As required by the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, Colorado Mesa University made their crime report public, showing general improvements or consistencies throughout. Statistics regarding crimes and offenses from 2015, 2016 and 2017 are present.
“It is the policy of Colorado Mesa University (CMU) to provide for the safety and security of all members of its campus community,” the security report says.
2015 had 62 arrests for drug-related offenses on campus and on campus residential facilities combined. The numbers increased in 2016, with 98 drug-related arrests. 2017 saw a decrease, with 59. Combining both on campus and residential facilities, arrests related to liquor law violations numbered at 43 in 2015, 27 in 2016 and 10 in 2017. While the arrest numbers remain in triple digits, disciplinary referrals related to the same offenses number much higher. For 2015, including both on campus and on residential facilities, referrals related to drugs numbered at 75, 28 in 2016 and 42 in 2017. Related to alcohol referrals, numbers were at 354 for 2015, 213 for 2016 and 204 for 2017. There was one arrest made for illegal weapons, back in 2016.
There were no reported hate crimes for any of the three years, no instances of reported dating violence, and no reported incidents of stalking. On campus property and facilities, there were two instances of reported domestic violence in 2015 and three in both 2016 and 2017.
In 2015, CMU had six total reported rapes on campus property and campus residential property combined. This number decreased to three in 2016 and 2017 had four reports. There have been no reported cases of murder, manslaughter, robbery or arson in any of those years. 2015 contained four reported cases of burglary on campus property and residential facilities, while 2016 had three and 2017 had five reported cases. There was a single motorcycle theft back in 2015 and three reported aggravated assault cases total, all back in 2015.
The Montrose branch of CMU had no reported cases of any criminal offenses or disciplinary items, though there was a motorcycle theft on public property close to Montrose back in 2016. WCCC had similarly extremely low numbers, with a reported incident of fondling in 2015 and arson in 2015, with a single liquor law violation in the same year.
“Colorado Mesa University strongly supports a student’s interest in confidentiality in sexual misconduct cases,” said the CMU report. “Requests for confidentiality will be respected to the maximum extent possible.” Students found in violation of the code of conduct will face sanctions and citations, which range in severity depending on the offense that has taken place. CMU has a variety of crime prevention programs available, such as the Safe Walk Program, Operation ID, and the Emergency Blue Light Phone Program, along with a myriad of others. “The University will not tolerate criminal activity and will actively pursue internal discipline, criminal prosecution or both for all offenders,” said the report.
Students can contact any of the following campus security authorities should they need to report an incident.
- Vice President of Student Services: 970.248.1366
- Student Conduct Officer: 970.248.1336
- Department heads: 970.248.1881
- Advisors of student clubs: 970.248.1250
- Residence Life staff (professional staff and Resident Assistants): 970.248.1536
- Athletic directors and coaches: 970.248.1503
