1) Initial efforts to contact students will involve telephone or other electronic communications. 2) If unable to contact the students by electronic means, university personnel will attempt to contact the student in their residence hall on campus or in the municipal limits of the city where the university is located. 3) If students who reside in university-controlled residences do not respond to electronic contacts or to knocking on their doors, student affairs personnel may enter the students’ rooms in order to assess the condition of the room and to look for visible personal property (wallet, keys, cell phone or clothing) that might provide clues as to whether the student has taken an extended trip or other planned absence from the residence hall. If the initial investigation is being undertaken by the Campus Police Officer, they will either request that student affairs personnel enter student rooms, or they will obtain search warrants. 4) University personnel may pursue such additional or other investigative activities as are reasonable under the circumstances. B. If the university determines that the student has been missing for a period of 24 hours, or if it cannot locate the student and it determines that the student appears to be missing, the university will immediately notify local law enforcement agencies that the student is missing. C. When the university notifies local law enforcement agencies, it will also notify such persons as the student may have designated pursuant to § 4(A), below, that the student is missing. 1) In the case of non-emancipated students under the age of 18, the university will notify the students’ custodial parents or legal guardians within 24 hours of the determination that the student is missing. D. The university will determine whether circumstances suggest that others living, working or participating in activities at the university may be in danger, and if it determines that such a danger may exist, it will warn the campus. Publication of this Policy A. USD will publish this policy electronically through websites designed to convey emergency or law enforcement information; will incorporate its provisions into student handbooks, University Housing or similar publications; and will otherwise assure that students know, or should know, of its provisions. Students’ Option to Identify Persons to be Informed A. At the time that a student is accepted as a resident in university-controlled housing, the student will be given an opportunity to designate an individual to be notified pursuant to this policy in the event that the student becomes missing. Annual Security and Fire Safety Report 11
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