(A) Policy statement
The university of Toledo will establish procedures to respond
to a student living in on-campus student housing that the university of Toledo
has determined to be missing.
(B) Purpose of policy
The policy creates a framework allowing the university of
Toledo community to work cooperatively and increase the likelihood of locating
a university of Toledo residential student, who based on the facts and
circumstances, has been determined to be missing by law enforcement. Rule
3364-61-10
of the Administrative Code, "Missing student notification," contains reporting
and response guidelines and complies with The Higher Education Opportunity
Act.
(C) Procedure
(1) The office of residence life will request
each campus housing student to designate an emergency contact person or persons
to be contacted in the event the student is determined missing by law
enforcement.
(2)
Residential students are responsible for updating
missing person contact information through the office of residence
life.
(3) Missing person
contact information is registered confidentially and accessible only to
authorized campus officials and disclosed only to law enforcement personnel in
the furtherance of a missing person investigation.
(4)
On campus
students are responsible for updating missing person contact information
through the office of residence life.
(5)
The senior
vice president, student affairs or designee must notify the emergency contact
person or persons within twenty-four hours after the time the student has been
determined missing by law enforcement.
(6)
The senior
vice president, student affairs or designee must notify the custodial parent or
guardian for students under eighteen years of age and not emancipated, within
twenty-four hours of the determination that the student is missing, in addition
to notifying any additional contact person or persons designated by the
student.
(4) Due to
the critical nature of missing person complaints, the university of Toledo
police department does not have a waiting period before a person can be
reported missing. If a member of the university
community has reason to believe that a student who resides in on-campus housing
is missing, he or she should immediately notify the university of Toledo police
department. Missing student reports filed with the university of
Toledo police department will be investigated in accordance with university of
Toledo police policy.
(5)
If the student is determined to be missing from a
location not within one of the university campuses, the reporting person will
be directed to file a missing person police report with the agency of
jurisdiction. The university of Toledo police will also notify the local law
enforcement agency within twenty-four hours of the determination that the
student is missing.Once a student is determined to be missing, the
university of Toledo police department will notify the
follow individuals or designees: senior
vice president for student affairs, or
designee
and the vice president for
advancement.
(6)
The vice president for student affairs or designee must
notify the emergency contact person or persons within twenty-four hours after
the time the student has been determined missing by law
enforcement.
(7)
For students under eighteen years of age and non
emancipated, the vice president for student affairs or designee must notify the
custodial parent or guardian within twenty-four hours of the determination that
the student is missing, in addition to notifying any additional contact person
or persons designated by the student.
(8) The office of university communication
shall handle all media inquiries and disseminate all university communication
regarding a missing student incident.
