The objective of our audit was to determine whether the University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio) had controls to ensure that it reported complete and accurate campus crime statistics under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act).
San Antonio did not have effective controls to ensure that it reported complete and accurate Clery Act crime statistics. San Antonio had processes for requesting crime statistics from local law enforcement agencies, identifying campus security authorities (CSA), processing and compiling the crime information, and reporting the annual Clery Act crime statistics by the reporting deadline. However, these processes were not effectively designed or consistently performed during the audit period and did not provide reasonable assurance that the reported Clery Act crime statistics would be complete and accurate. Additionally, we found that San Antonio did not follow all applicable Clery Act requirements and guidance, which, if followed, would help support the completeness and accuracy of the reported crime statistics.
We made five recommendations, including that San Antonio design and implement effective internal controls over the completeness and accuracy of its Clery Act crime statistics, conduct a comprehensive review of its records for calendar years 2015–2017 to identity all reportable Clery Act crimes and amend its reported crime statistics to correct any errors in the reported statistics, and that FSA determine whether it should take action against San Antonio for the Clery Act violations identified in the report.
Data Quality and Reporting
This was one of two reports we issued on this topic. See our report on the University of North Georgia and other OIG work on the Clery Act.