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1. Missing Student Contact Person
   1. All students, whether living in On-Campus Student Housing or not, are provided with the opportunity and means to identify a “missing student contact person” to be used in the event the student is reported missing. Missing student contact information will be registered confidentially and will be accessible only to authorized University officials, and may not be disclosed except to law enforcement personnel in furtherance of a missing person investigation.
   2. In accordance with the procedures established within this policy, within 24 hours after a student living in On-Campus Student Housing or living off-campus has been reported missing and the student is not known to have returned to the University or otherwise been located, the VP or his/her designee will notify the individual the student has designated as his/her missing student contact person. If the missing student is under 18 years of age and not an emancipated individual, the VP or his/her designee will also notify the student’s custodial parent(s) or guardian.
   3. Students will be notified annually that they have the option to confidentially designate an individual to be contacted by the University administration no later than 24 hours after the time that it is determined the student is missing. The University provides each student with the means and opportunity to register their confidential missing student contact person’s information. This confidential missing student contact can be any adult person. This option is provided to students even if a student has already registered an individual(s) as a general emergency contact. The student also has the option to identify the same individual for both their general emergency contact and missing student contact.
2. Procedure for Students in On-Campus Student Housing
   1. The University’s Department of Public Safety shall investigate all reports of missing students and will notify and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies, as necessary, to further the investigation.
   2. Any individual who believes a student living in On-Campus Student Housing may be missing should immediately contact the Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety may notify the VP, or his/her designee, upon receipt of a missing student report. When receiving such a report, both the VP (or designee) and Department of Public Safety will attempt to determine whether the student is, in fact, missing. Among other steps that may be taken depending on the circumstances:
      1. VP or his/her designee will attempt to contact the student through all reasonable and available means.
      2. The Department of Public Safety will investigate the validity of the missing person report and manage the information according to its established investigative standards.
      3. The Department of Public Safety may notify appropriate University personnel and seek their aid in the investigation (e.g., Student Life, Residential Learning and University Housing, Counseling and Psychological Services, etc.).
      4. The Department of Public Safety will notify local law enforcement agencies within 24 hours of the determination that the student is missing, unless the local law enforcement agency was the entity that made the determination that the student is missing.
   3. If, within 24 hours of the report, the Department of Public Safety is unable to locate the missing student and the student is not known to have returned to the University or otherwise located, the Department of Public Safety will notify the VP and he/she or his/her designee will take the following action(s):
      1. The VP or his/her designee will promptly notify the individual the student has designated as his/her missing student contact person and document the date and time of the notification. In the event the student has not designated a missing person contact, the University will attempt to notify an alternate person such as a designated emergency contact or a parent, guardian or other family member.
      2. If the missing student is under 18 years of age and not an emancipated individual, the VP or his/her designee will also notify the student’s custodial parent(s) or guardian(s) and document the date and time of the notification.
   4. The Department of Public Safety and the VP or his/her designee will coordinate their efforts to locate the missing student.
   5. When the missing student is located, the VP or his/her designee will contact the student to offer any appropriate support, as well as the missing person contact, emergency contacts and/or parents to confirm the student has been located.
   6. If the initial investigation is unsuccessful in locating the missing student, the Department of Public Safety will continue to investigate according to established police procedures. The VP in consultation with the Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students will decide what further action, if any, should be taken by the Division of Student Life.

3. Procedure for Students Not Living in On-Campus Student Housing

   1. Any individual who believes a student living off-campus may be missing should immediately contact the Department of Public Safety. Reports of students missing from off-campus residences will be referred to the police department having jurisdiction over the student’s local residence, if known, or the student’s permanent residence if a local residence cannot be determined. In addition, the University will cooperate within its legal limitations with any subsequent investigation.

   2. In addition to notifying the police department having jurisdiction, the Department of Public Safety may notify the VP, or his/her designee, upon receipt of a missing student report. When receiving such a report, the VP (or designee) will attempt to contact the student through all reasonable and available means.

   3. If, within 24 hours of the report, the University has been advised by the police department having jurisdiction, that they have been unable to locate the missing student, the Department of Public Safety will notify the VP and he/she or his/her designee will take the following action(s):

      1. The VP or his/her designee will promptly notify the individual the student has designated as his/her missing student contact person and document the date and time of the notification. In the event the student has not designated a missing person contact, the University will attempt to notify an alternate person such as a designated emergency contact or a parent, guardian or other family member.

      2. If the missing student is under 18 years of age and not an emancipated individual, the VP or his/her designee will also notify the student’s custodial parent(s) or guardian(s) and document the date and time of the notification.

   4. When the missing student is located, the VP or his/her designee will contact the student to offer any appropriate support, as well as the missing person contact, emergency contacts and/or parents to confirm the student has been located.

   5. The University will continue to cooperate within its legal limitations with any investigation conducted by the police department having jurisdiction.

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