PSU ignored the federal Clery Act for SIXTEEN YEARS. [View all]

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Sixteen years after the Clery Act went into effect — and even as a child sexual predator roamed its main campus — Penn State was still twiddling its thumbs.
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Jeanne Clery was a 19-year-old freshman at Lehigh University in Bethlehem when she was raped and murdered in 1986. Her murder — at the hands of another Lehigh student who entered her dormitory through a propped-open door — highlighted the underreporting of crime on college campuses.

Among other provisions, the law enacted in her name requires universities to collect crime statistics and provide public warnings of Clery crimes, a category that includes sexual assaults.
It also requires campus security authorities — a group that includes the director of athletics and team coaches — to report crimes to the university police department.

In the 17 years after the law’s passage by Congress, the lone staffer at Penn State tasked with Clery Act compliance was not provided with formal training, nor was he aware of many of the university’s obligations.
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In 2009, Penn State failed to conduct background checks on 234 of the 735 coaches paid to work at summer sports camps before the camps began.
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http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/is_penn_state_lacking_in_its_c.html#cmpid=v2modk_be_smoref_twitt

Bastids!
The Feds can really smack them because of this inaction.