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STUDENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW AND CAMPUS SECURITY

ACT PUBLIC LAW 101-542 AS AMENDED BY THE

HIGHER EDUCATION TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS OF

2000, PUBLIC LAW 105-18

Los Angeles ORT College

6435 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90048

14519 West Sylvan Street, Van Nuys, California 91411

December 2017

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Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act Disclosure

Notice of Required Disclosures

Each year Los Angeles ORT distributes the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Report to prospective students, current students, and employees upon request. Paper copies of the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act may be obtained from the Admissions Office.

Following is a list of the required disclosures, summary descriptions, designated individual available to give assistance, and information on how to obtain a detailed copy of each disclosure.

Information Description Where it Can be Found

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

FERPA, passed by Congress in 1974, gives students the right to access their educational records; consent to release a record to a third party; challenge information in their records, be notified of their privacy rights.

The Registrar's Office

Institutional Information

This disclosure provides general information related to the ORT College, including, but not limited to: cost of attendance, procedures to officially withdraw from school, refund policies, academic programs, instructional personnel, accrediting agencies, special services for

disabled students, and availability of employees responsible for the dissemination of this information.

The Admissions Office

Graduate Employment Rates

/ Performance Fact Sheet

This disclosure provides information on the employment and completion rate of all schedule graduates based

upon the most recent calendar year.

Admissions and Job Placement

Department

Completion/Graduat

ion Rates

This disclosure provides information on the completion or

graduation rate of a cohort of certificate students who graduated or completed their program within 150% of

the normal time for graduation or completion.

Admissions Office

and Job Placement department

Crime Awareness & Campus Security Act

This disclosure provides comprehensive statistics on campus safety and crime during the three most recent calendar years, policies and procedures for reporting crimes, policies concerning the security of and access to campus facilities, concerning campus law enforcement, and campus safety and crime prevention programs.

Admissions office

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Policy and Prevention Plan

This policy describes the process necessary for legal compliance of federal, state and local statutes as well as outlines the school’s expectations and philosophy towards alcohol, drugs and controlled substances.

Personnel office

Financial Assistance This disclosure provides information on all available federal, state, local, private and institutional financial need-based and non-need-based assistance programs,

application procedures, award criteria and disbursement,

satisfactory progress standards and return of Title IV funds.

Financial Aid Office

Student

Responsibilities Statement

This document provides a code of ethics that students

are expected to follow, while on campus or in attendance at a school function.

Admissions

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CRIME AWARENESS AND CAMPUS SECURITY ACT

Current School Policy, Procedure and Reporting of Criminal Actions or

Emergencies

1. All students and employees are required to report any crime or emergency to their teachers

or supervisors promptly.

2. If the student or employee wishes to report a crime on a voluntary or confidential basis,

the teacher or supervisor (i.e., Security Guard, Admissions, Master Teachers, Campus

Coordinator, Receptionist and Director) will be prepared to record and report the crime,

but not the name of the informant. The student or employee may, in order to maintain

confidentiality, submit the information in writing to his/her teacher or supervisor without

signature.

3. If the student wishes not to maintain confidentiality, the student will contact his/her

teacher who in turn will contact the nearest supervisor to report criminal actions or

emergencies to the appropriate agency by calling 911. Employees shall contact their

immediate or nearest ranking supervisor to report any criminal action or emergency to the

appropriate agency by calling 911. If possible, in the interim, the security guard(s) and

supervisor(s) shall attempt to non-violently deal with the crime or emergency with the

appropriate office on campus. Individual discretion must be used, as undue risk should

not be taken.

4. Security guards have no powers of arrest other than the Citizen’s Arrest Law, and are

required in the event of a crime or emergency to call the correct agency or dial 911 for the

police and emergency services. The Citizen’s Arrest Law will be invoked only as a last

resort, and after all other possibilities have been explored.

5. Each report shall be fully documented in writing by the ranking supervisor present or the

appropriate agency present. This information shall be transferred onto a Los Angeles

Accident, Injury and Illness Report. (See Exhibit A)

6. If any criminal action is taken by a student or employee, appropriate steps shall be taken

immediately in response to such actions (see above point #3).

7. Sexual assaults (criminal offenses) on campus will be reported immediately to the teacher

or supervisor, who will report it to 911 emergency police units. The person who was

victimized will be encouraged to seek counseling at a rape crisis center and to maintain all

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physical evidence until such time as that person can be properly transported to a hospital

or rape crisis center for proper treatment.

8. If a student or employee wishes to report a crime to authorities, the supervisors and

teachers at the school will aid that person in contacting the necessary authorities.

9. Any hate crime will be reported by category of prejudice to school security and the local

police. Hate crimes deal with the intentional selection of that person because of his/her

perceived race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

Current Policies Concerning Security and Access to School Facilities

1. All persons entering the building shall carry school identification cards if students or

employees of the school, or a State issued ID card if a visitor to the school. All visitors

will be asked to sign in at the entrance door or by receptionist area and state the purpose of

their visit.

2. Security guards carry no weapons.

3. Security guards are posted at the main entrance during school hours 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

4. The security guards regularly patrol the school parking lot as well as the school hallways.

5. When the school closes for the night, the security guard will inspect each area of the

school to see that it is empty and then set the alarm and lock down the school.

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Description of Policies, Rules and Programs Designed to Inform Students and

Employees about the Prevention of Crimes on Campus

1. Do not leave personal property in classrooms.

2. Report to your teacher, supervisor or the security guard any suspicious persons.

3. Always try to walk in groups outside the school premises.

4. If you are waiting for a ride, wait within sight of the security guard.

5. Employees will close and lock all doors, windows and blinds and turn off lights when

leaving a room at the end of the day or evening.

6. The Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act is available upon request to students,

employees, and prospective students.

7. The school has no formal program, other than orientation, that disseminates this

information. All information is available on request.

8. Information regarding any crimes committed on the campus or leased/attached properties

(parking lot) will be available and posted at the security office within two business days

after the reporting of the crime and be available for sixty business days during normal

business hours, unless the disclosure is prohibited by law, would jeopardize the

confidentiality of a victim, or an ongoing criminal investigation, the safety of an

individual, cause a suspect to flee or evade detection; or the result in the destruction of

evidence. Once the reason for the lack of disclosure is no longer in force, the institution

must disclose the information. If there is a request for information that is older than sixty

days, that information must be made available within two business days of the request.

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Los Angeles ORT College

Main Campus, CRIME STATISTICS REPORT

2016-2015-2014 On Campus

On Campus 2016 2015 2014 Arrests /on

campus

2016 2015 2014

Murder/Non-negligent

manslaughter 0

0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Rape 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Statutory rape 0 0 0 Weapons

Possessions 0

0 0

Aggravated Assaults 0 0 0

Burglary 0

0 0 Disciplinary

Actions/on

campus

2016 2015 2014

Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Negligent Manslaughter 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Arson 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Robbery 0 0 0 VAWA Offenses 2016 2015 2014

Incent 0 0 0 Domestic violence 0 0 0

Fondling 0 0 0 Dating violence 0 0 0

Hate Crimes 0 0 0 Staking 0 0 0

Public Property Adjacent to School (one mile radius)

Public Property

Surrounding ORT

2016 2015 2014 Arrests/Public

property

2016 2015 2014

Murder/Non-Negligent

Manslaughter 0

0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Rape 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Statutory rape 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Robbery 0

0 0 Disciplinary

Actions/Public

Property

2016 2015 2014

Burglary 0 0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Manslaughter 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Arson 0 0 0 Domestic violence 0 0 0

Aggravated Assaults 0 0 0 Dating violence 0 0 0

Hate Crimes 0 0 0 Staking 0 0 0

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Los Angeles ORT College

Van Nuys Campus

CRIME STATISTICS REPORT

2016-2015-2014 On Campus

On Campus 2016 2015 2014 Arrests /on

campus

2016 2015 2014

Murder/Non-negligent

manslaughter 0

0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Rape 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Statutory rape 0 0 0 Weapons

Possessions 0

0 0

Aggravated Assaults 0

0 0 Disciplinary

Actions/on

campus

2016 2015 2014

Burglary 0 0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Negligent Manslaughter 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Arson 0 0 0 VAWA Offenses 2016 2015 2014

Fondling 0 0 0 Domestic violence 0 0 0

Robbery 0 0 0 Dating violence 0 0 0

Hate Crimes 0 0 0 Staking 0 0 0

Public Property Adjacent to School (one mile radius)

Public Property

Surrounding ORT

2016 2015 2014 Arrests/Public

property

2016 2015 2014

Murder/Non-Negligent

Manslaughter 0

0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Rape 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Statutory rape 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Robbery 0

0 0 Disciplinary

Actions/Public

Property

2016 2015 2014

Burglary 0 0 0 Liquor Law

Violations 0

0 0

Motor Vehicle Theft 0 0 0 Drug Related

Violations 0

0 0

Negligent Manslaughter 0 0 0 Weapons

Violations 0

0 0

Arson 0 0 0 Domestic violence 0 0 0

Aggravated Assaults 0 0 0 Dating violence 0 0 0

Hate Crimes 0 0 0 Staking 0 0 0

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ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS A Policy and Resource Guide for Students and Employees at

Los Angeles ORT College

The College is concerned about your health and safety. Abuse of alcohol and controlled

substances can seriously impair your health and your ability to work and study. It may cause you

to endanger the safety and well-being of others. The College promotes an environment that

rejects substance abuse as an acceptable lifestyle, informs you about resources for preventing or

treating substance abuse, and helps you make healthy decisions about alcohol and other drugs.

Prevention of substance abuse is sought in several ways—by promoting accurate information on

drug-use issues, by promoting healthy use of leisure time through recreational and other

activities, by enhancing skills for dealing with stress, and by establishing a healthy environment.

This flyer was prepared in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-

Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989. It describes the health risks and legal

sanctions associated with alcohol and other drugs. It outlines the College’s standard of conduct

and disciplinary actions taken against students or employees who violate that standard. It also

suggests resources for educational information, counseling, or treatment.

HOW DOES DRUG USE AFFECT HEALTH?

Adverse health effects can range from nausea and anxiety to coma and death. There are risks

associated with the chronic use of all psychoactive drugs, including alcohol. A pregnant woman

who uses alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs exposes herself and her fetus to serious risks, such as

the risk of miscarriage, low birth weight, or brain damage. Substance abuse may involve not only

controlled substances and illegal drugs but also alcohol and other substances that pose a health

risk. Described below are some of the health effects of alcohol and other drugs (AOD). Please

note that, when drugs are used in combination, their negative effects on the mind and body are

often multiplied beyond the effects of the same drugs taken singly and can be deadly.

ALCOHOL: Alcohol is the drug most frequently abused on college campuses and in our society.

Even small amounts of alcohol can impair the judgment and coordination required to drive a car,

increasing your chances of having an accident. Alcohol may be an interacting factor in the

incidence of aggressive acts, including vandalism and assault. Consuming moderate to large

amounts of alcohol impairs your ability to learn and remember information. Because alcohol is a

depressant, very large amounts can cause respiratory and cardiac failure, resulting in death.

CANNABIS: Marijuana and hashish impair the user’s short-term memory and comprehension.

They can cause confusion, anxiety, lung damage, and abnormalities of the hormonal and

reproductive system. Hours after the feeling of getting high fades, the effects of cannabis on

coordination and judgment may remain, heightening the risks involved in driving or performing

other complex tasks. Cannabis, a fat soluble substance, may remain in the body system for weeks.

An overdose or long-term use may bring about paranoia, panic attacks, or psychiatric problems.

CLUB/DESIGNER DRUGS: The terms “club drugs” and “designer Drugs ”refer to a wide

variety of drugs including MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB, rohypnol (roofies), ketamine (special K),

methamphetamine (meth), and LSD (acid). No club/designer drug is safe due to variations in

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purity, potency, and concentration. Research indicates that these drugs can cause serious health

problems or even death. They can have even more serious consequences when mixed with

alcohol. Club/designer drugs are also occasionally used or administered in connection with sexual

assault.

DEPRESSANTS: Barbiturates, benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium), Quaaludes, and other

depressants cause disorientation, slurred speech, and other behaviors associated with

drunkenness. The effects of an overdose of depressants range from shallow breathing, clammy

skin, dilated pupils, and weak and rapid pulse to coma and death.

HALLUCINOGENS: Hallucinogens such as LSD, MDA, PCP (angel dust), mescaline, peyote,

and psilocybin (shrooms) can cause powerful distortions in perception and thinking. Intense and

often unpredictable emotional reactions can trigger panic attacks or psychotic reaction. An

overdose of hallucinogens can cause heart failure, lung failure, coma, and death.

NARCOTICS/OPIATES: Heroin, codeine, morphine, methadone, and opium are

narcotics/opiates. There is a high likelihood of developing a physical and psychological

dependence on these drugs. Health effects include anxiety, mood swings, nausea, confusion,

constipation, and respiratory depression. Overdose may lead to convulsions, coma, and death.

The risk of being infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, or other diseases significantly

increases if you inject drugs and share needles.

STIMULANTS: Cocaine/crack, amphetamines, and other stimulants can cause agitation, loss of

appetite, irregular heartbeat, chronic sleeplessness, and hallucinations. All non-prescribed

stimulants are extremely dangerous and psychologically and physically addictive. An overdose

can result in seizures and death.

TOBACCO: Nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, increases your heart rate and raises your

blood pressure. The tar in cigarette smoke is a major cause of cancer and other respiratory

problems. The carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke can promote arteriosclerosis. Long-term

effects of smoking cigarettes may include emphysema, chronic bronchitis, heart disease, and lung

cancer.

WHAT ARE THE COLLEGE’S POLICIES REGARDING DRUG USE BY STUDENTS

AND EMPLOYEES?

The Los Angeles ORT is committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol–free environment for its

students and employees in compliance with applicable federal and state laws. Students or

employees who violate federal or state laws concerning drugs or alcohol are subject to criminal

prosecution; those who violate university policies may also be subject to institutional sanctions.

The unlawful or unauthorized possession, use, distribution, dispensation, sale, or manufacture of

controlled substances or alcohol is prohibited on school property or as part of any school activity.

Employees or students who violate this policy may be disciplined in accordance with school

policies, rules, and regulations, up to and including dismissal and referral for prosecution.

I’M A STUDENT. WHAT HAPPENS IF I VIOLATE THE COLLEGE’S DRUG POLICY?

Students who illegally possess, use, distribute, sell, or manufacture drugs are subject to

disciplinary action and may be dismissed from the College. Students who are substance abusers

or who are affected by the substance abuse of others should refer to the list of resources in this

flyer for assistance.

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AND FEDERAL LAWS?

Under the revised federal sentencing guidelines, federal courts can sentence simple-possession

first offenders to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. Penalties for subsequent convictions are

significantly greater [21 U.S.C. 844(a)]. A sentence of life imprisonment can result from a

conviction for possession of a controlled substance that results in death or bodily injury.

Possession of more than five grams of cocaine can trigger an intent-to-distribute penalty of 10 to

16 years in prison [U.S.S.G.S.2D2.1(b)(1)].

Drug Cases

California cases involving drugs give rise to many issues, and many possible defenses and results.

Charges involving drugs range from being under the influence of a substance or possession for

personal use of a substance, to possession for purposes of sale or narcotics trafficking. In a

California drug possession case, the most damning evidence (and thus the most important for the

prosecution) is typically the drugs themselves, and any associated paraphernalia—scales, baggies,

pay/owe slips, journals, and books and magazines relating to cultivation and distribution of

products.

California Drug possession charges also invite asset forfeiture proceedings. Forfeiture is the

taking by the government, without compensating the owner, of property that was illegally used or

obtained. Where assets are acquired through a pattern of criminal profiteering activity or

proceeds, the government will seize them for their own use or sale. Sometimes assets are seized

and forfeited without any proceedings; in other California cases, real property or personal

property worth more than $25,000 which are subject to forfeiture require judicial forfeiture

proceedings. Where personal property is seized that is worth $25,000 or less, it only requires that

notice be given that the property may be forfeited. If no claim is filed for the return of the

property, the property may be forfeited without judicial proceedings.

California Drunk in Public and Public Inebriation Laws

You’ve probably always thought that as long as you don’t get behind the wheel of a car when

you’ve been drinking, you’re okay. After all, you’re not going to get a DUI / DWI while walking,

right? Surprising to many, it’s possible for pedestrians to face a criminal charge in California,

known as "drunk in public".

Just being under the influence of alcohol isn’t enough to prompt police to arrest you on this

charge – a California drunk in public charge means that police believed you were intoxicated

enough to pose a danger to yourself or others.

According to California Penal Code Section 647(f), it is illegal to be in any public place under the

influence of alcohol or drugs in such a condition that you are unable to exercise care for your own

safety or the safety of others, or to interfere with, obstruct or prevent the free use of any street,

sidewalk, or other public way.

In some cases, police may opt to place an individual arrested for drunk in public in civil

protective custody for up to 72 hours. This allows the individual to be evaluated and will be a bar

to further prosecution. Although a California drunk in public charge isn’t as serious as a DUI /

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DWI allegation, it’s still a criminal offense that carries repercussions as well as the threat of a

criminal record.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES Los Angeles agencies that provide services to help students and employees cope with problems related to substance abuse.

Public Safety and Medical Emergencies

UPC, (213) 740-4321

HSC, (323) 442-1000

Security Information

UPC, (213) 740-6000

HSC, (323) 442-1200

Police, Fire, Ambulance

911

Highway Patrol

911

USC Emergency Information Line

(213) 740-9233

emergency.usc.edu

LAC+USC Medical Center

Emergency Room

1983 Marengo

Walk-in Clinic

2051 Marengo

Operator

(323) 226-2622

Alcoholics Anonymous, Los Angeles Central

Office

(323) 936-4343 or (800) 923-8722 (24-hours)

www.lacoaa.org

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

(213) 640-3881

(800) 399-4529

www.lafla.org

Mental Health Clinic

LAC+USC Medical Center Psychiatric Clinic

(323) 226-5752

Peace Over Violence

(24-hour rape and battery hotlines)

(213) 626-3393

(310) 392-8381

(626) 793-3385

(877) 633-0044 (24-hour stalking hotline)

www.peaceoverviolence.org

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network

(800) 656-HOPE

www.rainn.org

Rape Treatment Center – Santa Monica, UCLA

Medical Center

(310) 319-4000

www.911rape.com

Suicide Prevention Center

(877) 7-CRISIS (24-hour)

www.suicidepreventioncenter.org

USC Center for Women and Men

(213) 740-4900

emergencies, (213) 321-3982 (24-hour)

www.usc.edu/cwm

Violence Intervention Program

(323) 226-3961

www.violenceinterventionprogram.org/

Los Angeles Emergency Management

Department (213) 978-2222

www.emergency.lacity.org

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Los Angeles County Disaster Hotline

(800) 980-4990

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Incident Report (Exhibit A)

Person making the report:

Time and date of incident:

Name of affected student:

Brief description of the incident:

Area where incident occurred:

Describe conditions that contributed to the incident:

Witnesses:

Were the police/paramedics called?

Name(s)/ badge number of police officer(s) present:

Was a police report made?

Any further comments:

Signature:

Date: