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SMU Annual Report Shows Sharp Increase in Assaults DINING
POLICE CHIEF SAYS OVERALL NUMBERS REMAIN LOW
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By Joshua Baethge SMU reported more aggravated assaults in 2015 than TCU, UT-Arlington, and the University of North Texas combined, according to statistics released Oct. 1. Campus police reported two on-campus incidents last year, while Dallas police reported six others, bringing the total number to eight. SMU had three aggravated assaults in both 2014 and 2013. The six assaults reported by Dallas police occurred on SMU’s east campus, which is across Central Expressway from the main campus. “The increase from no cases in that area to six cases is statistically significant, but overall numbers remain low,” SMU Police Chief Richard Shafer said. “We know that the number of incidents reported in different crime categories varies from year to year on campus and in other police jurisdictions, but we typically don’t have evidence that tells us why.” So far this year, no on-campus aggravated assaults have been reported to SMU or Dallas police. SMU also reported a sharp drop in the number of alco-
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A B O V E : Crime statistics released in accordance with the Clery Act and Title IX show that there were eight aggravated assaults at SMU last year.
hol-related incidents. Nineteen arrests were made in 2015 versus 72 the year before. There were also 299 judicial referrals issued, an almost 20 percent decrease from the prior year. Those cases are sent to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards to determine if there has been a student code of conduct violat. There were also 70 drug-related incidents in 2015, an increase of six. “We continue to see that the
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2014 2015 % CHANGE
Aggravated Assaults
3
8
167%
Burglary
5
4
- 20%
Drug Arrests
20
22
10%
Drug Citations
34
48
41%
Forcible sex offenses
5
3
- 40%
Non-forcible sex offenses
3
0
- 100%
Liquor Law Arrests
72
19
- 74%
Liquor Law Citations
367
299
- 19%
number of incidents reported in different categories varies from year to year and month to month,” Shafer said.
A federal statute known as the Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid
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