University of Minnesota Morris Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
Message from the Chancellor
Safety and security at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) and for all members of our community are central to advancing our strategic commitments to excellence for everyone and to a vital campus community.
UMN Morris’s public safety officers are dedicated to working collaboratively with the campus community to provide a safe learning and working environment on this beautiful campus. These officers have strong relationships with the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Police Department and the Stevens County Sheriff’s Office.
Ensuring that we live, work, and learn in a safe environment requires more than good officers: it requires the active cooperation of all of us. We can each do our part in promoting campus safety by being observant, by caring for each other, and by reporting all crimes and public safety issues to the proper authorities.
Thank you for helping to keep this university safe.
Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Chancellor
Rebecca Cunningham
President
Preparing the Annual Security Report
The University of Minnesota prepares this report in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (“the Clery Act”). This report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University of Minnesota; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also includes institutional policies on campus security, such as policies concerning drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and other matters. It is published annually by the University and made available to all current and prospective students, faculty and staff.
Crime statistics are compiled by campus-specific individuals on each campus, in cooperation with the local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over University of Minnesota Clery geography. Additional crime information is collected from a wide range of university personnel who have been identified as Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) under the Clery Act.
The Director of Clery Compliance and campus-specific officials review and update the information contained in this report annually.
This report includes information specifically for the Morris campus of the University of Minnesota.
Download the 2025 University of Minnesota Morris Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
Definitions of Terms Used in This Report
Campus Security Authorities
Campus Security Authorities are individuals on campus who are required to report any allegations of crimes that they receive for inclusion in the Annual Statistical Disclosure.
The Clery Act defines four categories of Campus Security Authorities as stated below:
- A campus police department or a campus security department of an institution.
- Any individual who has responsibility for campus security but who does not constitute a campus police department or a campus security department.
- Any individual or organization specified in an institution’s statement of campus security policy as an individual or organization to which students and employees should report criminal offenses.
- An official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities.
Clery Geography
Clery Geography is the geographic area for which an institution is responsible for disclosing crime statistics. The following definitions describe the areas that cumulatively account for an institution’s Clery Geography.
On Campus
Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls. Also, any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area identified in the first part of this definition that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendors).
On Campus - Residential
Any student housing facility that is owned or controlled by the institution, or is located on property that is owned or controlled by the institution, and is within the reasonably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus is considered an on-campus student housing facility.
Non-Campus Property
Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.
Public Property
All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that are within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.
Personally Identifying Information
Personally identifying information is defined in Section 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 as individually identifying information for or about an individual, including information likely to disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking, regardless of whether the information is encoded, encrypted, hashed or otherwise protected, including:
- a first and last name
- a home or other physical address
- contact information (including a postal, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or telephone or facsimile number)
- a social security number, driver’s license number, passport number or student identification number
- any other information, including date of birth, racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation that would serve to identify any individual
Criminal Offenses, Violence Against Women Act Offenses, Hate Crimes, and Liquor, Weapon and Drug Violations defined on the Crime Statistics and Prevention page.
University of Minnesota Morris Resources
On-Campus Resources
University of Minnesota Morris Department of Public Safety
Campus law enforcement
Emergency: 911
Non-emergency: 320-287-1601
Equal Opportunity and Title IX
Investigation of relationship violence, sexual assault, and stalking complaints
320-589-6024
Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Programs
Multi-ethnic, international, and LGBTQIA2s+ student support
320-589-6095
Student Affairs
Campus accommodations, student support, code of conduct violations, etc.
320-589-6013
Residential Life
Response, referrals, housing accommodations and support
320-589-6475
Student Counseling
Confidential mental health counseling, support and violence response options
320-589-6060
Health Service
Medical treatment services
320-589-6070
International Student Program
Visa and immigration information
320-589-6094
Employee Assistance Program
Faculty- and staff-specific professional consultation and mental health resources.
888-243-5744
612-625-2820
Community Resources
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA)
Advocacy, prevention, racial justice, and systems & policy change
651-209-9993
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Victim services, public education, public policy
24-hour helpline: 800-656-HOPE (4673)
Stevens Community Medical Center
24-hour emergency care, health care
320-589-1313
Someplace Safe
Advocacy, support
320-589-3208