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Newport News Police Department - Operational Manual
OPS-495 - REPORTING OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES ON
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY PROPERTY
Amends/Supersedes: OPS-495 (08/29/1997) Date of Issue: 10/01/2007
I. GENERAL
A. The Newport News Police Department, in an agreement with Christopher Newport
University Campus Police, will adhere to this policy to collect and disclose crime offense
information regarding campus property, to comply with the Crime Awareness Campus Act of
1990 (which establishes a minimum standard for the disclosure of campus crime statistics).
B. All incident reports received by the Newport News Police Department that occur on
Christopher Newport University property, with the exception of Criminal Homicide, will not
be reported to the incident reporting system by the Newport News Police Department.
C. For the purposes of this policy, "campus property" is defined as any building or property
owned or controlled by the institution of higher education within the same reasonably
contiguous area and used by the institution in direct support of, or related to its educational
purposes.
II. PROCEDURE
A. When the Newport News Police Department is notified of a crime (incident), with the
exception of criminal homicide, that occurs on Christopher Newport University campus
property, the complainant will be advised to contact the University’s campus police. The
campus police will record the necessary information from the victim, investigate the incident
and report the crime on their offense/incident report. It will not be necessary for the Newport
News Police Department to take an incident report relating to the crime unless it is criminal
homicide.
B. The Newport News Police Department, upon the campus police department's request, will
respond and provide investigative and technical assistance concerning any crime, to include
assistance with the recovery of evidence.
C. Should a criminal homicide occur on campus property, the Newport News Police will work
as the primary investigative department, and work with the campus police to conduct the
investigation.
James D. Fox
Chief of Police
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