Report 2015-032 Recommendation 10 Responses

Report 2015-032: California's Postsecondary Educational Institutions: More Guidance Is Needed to Increase Compliance With Federal Crime Reporting Requirements (Release Date: July 2015)

Recommendation #10 To: Shasta College

Shasta should create written procedures that clearly describe the review process they will undertake to ensure that it will undertake to ensure that it is reporting crime statistics consistently and accurately in its annual security reports.

60-Day Agency Response

Shasta College implemented a several step tiered based process for accurately reporting and accounting for crimes on it's campuses. Shasta College Campus Safety conducted an internal audit of it's procedures and now accounts for this documentation with a several step process of approval.

In addition the college has implemented a 5 step approach to approval of the Annual Security Report.

The supporting procedure report has been submitted to California State Auditors.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2015-032

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.