Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/860

 112 STAT. 1744 PUBLIC LAW 105-244—OCT. 7, 1998 Records. Public information. Deadline. students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor). "(ii) The term 'noncampus building or property* means— "(I) any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization recognized by the institution; and "(II) any building or property (other than a branch campus) owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution's educational purposes, is used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution. "(iii) llie term 'public property* means all public property that is within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution, such as a sidewalk, a street, other thoroughfare, or parking facility, and is adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the institution if the facility is used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to the institution's educational purposes."; (4) in paragraph (6)— (A) by striking "paragraphs (IXF) and (1)(H)'' and inserting "paragraph (IXF)"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "Such statistics shall not identify victims of crimes or persons accused of crimes."; (5) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; (6) by inserting aJFter paragraph (3) the following: "(4)(A) Each institution participating in any program under this title that maintains a police or security department of any kind shall make, keep, and maintain a daily log, written in a form that can be easily understood, recording all crimes reported to such police or security department, including— "(i) the nature, date, time, and general location of each crime; and "(ii) the disposition of the complaint, if known. "(B)(i) All entries that are required pursuant to this paragraph shall, except where disclosure of such information is prohibited by law or such disclosure would jeopardize the confidentiality of the victim, be open to public inspection within two business days of the initial report being made to the department or a campus security authority. "(ii) If new information about an entry into a log becomes available to a police or security department, then the new information shall be recorded in the log not later than two business days after the information becomes available to the police or security department. "(iii) If there is clear and convincing evidence that the release of such information would jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation or the safety of an individual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the destruction of evidence, such information may be withheld until that damage is no longer likely to occur from the release of such information."; and (7) by adding at the end the following: "(9) The Secretary shall provide technical assistance in comply- ing with the provisions of this section to an institution of higher education who requests such assistance.

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