
FOOTNOTES
- On-campus: Buildings or property the university owns and controls and uses to support its educational goals (classrooms, laboratories, libraries, etc.). Also, property the university owns but someone else controls on campus or within the geographical area, such as fast food restaurants or stores that students frequently use. The statistics in the "On-campus total" column is the total of crimes that occurred on campus, which include statistics from the "Residence hall" column.
- Non-campus: Buildings or property owned or controlled by an officially recognized student organization and buildings or property owned or any building not within the same reasonable contiguous geographical area of the main institution that the institution owns and operates in support of its educational goals that is frequently used by students (fraternities, sororities, Les Aspin Center).
- Public property: All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks and parking facilities, that is within campus or immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.
- One incident was reported to the Milwaukee Police Department and was not reported to the Department of Public Safety. Two of the three incidents involved an acquaintance.
- Incidents involved an acquaintance.
- This incident involved a cab driver inappropriately touching a passenger on the city street.
- Six incidents were reported to the Milwaukee Police Department and were not reported to the Department of Public Safety.
- Increase of numbers of incidents is due to increased enforcement by the Milwaukee Police Department.
- Individuals not arrested but referred for possible campus disciplinary action.
- Incidents ranged from being in the presence of illegal drugs or paraphernalia to the use or possession of small quantities of illegal drugs.
- Incidents ranged from a minor being in the presence of and/or consuming alcohol to distribution of alcohol to minors.
None of the incidents reported in these charts manifested evidence of prejudice based on actual or perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.
The university, through the Department of Public Safety, monitors and records criminal activity reported directly to the Department of Public Safety as well as major crimes reported to the Milwaukee Police Department regarding off-campus student organizations and/or students attending the university, including those officially recognized student organizations with off-campus housing facilities.
These statistics were compiled from information maintained by the Department of Public Safety, the Office of Student Development and the Office of Residence Life. For an incident to be included in these statistics, the incident must have been reported to a representative of one of those offices. Incidents reported confidentially to those offices are included in the reported statistics.