Clery Center For Security On Campus

The Clery Center for Security On Campus (formerly Security On Campus, Inc.) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing violence, substance abuse and other crimes on college and university campuses across the United States, and to compassionately assist the victims of these crimes.

The organization was founded in 1987 by Connie and Howard Clery following the rape and murder of their 19-year-old daughter, Jeanne, in her residence hall.Through their grief, and with strength and courage, the Clerys committed themselves to creating enduring change.

In 1990, Congress approved the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act. Later renamed in Jeanne's memory, the Jeanne Clery Act  took effect in 1991. It requires colleges and universities to disclose their security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annual crime report and provide timely warnings to students and campus employees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat to students and campus employees. The law also ensures basic rights for victims of campus sexual assaults and requires the U.S. Department of Education to collect and disseminate campus crime statistics.

Today, the Clery Center for Security On Campus provides Clery Act compliance trainings for college and university officials across the U.S. We advocate for victims and for policy initiatives that support our mission. Beyond the law we have been and will remain dedicated to the spirit of the Clery Act and its intent to provide transparent information and safer educational environments at all institutions of higher learning.