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TACIR staff urges TBI to include crimes within half-mile of campuses; recommends more call recording and public reporting of Title IX complaints
Summary
A TACIR final report recommends that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation develop a process to include crimes reported within one-half mile of college and university campuses in its annual reports, urges funding support for emergency call-recording systems, and suggests institutions publish Title IX complaint statistics online.
Staff member (Speaker 4) presented the commission's final report on emergency communications on college and university campuses and asked the commission to approve the draft. The report, undertaken after direction from Senate Bill 2827 and House Bill 2729 of the 112th General Assembly, recommends several changes intended to improve campus safety reporting and documentation.
"The commission recommends that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation develop a process to include statistics for crimes reported within 1 half mile of each college or university campus in its annual crime on campus reports," Speaker 4 said, describing a revised third recommendation added after feedback from TBI. Staff explained that although campus and non-campus law-enforcement location data make such…
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