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Missing Persons
Students are urged to let their roommates and friends know of their whereabouts if they leave campus, town, or the area. If you suspect that a person is missing you must alert college officials. If a student can not be located or contacted you must alert the Department of Campus Safety and the Office of the Dean of Students. It is not necessary to wait 24 hours, you may report a student missing whenever you feel the need or as circumstances warrant. The Department of Campus Safety will then conduct an investigation to locate and/or contact the student and their family, or registered contact, if necessary.
The Department of Campus Safety will contact the necessary law enforcement agencies as appropriate but no longer than 24 hours after the student or person has been reported missing and still can not be located. Safety officers depending on circumstances may immediately notify police as needed.
Students can register confidential contact information with the Department of Campus Safety during the Student Identification Card Process or at any time of the year, day or night, with the Office of Campus Safety’s Telecommunications Center behind the Whitaker Information Desk. Residential students, if they choose, may even check in and confidentially advise Campus Safety that they will be off campus and returning at a later specified time.
If the investigation by Campus safety indicates that the student has been missing for more than 24 hours, or the circumstances require immediate action, either:
- Informs the students registered contact and, if the student is under 18 years of age and not an emancipated individual, immediately contacts the student’s custodial parent or legal guardian, or
- For students who (1) are not under 18 or are emancipated, and (2) registered no contact; informs the appropriate law enforcement agency.