In 1998, the federal government passed the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), formerly and the Student Right to Know Act of 1990. This law requires colleges and universities receiving federal funding to disclose the reported instances of criminal activity on their campuses, associate properties, adjacent public properties and student organization properties.
To inform you about campus safety, Safety Matters is the campus security report for the UC Merced campus and in compliance with the Clery Act. You can obtain access to UC Merced's Clery Act statistics by calling the Police and Public Safety Department at 209-228-2677.
The Clery Act is named in memory of 19 year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery, who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986. Jeanne's parents, with other crime victims, persuaded Congress to enact laws that became the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
