Clery Reportable Crimes - Weapons, Drug and Liquor Violations
The following definitions come from a variety of sources, including the Department of Education’s Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting, and definitions of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are adapted from the amendments made to the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.
TAMIU reports the crimes required by the Clery Act that occur on or within the University’s Clery Geography that were reported to a CSA, law enforcement agency, and/or the UPD.
The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, concealment, use, or possession of deadly weapons; the carrying of deadly weapons, concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing deadly weapons; cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices or other deadly weapons; all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.
The violations of State and local laws prohibiting the production, distribution and/or use of certain controlled substances and the equipment or devices utilized in their preparation and/or use. The unlawful possession, sale, use, cultivation and manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include: opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol, methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, Benzedrine).
The violation of state and local laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transportation, possession or use of alcoholic beverages. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.)