Necessity, Function, and Conformity

The Michael Minger Act, KRS 164.948 to 164.9489, requires public postsecondary education institutions and those private postsecondary education institutions licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to report campus crimes to employees, students and the public and to report annually to the Council on Postsecondary Education, KRS 164.948(1) (a) requires the council to approve a form for the daily security log maintained by each institution. KRS 164.9487(2) requires the council to specify uniform reporting formats for each institution’s annual report to the council, in compliance with KRS 164.9485, KRS 164.9483(1) and (2), and 227.220(3)(b), authorize the State Fire Marshal to enter in or upon the property of a postsecondary education institution licensed by the council. This administrative regulation addresses the responsibilities of private, independent postsecondary education institutions licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education.

Requirements of Michael Minger Act
1. “Campus police, security officers, and any official at a postsecondary educational institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including student discipline, student housing, student judicial affairs, and student life administration. Professional mental health, pastoral, and other licensed counselor when functioning in that capacity are not considered campus safety authorities”.

(a) Above stated persons are responsible to report criminal activity or any threat thereof to Campus Safety & Security. This will then be reported to appropriate government officials as well as posting this information throughout the seminary within 24 hours of the first report.

2. Campus Safety & Security will maintain a Campus Crime Log. This will include information obtained from any person pertaining to criminal activity or the threat thereof. This will include but not limited to: date and time, person reporting, location of suspected crime, action taken and disposition.

(a) The campus dispatch log, maintained in the Office of Campus Safety & Security, is available upon request, within 24 hours of the first report of any criminal activity.

(b) If the information received is of a serious nature and involves the security or safety of any student, faculty, staff or employee, this information will be posted by electronic means via this website, and sufficient written copies placed in appropriate buildings.

(c) All written reports of a criminal nature are available upon request within 24 hrs of the first report. Information (basic) concerning each report is required to be posted electronically on this website within 24 hrs of the first report.

(d) All criminal activity is compiled in statistical form. This information is given to the Counsel of Postsecondary Education annually. This same information is also reported to the United States Department of Education in reference to “Clery Act”.

3. Reporting responsibilities of Campus Safety & Security in reference to the Michael Minger Act includes:

(a) All properties owned, managed, leased, or under the control of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

(b) Public property within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area to the institution (sidewalk, street, other thoroughfare or parking facility) and adjacent to a facility owned or controlled by the institution. These crime statistics are those reported to/by the Louisville Police Department, the law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction of that area.

4. State Fire Marshal and the threat of fire.

(a) Campus Safety & Security will report to the State Fire Marshal a threat of a fire, a fire alarm (excluding tests or fire drills).

(b) An actual fire shall be immediately reported to the State Fire Marshal and local fire department. An officer from our department will remain at the scene of an actual fire (regardless of the size or seriousness) until relieved by a member of the State Fire Marshal’s office.

5. Copies of the entire Michael Minger Act are open for review in the Office of Campus Safety & Security, or go to http://www.cpe.state.ky.us/policies/policies_campus_security_private.asp

6. Penalties:

(a) A person who has reason to believe that any person has violated, or knowingly induced another person, directly or indirectly to violate KRS 164.9483 may register a complaint with the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

(b) A person who has reason to believe that any person has violated KRS 164.9481 or 164.9483 may register a complaint with the county attorney in the county where the institution is located.

(c) Person(s) who violate provisions within this statute is subject to monetary fines and/or incarceration.