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Crime costs EMU at least $1 million.(NEWSWATCH)(Eastern Michigan University violated the Cleary Act)
A student lost her life, a school lost three key administrators and the campus lost its innocence after a fellow student allegedly committed rape and murder, and the school steadfastly refused to admit it, exposing the campus to additional risk for months.
Eastern Michigan University violated the Cleary Act in at least seven categories by routinely inaccurately classifying campus crimes, neglecting daily log updates and lacking necessary policies, according to the preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Education. Each violation could result in a fine of $27,500.
The agency began its investigation after the death of EMU student Laura Dickinson last December. In the school's most serious violation of the Cleary Act, EMU acknowledged Dickinson had been raped and killed in her dorm room only after another student on campus was arrested for it, 10 weeks after her death.
For months EMU administrators insisted that foul play was not suspected in the December death of Laura Dickinson, even though authorities were investigating suspects. President John Fallon II maintained that he was unaware of the crime coverup and acted to the best of his ability.
As a result of the tragedy, the school fired Fallon, VP of student affairs James Vick and campus police chief ...
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