Annual security report

13.1. Missing Student Policy

WSU Vancouver takes the well-being of students seriously and the university has processes in place when a student is missing. If anyone has reason to believe that a WSU Vancouver student is missing, they should immediately call 911 and report the concern to the local police department. After reporting the person missing, WSU Vancouver PD should be notified of the missing person report and which law enforcement agency is the investigating police agency. WSU Vancouver PD will assist the investigating agency when needed.

WSU Vancouver does not currently have on-campus housing. Because of this, the WSU Vancouver Police Department will not be the originating police agency taking a report of a missing student. The WSU Vancouver Police Department will participate in any law enforcement requests for assistance concerning a WSU missing student.

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13.2. Weapons Policy

The WSU Standards of Conduct for Students, WAC 504-26-213, prohibits students from carrying, possessing or using any firearm, explosive (including fireworks), dangerous chemicals, or any dangerous weapon on university property or in university approved housing. Additionally, airsoft guns and any other item that appears to be a firearm, or any item that shoots projectiles are prohibited in WSU facilities.

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13.3. Sexual or Violent Offenders List

The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000 requires colleges and universities to inform students and employees how to learn the identity of registered sex offenders on campus. The law also requires that sex offenders provide notice to any institution of higher education at which the person is employed or is a student. WSU complies with these requirements utilizing the procedures in the WSU Registered Sex Offender and Kidnapping Offender Policy, Executive Policy 46 (EP 46). As required by EP 46, WSU Police Department publishes information on its website on how to find information about registered sex offenders (Sex Offender and Kidnapping Offender Notification).

You can obtain information regarding registered sexual offenders in Clark County by contacting the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, 360-397-2211 or sheriff@clark.wa.gov. Additionally, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office uses the Community Watch portal. This page includes information on how to search for registered sex offenders in the area as well as additional information about sex offender registration laws and safety tips.

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Further, as required by EP 46, WSU provides notifications to relevant individuals for purposes of safety and security when registered offenders enroll or are employed at WSU.

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14. Crime Definitions under Federal Law

The following definitions are provided in the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)(34 CFR Part ), or referenced from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. For purposes of complying with the Clery Act, an incident meeting these definitions is considered a crime for the purpose of Clery Act reporting.

Dating violence:

Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim.

(i) The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party's statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

(ii) For the purposes of this definition -

(A) Dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse.

(B) Dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence.

(iii) For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and § 668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Domestic violence:

(i) A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed -

(A) By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;

(B) By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;

(C) By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;

(D) By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred, or

(E) By any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.

(ii) For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and § 668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Sexual assault:

An offense that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest, or statutory rape, as used in the FBI's UCR program.

Rape:

The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

Fondling:

The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of their age or because of their temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity.

Incest:

Sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Statutory Rape:

Sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

Stalking:

(i) Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to

(A) Fear for the person's safety or the safety of others; or

(B) Suffer substantial emotional distress.

(ii) For the purposes of this definition -

(A) Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person's property.

(B) Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.

(C) Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.

(iii) For the purposes of complying with the requirements of this section and § 668.41, any incident meeting this definition is considered a crime for the purposes of Clery Act reporting.

Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter:

The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

Negligent manslaughter:

The killing of another person through gross negligence.

Robbery:

The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Aggravated Assault:

An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. (It is not necessary that injury result from an aggravated assault when a gun, knife, or other weapon is used which could and probably would result in serious personal injury if the crime were successfully completed.)

Burglary:

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. For reporting purposes this definition includes: unlawful entry with intent to commit a larceny or felony; breaking and entering with intent to commit a larceny; housebreaking; safecracking; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

Motor Vehicle theft:

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. (Motor vehicle theft includes all cases where automobiles are taken by persons not having lawful access even though the vehicles are later abandoned - including joyriding.)

Weapons (Carrying, Possessing, Etc.):

The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, concealment, or use of firearms, cutting instruments, explosives, incendiary devices, or other deadly weapons.

Arson:

Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

Liquor Law Violations:

The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, purchase, transportation, possession, or use of alcoholic beverages, not including driving under the influence and drunkenness.

Drug Abuse Violations:

The violation of 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 cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, purchase, use, possession, transportation, or importation of any controlled drug or narcotic substance.

Arrests for violations of State and local laws, specifically those relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs.

Hate crime:

A crime reported to local police agencies or to a campus security authority that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator's bias against the victim. For the purposes of this section, the categories of bias include the victim's actual or perceived race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, national origin, and disability.

For Clery Act reporting purposes, hate crimes include any offense in the following list that is motivated by bias: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, negligent manslaughter, rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, destruction/damage/vandalism to property, intimidation, larceny/theft, and simply assault.

Larceny-Theft (Except Motor Vehicle Theft):

The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, confidence games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.

Simple Assault:

An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.

Intimidation:

To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.

Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property:

To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.

Definitions Contained in the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 – effective October 1, 2022

Sexual Assault (34 U.S.C. 12291(a))

The term ‘sexual assault’ means any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent.

Domestic violence (34 U.S.C. 12291(a))

The term “domestic violence” includes felony or misdemeanor crimes committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim under the family or domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction receiving grant funding and, in the case of victim services, includes the use or attempted use of physical abuse or sexual abuse, or a pattern of any other coercive behavior committed, enabled, or solicited to gain or maintain power and control over a victim, including verbal, psychological, economic, or technological abuse that may or may not constitute criminal behavior by a person who—

  1. a) is a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim, or person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim;
  2. b) is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner;
  3. c) shares a child in common with the victim; or
  4. d) commits acts against a youth or adult victim who is protected from those acts under the family or domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction.

Dating violence (34 U.S.C. 12291(a))

The term ‘‘dating violence’’ means violence committed by a person

  • who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and
  • where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
    • The length of the relationship.
    • The type of relationship.
    • The frequency of interaction.

Stalking (34 U.S.C. 12291(a))

The term ‘‘stalking’’ means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to—

  1. fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; or
  2. suffer substantial emotional distress.

Washington state law definitions of these crimes differ and are incorporated into the Revised Code of Washington.

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15. Crime Definitions under Washington State Law

The following definitions are provided under Washington State Law.

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15.1. Washington State Definitions

The following definitions are provided under Washington State Law:

Consent (RCW 9A.44.010)

At the time of the act of sexual intercourse or sexual contact there are actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement to have sexual intercourse or sexual contact.

Mental Incapacity (RCW 9A.44.010)

A condition existing at the time of the offense which prevents a person from understanding the nature or consequences of the act of sexual intercourse whether that condition is produced by illness, defect, the influence of a substance or from some other cause.

Physically Helpless (RCW 9A.44.010)

A person who is unconscious or for any other reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act.

Forcible Compulsion (RCW 9A.44.010)

Is physical force which overcomes resistance, or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of death or physical injury to herself or himself or another person, or in fear that she or he or another person will be kidnapped.

Sexual Intercourse (RCW 9A.44.010)
  • Has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight, and
  • Also means any penetration of the vagina or anus however slight, by an object, when committed on one person by another, whether such persons are of the same or opposite sex, except when such penetration is accomplished for medically recognized treatment or diagnostic purposes, and
  • Also means any act of sexual contact between persons involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another whether such persons are of the same or opposite sex.
Sexual Contact (RCW 9A.44.010)

Any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person done for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of either party or a third party.

Domestic Violence (RCW 10.99.020)

Includes but is not limited to any of the following crimes when committed either by (a) one family or household member against another family or household member, or (b) one intimate partner against another intimate partner:

  • Assault in the first degree (RCW 9A.36.011);
  • Assault in the second degree (RCW 9A.36.021);
  • Assault in the third degree (RCW 9A.36.031);
  • Assault in the fourth degree (RCW 9A.36.041):
  • Drive-by shooting (RCW 9A.36.045);
  • Reckless endangerment (RCW 9A.36.050);
  • Coercion (RCW 9A.36.070);
  • Burglary in the first degree (RCW 9A.52.020);
  • Burglary in the second degree (RCW 9A.52.030);
  • Criminal trespass in the first degree (RCW 9A.52.070);
  • Criminal trespass in the second degree (RCW 9A.52.080);
  • Malicious mischief in the first degree (RCW 9A.48.070);
  • Malicious mischief in the second degree (RCW 9A.48.090);
  • Malicious mischief in the third degree (RCW 9A.40.020);
  • Kidnapping in the first degree (RCW (9A.40.020);
  • Kidnapping in the second degree (RCW 9A.40.030);
  • Unlawful imprisonment (RCW 9A.40.040);
  • Violation of the provisions of a restraining order, no-contact order, or protection order restraining or enjoining the person or restraining the person from going onto the grounds of or entering a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or prohibiting the person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party’s person, or a protected party’s vehicle (chapter 7.105 RCW, or RCW 10.99.040, 10.99.050, 26.09.300, 26.10.220, 26.26B.050, 26.44.063, 26.44.150, or 26.52.070, or any of the former RCW 26.50.060, 26.50.070, 26.50.130, and 74.34.145);
  • Rape in the first degree (RCW 9A.44.040);
  • Rape in the second degree (RCW 9A.44.050);
  • Residential burglary (RCW 9A.52.025);
  • Stalking (RCW 9A.46.110); and
  • Interference with the reporting of domestic violence (RCW 9A.36.150).
Family Or Household Members (RCW 10.99.020)
  • Adult persons related by blood or marriage;
  • Adult persons who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past; and
  • Persons who have a biological or legal parent-child relationship, including stepparents and stepchildren and grandparents and grandchildren.
IntimatePartner (RCW 10.99.020)
  • Spouses or domestic partners;
  • Former spouses or former domestic partners;
  • Persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have lived together at any time;
  • Adult persons presently or previously residing together who have or have had a dating relationship;
  • Persons sixteen years of age or older who are presently residing together or who have resided together in the past and who have or have had a dating relationship; and
  • Persons sixteen years of age or older with whom a person sixteen years of age or older has or has had a dating relationship.
Dating Relationship (RCW 10.99.020, RCW 7.105.010)

A social relationship of a romantic nature. Factors that the court may consider in making this determination include:

    • The length of time the relationship has existed;
    • The nature of the relationship; and
    • The frequency of interaction between the parties.
Rape in the First Degree (RCW 9A.44.040)

A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person:

  • By forcible compulsion where the perpetrator or an accessory:
  • Uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or what appears to be a deadly weapon; or
  • Kidnaps the victim; or
  • Inflicts serious physical injury, including but not limited to physical injury which renders the victim unconscious; or
  • Feloniously enters into the building or vehicle where the victim is situated.
  • After the perpetrator or an accessory knowingly furnishes the victim with a legend drug, controlled substance, or controlled substance analog without the victim’s knowledge and consent which renders the victim incapable of consent to sexual intercourse due to physical helplessness or mental incapacitation.
Rape in the Second Degree (RCW 9A.44.050)

A person is guilty of rape in the second degree when, under circumstances not constituting rape in the first degree, the person engages in sexual intercourse with another person:

  • By forcible compulsion;
  • When the victim is incapable of consent by reason of being physically helpless or mentally incapacitated;
  • When the victim is a person with a developmental disability and the perpetrator is a person who:
    • Has supervisory authority over the victim; or
    • Was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment, to the victim at the time of the offense;
  • When the perpetrator is a health care provider, the victim is a client or patient, and the sexual intercourse occurs during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination. It is an affirmative defense that the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the client or patient consented to the sexual intercourse with the knowledge that the sexual intercourse was not for the purpose of treatment;
  • When the victim is a resident of a facility for persons with a mental disorder or substance use disorder and the perpetrator is a person who has supervisory authority over the victim; or
  • When the victim is a frail elder or vulnerable adult and the perpetrator is a person who:
    • Has a significant relationship with the victim; or
    • Was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment, to the victim at the time of the offense.
Rape in the Third Degree (RCW 9A.44.060)

A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when, under circumstances not constituting rape in the first or second degrees, such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person:

  • Where the victim did not consent as defined in RCW 9A.44.010(7), to sexual intercourse with the perpetrator; or
  • Where there is threat of substantial unlawful harm to property rights of the victim.
Voyeurism (RCW 9A.44.115)

A person commits the crime of voyeurism in the first degree if, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire any person, he or she knowingly views, photographs, or films:

  • Another person without that person’s knowledge and consent while the person being viewed, photographed, or filmed is in a place where he or she would have a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
  • The intimate areas of another person without that person’s knowledge and consent and under circumstances where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether in a public or private place.

A person commits the crime of voyeurism in the second degree if he or she intentionally photographs or films another person for the purpose of photographing or filming the intimate areas of that person with the intent to distribute or disseminate the photograph or film, without that person’s knowledge and consent, and under circumstances where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, whether in a public or private place.

Indecent Exposure (RCW 9A.88.010)

A person is guilty of indecent exposure if he or she intentionally makes any open and obscene exposure of his or her person or the person of another knowing that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm. The act of breastfeeding or expressing breast milk is not indecent exposure.

Harassment (RCW 9A.46.020)

A person is guilty of harassment if:

  • Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens:
    • To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the person threatened or to any other person; or
    • To cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; or
    • To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; or
    • Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to substantially harm the person threatened or another with respect to his or her physical health or safety; and
  • The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out. “Words or conduct” includes, in addition to any other form of communication or conduct, the sending of an electronic communication.
Stalking (RCW 9A.46.110)
  • A person commits the crime of stalking if, without lawful authority, the person:
    • Intentionally and repeatedly harasses another person;
    • Intentionally and repeatedly follows another person;
    • Intentionally contacts, follows, tracks, or monitors, or attempts to contact, follow, track, or monitor another person after being given actual notice that the person does not want to be contacted, followed, tracked, or monitored; or
    • Knowingly and without consent installs or monitors an electronic tracking device, or causes an electronic tracking device to be installed, placed, or used, to track the location of another person; and
    • The person being harassed, followed, tracked, or monitored suffers substantial emotional distress or is placed in fear that the stalker intends to injure him or her, or another person, or his or her property, or the property of another person, or, in the circumstances identified in (a)(iv) of this subsection, the victim’s knowledge of the tracking device would reasonably elicit substantial emotional distress or fear. The feeling of substantial emotional distress or fear must be one that a reasonable person in the same situation would experience given the totality of the circumstances; and

Except as provided in RCW 9A.46.110, a person who stalks another person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. A person who stalks another person is guilty of a class B felony if any of the following applies:

  • The stalker has previously been convicted in this state or any other state of any crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060;
  • The stalking violates any protective order protecting the victim;
  • The stalker has previously been convicted of a gross misdemeanor or felony stalking offense under this section for stalking another person;
  • The stalker was armed with a deadly weapon, as defined in RCW 9.94A.825, while stalking the victim;
  • The victim is or was a law enforcement officer; judge; juror; attorney; victim advocate; legislator; community corrections’ officer; an employee, contract staff person; or volunteer of a correctional agency; court employee, court clerk; or courthouse facilitator; or an employee of the child protective, child welfare, or adult protective services division within the department of social and health services; and the stalker stalked the victim to retaliate against the victim for an act the victim performed during the course of official duties or to influence the victim’s performance of official duties; or
  • The victim is a current, former, or prospective witness in an adjudicative proceeding, and the stalker stalked the victim to retaliate against the victim as a result of the victim’s testimony or potential testimony.
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15.2. Washington State Definitions for Protection Orders

Consent (RCW 7.105.010)

Consent in the context of sexual acts means that at the time of sexual contact, there are actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement to that sexual contact. Consent must be ongoing and may be revoked at any time. Conduct short of voluntary agreement does not constitute consent as a matter of law. Consent cannot be freely given when a person does not have capacity due to disability, intoxication, or age. Consent cannot be freely given when the other party has authority or control over the care or custody of a person incarcerated or detained.

Sexual Abuse (RCW 7.105.010)

Sexual abuse means any form of nonconsensual sexual conduct including, but not limited to, unwanted or inappropriate touching, rape, molestation, indecent liberties, sexual coercion, sexually explicit photographing or recording, voyeurism, indecent exposure, and sexual harassment.

Sexual Penetration (RCW 7.105.010)

Sexual penetration means any contact, however slight, between the sex organ or anus of one person by an object, the sex organ, mouth, or anus of another person, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the body of one person or of any animal or object into the sex organ or anus of another person including, but not limited to, cunnilingus, fellatio, or anal penetration. Evidence of emission of semen is not required to prove sexual penetration.

Sexual Conduct (RCW 7.105.010)

Sexual conduct means any of the following:

  • Any intentional or knowing touching or fondling of the genitals, anus, or breasts, directly or indirectly, including through clothing;
  • Any intentional or knowing display of the genitals, anus, or breasts of the purposes of arousal or sexual gratification of the respondent;
  • Any intentional or knowing touching or fondling of the genitals, anus, or breasts, directly or indirectly, including through clothing, that the petitioner is forced to perform by another person or the respondent;
  • Any forced display of the petitioner’s genitals, anus, or breasts for the purposes of arousal or sexual gratification of the respondent or others;
  • Any intentional or knowing touching of the clothed or unclothed body of a child under the age of 16, if done for the purpose of sexual gratification or arousal of the respondent or others; or
  • Any coerced or forced touching or fondling by a child under the age of 16, directly or indirectly, including through clothing, of the genitals, anus, or breasts of the respondent or others.
Stalking (RCW 7.105.010)

Stalking means any of the following:

  • Any act of stalking as defined under RCW 9A.46.110;
  • Any act of cyberstalking as defined under RCW 9A.90.120;
  • Any course of conduct involving repeated or continuing contacts, attempts to contact, monitoring, tracking, surveillance, keeping under observation, disrupting activities in a harassing manner, or following of another person that: (1) Would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated, frightened, under duress, significantly disrupted, or threatened and that actually causes such a feeling; (2) Serves no lawful purpose; and (3) The respondent knows, or reasonably should know, threatens, frightens, or intimidates the person, even if the respondent did not intend to intimidate, frighten, or threaten the person.
Domestic Violence (RCW 7.105.010)

Domestic Violence means:

  • Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault; Nonconsensual sexual contact or nonconsensual sexual penetration; coercive control; unlawful harassment; or stalking of one intimate partner by another intimate partner; or
  • Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of physical harm, bodily injury, or assault; nonconsensual sexual conduct or nonconsensual sexual penetration, coercive control; unlawful harassment; or stalking of one family or household member by another family or household member.
Family or Household Members (RCW 7.105.010)

Family or Household Members means:

  • Persons related by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or adoption;
  • Persons who have currently or formerly resided together;
  • Persons who have a biological or legal parent-child relationship, including stepparents and stepchildren and grandparents and grandchildren, or a parent’s intimate partner and children; and
  • A person who is acting or has acted as a legal guardian.
Intimate Partner (RCW 7.105.010)

Intimate Partner means:

  • Spouses or domestic partners;
  • Former spouses or former domestic partners;
  • Persons who have a child in common regardless of whether they have been married or have lived together at any time, unless the child is conceived through sexual assault; or
  • Persons who have or have had a dating relationship where both persons are at least 13 years of age or older.
Dating Relationship (RCW 7.105.010)

A social relationship of a romantic nature. Factors that the court may consider in making this determination include:

    • The length of time the relationship has existed;
    • The nature of the relationship; and
    • The frequency of interaction between the parties.
Coercive Control (RCW 7.105.010)

A pattern of behavior that is used to cause another to suffer physical, emotional, or psychological harm, and in purpose or effect unreasonably interferes with a person’s free will and personal liberty. In determining whether the interference is unreasonable, the court shall consider the context and impact of the pattern of behavior from the perspective of a similarly situated person. Examples of coercive control include, but are not limited to, engaging in any of the following:

  • Intimidation or controlling or compelling conduct by:
    • Damaging, destroying, or threatening to damage or destroy, or forcing the other party to relinquish, goods, property, or items of special value;
    • Using technology to threaten, humiliate, harass, stalk, intimidate, exert undue influence over, or abuse the other party, including by engaging in cyberstalking, monitoring, surveillance, impersonation, manipulation of electronic media, or distribution of or threats to distribute actual or fabricated intimate images;
    • Carrying, exhibiting, displaying, drawing, or threatening to use, any firearm or any other weapon apparently capable of producing bodily harm, in a manner, under circumstances, and at a time and place that either manifests an intent to intimidate the other party or that warrants alarm by the other party for their safety or the safety of other persons;
    • Driving recklessly with the other party or minor children in the vehicle;
    • Communicating, directly or indirectly, the intent to:
      • Harm the other party’s children, family members, friends, or pets, including by use of physical forms of violence;
      • Harm the other party’s career;
      • Attempt suicide or other acts of self-harm; or
      • Contact local or federal agencies based on actual or suspected immigration status;
    • Exerting control over the other party’s identity documents;
    • Making, or threatening to make, private information public, including the other party’s sexual orientation or gender identity, medical or behavioral health information, or other confidential information that jeopardizes safety; or
    • Engaging in sexual or reproductive coercion;
  • Causing dependence, confinement, or isolation of the other party from friends, relatives, or other sources of support, including schooling and employment, or subjecting the other party to physical confinement or restraint;
  • Depriving the other party of basic necessities or committing other forms of financial exploitation;
  • Controlling, exerting undue influence over, interfering with, regulating, or monitoring the other party’s movements, communications, daily behavior, finances, economic resources, or employment, including but not limited to interference with or attempting to limit access to services for children of the other party, such as health care, medication, childcare, or school-based extracurricular activities;
  • Engaging in vexatious litigation or abusive litigation, as defined in RCW 26.51.020, against the other party to harass, coerce, or control the other party, to diminish or exhaust the other party’s financial resources, or to compromise the other party’s employment or housing; or
  • Engaging in psychological aggression, including inflicting fear, humiliating, degrading, or punishing the other party.

Coercive control does not include protective actions taken by a party in good faith for the legitimate and lawful purpose of protecting themselves or children from the risk of harm posed by the other party.

Effective July 1, 2025, RCW 7.105.010 also includes the following additional definition:

Commercial sexual exploitation (RCW 7.105.010)

Commercial sexual abuse of a minor and sex trafficking.

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16. Crime Statistics

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16.1. Preparation of Crime Statistics

The Washington State University Vancouver prepares this report in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act) as well as the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA) amendments to the Clery Act, using information obtained by the WSU Clery Compliance Committee comprised of representatives from various WSU and WSU Vancouver offices including, but not limited to, the WSU Vancouver Police Department (WSU Vancouver PD), the Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR), the Center for Community Standards (CCS), and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM).

Additionally, information is gathered from Campus Security Authorities (CSAs), campus law enforcement, and information provided by other local and State law enforcement agencies.

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16.2. Crime Statistics- WSU Vancouver

Crime Statistics table

Reported incidents on or near college facilities
2021-ONC(1) 2021-OCC(2) 2021-NON(3) 2022-ONC(1) 2022-OCC(2) 2022-NON(3) 2023-ONC(1) 2023-OCC(2) 2023-NON(3)
Part I - Reported
Criminal Homicide
Murder or Non-negligent manslaughter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Negligent Manslaughter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sexual Assault and Sex Offenses
Rape 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fondling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Incest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Statutory Rape 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robbery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aggravated Assault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Burglary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Arson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hate crimes by category (Hate Crimes are defined and listed under the Timely Warnings section of this report)
Larceny-theft 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simple Assault 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intimidation 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Destruction, damage, vandalism of property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VAWA Offenses
Domestic Violence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dating Violence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stalking 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Part I - Crime Totals 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
Unfounded/Withheld Reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Part II - Reported
Arrests
18 Yrs. and Over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yrs. and Under 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arrests or referrals for campus disciplinary action for: Alcohol Abuse Violations(c)
Arrests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Referrals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arrests or referrals for campus disciplinary action for: Drug Abuse Violations (c)
Arrests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Referrals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arrests or referrals for campus disciplinary action for: Weapons Possessions and Violations (c)
Arrests 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Referrals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

*Table notes

  • (1) ONC: On Campus: This category includes incidents that occurred on the main WSU Vancouver campus.
  • (2) OCC: Off-campus contiguous. This category includes incidents that occurred on public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from the WSU Vancouver campus. The information in this category is provided by the Clark County Sheriff's Department. For additional information on crime statistics in Clark County, please contact the Clark County Sheriff’s Department at: (360) 397-2211.
  • (3) NON: Non-campus facilities. This category includes incidents that occurred on property other than the main campus owned or controlled by the university and used in support of our educational purposes. WSU Vancouver has no non-campus facilities at this time.
  • (4) For 2023, there was 1 on-campus, Hate Crime-Intimidation incident characterized by gender-identity.

It should be noted that this report provides the definition of Domestic Violence as defined by Washington State law (RCW). However, for the purpose of reporting statistics, some relationships falling under the Washington State definition of domestic violence may be counted as dating violence, not domestic violence, pursuant to the definitions provided by the Clery Act. The Clery Act definition generally provides that an intimate, or romantic, relationship must exist to be considered dating violence, whereas, domestic violence requires that the individuals be cohabitating as current or former spouses, or have an intimate relationship, thus, the relationship must be more than just two people living together as roommates.

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17. Campus Geography

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17.1. Crime Statistics Geographic Area

The locations for which Clery crimes are reported in the tables above includes the following areas:

  • Buildings and property that are part of the institution’s campus;
  • The institution’s non-campus buildings and property; and
  • Public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

Campus is defined as:

  • 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; and
  • Any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area identified in paragraph (i) 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 vendor).
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