Campus Security Authority Reporting Form
Important Update: Hazing Is Now a Clery-Reportable Crime
Effective calendar year 2025, federal law—the Stop Campus Hazing Act—has amended the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act to add hazing as a Clery-reportable crime category.
What is Hazing?
Hazing is any activity expected of someone joining or participating in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them, regardless of an individual’s willingness to participate.
Hazing is defined by three key elements:
- Occurs in a group context
- Involves humiliating, degrading, abusive, or dangerous behavior
- Occurs regardless of a person’s consent or willingness to participate
What This Means for You
If you are a Campus Security Authority (CSA) and receive information that hazing may have occurred, you are required to report it using the Clery reporting form—even if the incident:
- Is being addressed by another campus office
- Occurred off campus but involves SDSU students or organizations
- Has not yet been substantiated or fully investigated
Please include as much detail as you have. Timely and accurate reporting is essential to ensure SDSU meets its federal legal obligations under the Clery Act.
SDSU Hazing Policy & Prevention Resources
SDSU Student Conduct – Hazing Information
https://sacd.sdsu.edu/student-rights/student-conduct
Clery Act Compliance
If you are a Campus Security Authority (CSA) and are seeking to report a crime that you learned of in your role as a CSA, please review the information below.
About the Clery Act
The Clery Act is a consumer protection law geared toward providing transparency about campus crime statistics and campus safety policies. Among other things, the Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs to disclose information about specific campus policies, and to publish crime statistics reported to Campus Security Authorities that occur on specific campus geography.
Signed in 1990, the Jeanne Clery Discloures of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (or Clery Act) is monitored by the United States Department of Eductation. The law is named after Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old university student who was murdered in her residence hall in 1986, sparking an outcry over unreported crime on campuses across the U.S.
Campus Security Authority Reporting Form
During emergencies and immediate threats, please contact the San Diego State University Police Department (UPD) immediately by calling or texting 9-1-1.
The California State University (CSU) system encourages all members of CSU campus communities to contact their dedicated UPD when they have been the victim of or have witnessed criminal actions. The Clery Act requires certain individuals that are designated as Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) to promptly report allegations of Clery-qualifying crimes that occur within a campus Clery Geography reported to them for inclusion in the Annual Security Report.
The information you provide here is critical for accurate criminal statistics that occur in our community that may have gone unreported. To achieve the most accurate data, please provide as much information as possible.
Campus Security Authority Reporting Form
For any questions concerning the Clery Act and reporting, please contact Sylvia Anthony, Records Supervisor and Clery coordinator.
