The Assistant Vice President in charge of the Department of Public Safety and Security Services (DPSSS) or his designee, develop Campus Safety Alert notices for the University community to notify members of the University community about serious crimes against people that occur on campus, where it is determined that the incident may pose an ongoing threat to members of the University community. The Campus Safety Alert notice will include information that will promote safety and will aid in the prevention of similar crimes. The decision to issue a Campus Safety Alert is made on a case-by-case basis considering the validity of the information about the crime reported to DPSSS, facts surrounding a crime, the nature of the crime, continuing danger to the campus community, and risk of compromising law enforcement efforts.

Campus Safety Alert notices are usually disseminated for the following FBI Uniform Crime Report /National Incident Based Reporting System classifications: arson, criminal homicide, sex offenses (forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, forcible fondling, incest, and statutory rape), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and hate crimes. Cases of aggravated assault and sex offenses are considered on a case by case basis, depending on the facts of the case, and the information known by DPSSS. For example, if an aggravated assault occurs between two students who have a disagreement, there may be no ongoing threat to other members of the University community; therefore, a Campus Safety Alert notice would not be distributed. Sexual assaults are considered on a case by case basis, depending on the facts of the case, when and where the incident occurred, when it was reported, and the amount of information known by DPSSS.