Kristin Smart Campus Security Act

The Kristin Smart Campus Security Act of 1998 is a California state law of that came as a result of the disappearance of Kristin Smart. The law requires all public colleges, and other publicly-funded educational institutions to have their security services have agreements with local police departments about reporting cases involving or possibly involving violence against students, including missing students.

The bill was written and sponsored by Democratic state Senator Mike Thomson, and was approved 61-0 in the California Legislature and signed into law by then-Governor Pete Wilson on August 19, 1998. It took effect on January 1, 1999.

The law was created largely because of the slow response to Kristin Smart's disappearance by the California Polytechnic State University Police Department.

External links

* [http://www.findkristinsmart.org/index.html A website devoted to finding missing student Kristin Smart]
* [http://www.findkristinsmart.org/news2.html 2 Articles about Kristin Smart Campus Security Act at the bottom of the page, scroll down]
* [http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/97-98/bill/sen/sb_1701-1750/sb_1729_bill_19980811_chaptered.html The text of Kristin Smart Campus Security Act 1998 from the California State Legislature Senate website.]
* [http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/EdSearch/Details.asp?ItemID=ED001356P&EdSearchPage=0 Threat Assessment In Schools:] A Guide To Managing Threatening Situations And To Creating Safe School Climates, A Publication of The U.S. Secret Service And The U.S. Department Of Education, May 2002 Version, FREE Publication
* [http://www.edpubs.org/webstore/EdSearch/Details.asp?ItemID=ED002738C&EdSearchPage=0 A Safe School And Threat Assessment Experience:] Scenarios Exploring The Findings Of The Safe School Initiative (CD-Rom) FREE Publication