University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 21, Feb. 27, 1997

Public safety director is quoted about campus crime
     
     Douglas F. Tuttle, public safety and past president of
the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators, was among those quoted in an article on
"Accuracy in Campus Crime Reporting Act of 1997," appearing
in Academe Today.
     New legislation before Congress would increase the
number of crimes that colleges must report. The bill also
would give public access to colleges' disciplinary
proceedings on criminal acts and to public safety
departments' daily logs of crimes. The names of accused
students also would be revealed.
     In the article, Tuttle said he "was worried that making
disciplinary proceedings public would discourage some
victims, especially victims of sex crimes, from reporting
the offenses."
     However, Tuttle praised the bill's expanded reporting
requirements.
     In addition to murder, two categories of sex offenses,
aggravated assault, burglary, robbery and vehicle theft,
colleges would be required to report simple assault,
larceny, vandalism and arson.
     The bill also would require colleges to report the
number of incidents of liquor, drug and weapons violations
reported to campus authorities.