a-181e and family violence as designated under section 46b-38h. The state police, local police departments and special police forces established pursuant to section 10a-156b shall cooperate with institutions of higher education in preparing such reports. Institutions with more than one campus shall prepare such reports for each campus.(b) Each annual report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include (1) the number of full-time equivalent students, (2) the number of full-time equivalent employees, (3) the number of students and employees residing in campus housing, (4) for any accident that occurred during the immediately preceding calendar year within the geographical limits of the property owned or under the control of an institution of higher education, including, but not limited to, campuses or dormitories in another country owned or under the control of an institution of higher education for the purposes of an international studies or international exchange program, (A) the number of such accidents that resulted in serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-3, and (B) the number of such accidents that resulted in death, and (5) for each category of criminal offense, the number of incidents reported and the crime rate. The crime rate shall be equal to the number of incidents reported divided by the total number of full-time equivalent students and employees.(c) On or before October 1, 2007, each institution of higher education and private career school, as defined in section 10a-22a, , shall have an emergency response plan. On or before October 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, each institution of higher education and private career school shall submit a copy of its emergency response plan to (1) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (2) local first responders. Such plan shall be developed in consultation with such first responders and shall include a strategy for notifying students and employees of the institution or school and visitors to such institution or school of emergency information.(d) Each institution of higher education shall notify, in writing, each person who submits an application for admission to the institution, each new employee at the time of employment and all students and employees annually at the beginning of each academic year of the availability of the report prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall, upon request, provide the most recent report to any such applicant, employee or student.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55a
(P.A. 90-259, S. 2; P.A. 92-83 , S. 1 ; P.A. 07-208 , S. 3 ; P.A. 11-48 , S. 285 ; 11-51 , S. 154 ; P.A. 14-11 , S. 1 ; P.A. 16-15 , S. 27 .)
Amended by P.A. 22-0123, S. 32 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 21-0184, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by P.A. 19-0189, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by P.A. 16-0015, S. 27 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.A. 14-0011, S. 1 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by P.A. 11-0051, S. 154 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2011.