Annual Security Report

The Clery Act

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act) is a federal consumer protection law enforced by the Clery Compliance Team within the U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid division. The law was shaped by the advocacy of Howard and Connie Clery after their daughter, Jeanne Clery, a first-year student at Lehigh University, was raped and murdered in her residence hall in April 1986.

The Clery Act establishes requirements for institutions of higher education to report crime, provide prevention education, and disclose campus safety policies and procedures. Orange Technical College is committed to these requirements through this Annual Security Report and its ongoing safety, reporting, notification, and prevention activities.

The best education in the world is useless if a student doesn't survive with a healthy mind and body.

Connie and Howard Clery

Requirements

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act requires colleges and universities to:

• Collect, classify, and count crime reports and statistics for on-campus property, public property, and non-campus facilities for the previous three calendar years, and maintain a Daily Crime Log;
• Issue emergency notifications and timely warnings to the campus community;
• Provide information about campus safety policies and practices, education and prevention programs, hazing, disciplinary actions, and rights and options for victims; and
• Publish an Annual Security Report by October 1 and submit required crime statistics to the U.S. Department of Education.

The Administrator of Clery Compliance prepares the ASR in collaboration with OCPS District Police, OCPS Safety and Emergency Management, OCPS Legal Services, OTC Senior Leadership, and the Marketing & Communication Team.

This report covers policies, procedures, services, and crime statistics for property owned or controlled by OTC and used for institutional and educational purposes, as well as public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus. The crime-statistics period in this report is 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Notification of Availability

By October 1 each year, OTC faculty, staff, and students receive an official campus phone and email notification regarding the ASR's content and availability, including a direct link to the publication. Notices of availability are also displayed through OCPS and OTC web channels.

Printed copies are available at OTC locations and the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center, 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando, FL 32801.

Message from the Chief of Police

Dear Students and Parents:

On behalf of the OCPS District Police, I want to thank you for taking the time to review the Orange Technical College Annual Security Report. Through the publishing of this report, students and parents can become acquainted with crimes that have occurred on or near our campuses. Students must feel safe for learning to occur. We hope that becoming familiar with this report will bring you that peace of mind.

Respectfully,

Bryan D. Holmes
Chief - District Police
OCPS District Police

Who We Are

OCPS District Police is dedicated to the safety and security of students, faculty, and staff. The department works closely with local law enforcement agencies, which serve as the primary responders for emergencies, calls for service, and criminal investigations on OTC campuses. OCPS District Police provides supplemental coverage and has authority to make arrests on property owned by the School Board of Orange County.

OCPS District Police includes sworn law enforcement personnel, a K-9 detection unit, district security officers, intelligence analysts, enterprise security systems staff, communications specialists, security screeners, school safety and security administrators, Clery Act compliance staff, and office management staff. Services include:

• Law enforcement services as needed;
• Uniformed security officers who conduct ID checks at select OTC locations;
• Support during emergency response protocols;
• Police Communications services for incidents and emergency notifications, 24/7/365;
• K-9 detection screenings as needed; and
• Clery Act administrative services.

Reporting of Criminal Behavior or an Emergency

Campus Security Authorities (CSA)

All OTC community members are encouraged to report crimes and emergencies. The Clery Act recognizes certain college officials and offices as Campus Security Authorities. Under 34 CFR 668.46, CSAs include officials who have significant responsibility for student and campus activities, campus police or security personnel, individuals responsible for campus security, and individuals or organizations identified by the institution as locations where students and employees may report criminal offenses.

At OTC, this also includes contract security personnel, personnel providing access control or security at campus facilities and special events, and representatives responsible for school-sponsored short-stay-away trips. Reported non-campus incidents are monitored for Clery statistical reporting without identifying information.

For non-emergency law-enforcement assistance, community members may contact a designated CSA, OCPS District Police at 407-317-3333, or an administrator at any OTC campus. Anonymous tips may be submitted through FortifyFL.

Victims of interpersonal violence and sex offenses may report to law enforcement or contact a victim advocate. The ASR lists the Victim Service Center crisis hotline at 407-497-6701.

What to Expect When Calling Dispatch

A public-safety dispatcher may ask structured questions while another dispatcher sends appropriate assistance. Be prepared to share information such as:

• A brief description of what occurred;
• The exact location, including building and room or area;
• A detailed description of the events;
• How long ago the incident occurred;
• Whether a weapon was involved and what it looked like;
• Where and when the suspect was last seen and direction of travel;
• Whether the suspect was on foot or in a vehicle;
• A description of each suspect; and
• Vehicle color, make, model, license plate, and direction of travel, when applicable.

Voluntary Confidential Reporting

A person who is the victim of a crime and does not wish to pursue criminal charges may consider confidential reporting options. On-campus dual-enrolled students may report crimes and other serious incidents to a Mental Health Counselor or SAFE Coordinator. Adult students may seek assistance from off-campus victim advocates, local law enforcement, or the resources listed by OTC. Employees may report crimes to local law enforcement and may report anonymously to Professional Standards; the ASR lists 407-317-3976.

Pastoral counselors, mental health counselors, and professional counselors are not considered CSAs when acting within the scope of their professional role. OCPS/OTC does not employ pastoral counselors.

Title IX Coordinators

District and school-based Title IX Coordinators are available under School Board Policy JB - Equal Educational Opportunities. Rather than duplicate the campus-by-campus contact table here, the current directory is maintained on the Safety Contacts page.

Campus Security

Campus Security Services

Local law enforcement agencies provide support to college campuses Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The OCPS District Security team monitors the Main Campus and Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The AGE and Apprenticeship Apopka and Eatonville locations do not have law enforcement available during those hours.

During regular business hours, most on-campus and administrative facilities are open to students, employees, and visitors. Certain Main Campus and RBELC parking areas are restricted to students, faculty, and staff with school-issued identification.

Security Systems and Resources

Trained District Police personnel monitor computerized-access systems that include security cameras and alarm systems. Video surveillance is part of the district's electronic and physical security strategy and can support a coordinated response with local law enforcement. The district also allocates metal wand detectors to college campuses for use by trained administrators when needed.

The Enterprise Visitor Management System provides a standardized way to register visitors and volunteers and manage access to OCPS schools and facilities. Visitors are required to show government-issued photo identification, which is checked through the districtwide visitor management process.

OTC campuses maintain secured perimeters, and an annual campus tour is completed by an OTC administrator and law enforcement officer to identify and address security-related maintenance concerns.

Identification, Access and Parking

OTC requires students, employees, and visitors to display photo identification for security purposes. Student and employee badges must be visibly displayed while on campus and replaced if lost, stolen, or damaged. Visitors conducting business on campus must display a temporary badge.

Parking requirements vary by role and location. Employees use OCPS/OTC parking permits; students use designated student parking and campus parking decals; and visitors use designated visitor spaces.

Emergency Notification

OCPS maintains a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan that identifies responsibilities, emergency-response procedures, and evacuation procedures. These practices are coordinated with the Standard Response Protocol used by the district.

OTC Alerts

An emergency notification for an OTC location is triggered by a significant emergency or dangerous situation occurring on or near a campus that presents an immediate threat to the health or safety of the campus community. OTC recognizes these emergency notifications as OTC Alerts.

OTC Alerts are distributed through ParentSquare and may use the ParentSquare mobile application, phone, email, and other available communication channels. Notifications may be targeted based on campus affiliation and the location or population affected by the incident.

OCPS District Police or a designee confirms that a legitimate emergency or dangerous situation exists, determines the content of the notification, and initiates the notification without delay unless issuing it would compromise efforts to assist a victim or contain, respond to, or mitigate the emergency.

Examples may include Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, or Shelter responses; severe weather; gas leaks; outbreaks; armed intruders; bomb threats; civil unrest; explosions; or hazardous-material incidents. Follow-up and "all clear" messages may be sent through the same systems.

Timely Warning

A Timely Warning, identified by OTC as a Campus Safety Notice, may be issued for Clery Act-reportable crimes that occur within Clery geography and are considered a serious or continuing threat to the campus community. Reports are assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Administrator of Clery Act Compliance and OTC administrators.

Campus Safety Notices are intended to provide enough information to support safety and self-protection. When appropriate, a notice may include the type of incident, general time and location information, safety recommendations, reporting information, and partner law-enforcement contacts without identifying a victim.

District Safety

Test of the ParentSquare Mass Notification System

The Clery Act requires OTC to conduct at least one test of its emergency notification system each year. A coordinated test may use phone, email, text messaging, and campus public-address systems. These tests are unannounced and are used to evaluate emergency-notification procedures and system performance.

Emergency and evacuation procedures are reviewed annually. Faculty and staff receive training and participate in exercises, while students and employees are encouraged to become familiar with the Standard Response Protocol, participate in drills, maintain personal preparedness plans, and keep campus contact information current.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act

The ASR describes safety reforms enacted in Florida following the February 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Although many provisions apply to K-12 schools, OTC follows relevant district practices in support of its high-school dual-enrollment population. The report highlights threat-management teams, the Office of Safe Schools, FortifyFL, mental-health services and training, school safety officers, school safety assessments, and active-assailant and threat-management requirements.

Emergency Practices

Drills and Training

OCPS/OTC works with local, state, and federal partners to support all-hazards readiness. Schools conduct required safety drills, including fire, active-assailant, and severe-weather drills. Apopka and Eatonville follow a modified schedule described in the report.

OTC faculty and staff participate in annual training and facilitated discussions covering the Standard Response Protocol, general emergency procedures, and active-assailant response. School Emergency Response Teams receive specialized training and conduct tabletop exercises where applicable. Site-specific Safe School Plans are reviewed annually.

OCPS Safety and Emergency Management coordinates all-hazards emergency-management programs, business continuity and disaster recovery, site-specific planning, and training. The ASR also identifies Occupational Safety and Health functions that support workplace safety and regulatory compliance.

Annual Disclosure of Crime Statistics

The Annual Security Report includes the previous three calendar years of Clery crime statistics, arrests and disciplinary referrals, Violence Against Women Act offenses, and applicable hate-crime information for required Clery geography.

Statistics are compiled from reports to Campus Security Authorities, OCPS District Police, local law enforcement agencies, and other agencies with jurisdiction over relevant non-campus locations. OCPS District Police reviews data from outside agencies and works to prevent duplicate reporting.

The report identifies the following local law-enforcement relationships for the statistical period: Ocoee Police Department for West Campus; Orange County Sheriff's Office for Apopka, Avalon, and South; Orlando Police Department for Main Campus; and Winter Park Police Department for the former East Campus location at 901 W Webster Ave., Winter Park.

All crime reports are evaluated for possible hate-crime classification. Crimes determined by sworn law enforcement to be unfounded are excluded from statistics when the report is determined to be baseless and no offense occurred or was attempted.

Orange Technical College does not provide student housing and therefore is exempt from publishing an Annual Fire Safety Report and from maintaining a missing-student notification policy.

Clery Crime Definitions

The ASR uses Clery Act definitions when classifying and reporting offenses. Reportable categories include:

• Murder and non-negligent manslaughter;
• Manslaughter by negligence;
• Sex offenses, including rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape;
• Robbery;
• Aggravated assault;
• Burglary;
• Motor vehicle theft;
• Arson;
• Liquor-law violations;
• Drug-law violations; and
• Weapons-law violations.

Hate Crimes

Clery hate-crime reporting includes certain offenses when the victim was intentionally selected because of actual or perceived race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, or disability. Additional hate-crime categories include larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, and destruction/damage/vandalism of property.

VAWA Offenses

The report also defines dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking for Violence Against Women Act reporting. Stalking includes a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress.

LGBTQ Safe Place

Through the Orlando Police Department Safe Place Initiative, the Main Campus is identified as a location where members of the LGBTQ community can seek support and report anti-LGBTQ crimes. Police will be called when someone seeks help as a victim of crime at a Safe Place location.

Clery Geography

Clery geography determines where institutions must collect and disclose crime statistics. It includes on-campus buildings and property, certain non-campus buildings or property, and public property immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.

Daily Crime Log

The Daily Crime Log documents criminal and alleged criminal offenses within OTC's Clery geography that are reported to or identified by OCPS District Police or a Campus Security Authority. Non-criminal traffic violations are not recorded. The log is updated within two business days after a report is received, subject to applicable exceptions.

Requests for entries older than 60 days are fulfilled within two business days. Archived records are maintained by OCPS District Police at 445 W. Amelia St., Orlando, FL 32801.

Geography Definitions

• On-campus property: buildings or property owned or controlled by OTC within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used in direct support of or in a manner related to educational purposes.
• Non-campus property: certain buildings or property owned or controlled by an officially recognized student organization or directly supporting the institution's educational purposes but not within the core campus geography. OTC also treats qualifying short-stay-away educational trips as non-campus locations for Clery purposes.
• Public property: public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from campus.

The ASR lists Eatonville Police Department, Ocoee Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Office, and Orlando Police Department as local law-enforcement partners serving OTC locations. OCPS District Police provides secondary response and communications support.

Orange Technical College Crime Statistics

The following tables reproduce the campus statistics published in the 2025 Annual Security Report. Each year is divided into OC, NC, and PP geography.

Avalon Campus

East Campus

The source report states that this table details the former East Campus. The new East Campus at 11550 Lokanotosa Trail, Orlando, FL 32817 opened in August 2024; the report notes that crime statistics for the former and new East locations will appear in the next Annual Security Report.

Main Campus

South Campus

West Campus

The 2024 crime statistics encompass incidents from both the former West Campus at 955 E Story Rd., Winter Garden, FL 34761 and the current Ocoee location.

Crime Awareness and Security Prevention

Awareness and Prevention

OTC provides ongoing safety and prevention information through orientation, campus communication, digital safety resources, awareness campaigns, and training. Topics include emergency response, personal safety, alcohol and other drugs, interpersonal violence, bystander awareness, and reporting options.

Campus Safety resources are revisited throughout the academic year. The report also identifies FortifyFL as an anonymous suspicious-activity reporting option and describes safety education for employees, Campus Security Authorities, and other campus community members.

Safety Practices

The report includes practical safety reminders related to situational awareness, rideshare safety, personal property, vehicles, and online activity. Community members are encouraged to be alert, secure belongings and vehicles, use well-lit routes, report suspicious activity, and follow campus security and emergency instructions.

Disciplinary Response Code

The Orange Technical College Disciplinary Response Code applies to postsecondary students and works alongside OCPS policies, the Code of Student Conduct, and other student rules. Student disciplinary offenses and responses are divided into four levels, with progressively more serious offenses and consequences.

School administrators investigate student misconduct within OCPS jurisdiction. Some offenses require consultation with or reporting to law enforcement when the behavior may violate state or federal law. Dual-enrolled students may also be subject to requirements and consequences through their home school.

Drug-Free Schools and Community Act

OTC is committed to maintaining a drug-free educational environment. Student conduct requirements and employee workplace requirements prohibit unlawful possession, use, manufacture, distribution, or being under the influence of controlled substances or alcohol in circumstances covered by OCPS policies.

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program (DAAPP)

In accordance with the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, OTC maintains a Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program that addresses standards of conduct, applicable legal sanctions, health risks, available prevention and support resources, and disciplinary sanctions for violations.

Alcohol and Other Drugs Training

OTC provides the online Did You Know? Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Training for students and employees. The training covers drug classifications, alcohol and tobacco, associated substances, awareness, response, and prevention. The report also describes annual employee training related to recognizing substance use in the workplace.

Stop Campus Hazing Act

The Stop Campus Hazing Act amended federal campus-safety requirements to expand hazing reporting, prevention education, institutional policy, and public transparency. The ASR explains that qualifying hazing statistics will be included in future annual security reporting as required.

Hazing Definition

The report describes hazing as intentional, knowing, or reckless conduct connected to initiation into, affiliation with, or maintaining membership in a student organization that causes or creates an unreasonable risk of physical or psychological injury. Examples include physical abuse, sleep deprivation or exposure, forced consumption of food, alcohol, drugs, or other substances, coerced sexual acts, threatening conduct, and requiring illegal conduct.

Florida law and OCPS policy establish additional definitions, reporting procedures, and possible criminal and institutional consequences. A person's apparent willingness to participate does not necessarily prevent an activity from qualifying as hazing.

Reporting, Prevention and Transparency

OTC provides hazing prevention education and reporting options and maintains a Campus Hazing Transparency Report as required. The current web page is the maintenance point for reporting instructions, prevention resources, federal and Florida definitions, and transparency-report updates.

Understanding Title IX

Scope of Title IX

Title IX protects individuals from sex discrimination in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. The ASR explains that OTC evaluates whether allegations meet the applicable definition of sexual harassment, occurred within an OTC education program or activity, and occurred against a person in the United States.

Sexual harassment may include an employee conditioning an educational aid, benefit, or service on participation in unwelcome sexual conduct; unwelcome conduct that is severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive enough to deny equal access; or sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking as defined by applicable federal law.

Reporting Sexual Harassment

Any person may report sexual harassment, whether or not the reporting person is the alleged victim. Reports may be made in person, by mail, telephone, or email to the District Title IX Coordinator or a school-based Title IX Coordinator and may be made outside normal business hours. The ASR strongly encourages prompt reporting.

OCPS employees must report allegations of sexual harassment in writing. When OTC has knowledge of sexual harassment within its education program or activity, the school-based Title IX Coordinator contacts the complainant to discuss supportive measures, considers the complainant's wishes, explains that supportive measures may be available with or without a formal complaint, and explains the formal-complaint process.

Rights and Options

OTC provides on- and off-campus resources to victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and uses procedures intended to provide a prompt response while maintaining confidentiality and fairness consistent with legal requirements.

Rights described in the ASR include confidentiality to the extent permitted by law, safety information through timely warnings without naming a victim, reporting options, recognition of protective orders, requests for academic/work/transportation changes, a fair and impartial investigation and resolution, protection from retaliation, and access to community resources.

Personally identifiable information about a victim is shared only with persons who have a specific need to know for investigation, adjudication, or delivery of resources and support. Public Clery reporting and disclosures do not include identifying information about victims.

Grievance Process

Formal complaints may be filed by a complainant or signed by a school-based Title IX Coordinator. When the applicable Title IX criteria are met, OTC follows the Title IX grievance process. The process includes notice to known parties, an investigation, equal opportunity to inspect and review relevant evidence, an investigative report, a live hearing with cross-examination, and a written determination using the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard.

Parties may have one advisor of their choosing, who may but is not required to be an attorney. If a party does not have an advisor for a hearing, OTC provides an advisor without fee or charge when requested within the timeframe identified in the policy.

The ASR states that parties may appeal a written determination within the applicable deadline and that OTC follows a specified grievance process before imposing disciplinary sanctions.

Sanctions and Remedies

For student cases, possible consequences described in the ASR include disciplinary suspension, expulsion, educational sanctions, no-contact requirements, referral to the criminal or juvenile justice system, and other measures consistent with the Code of Student Conduct and the circumstances of the case. Employee allegations are referred to Professional Standards for investigation and any applicable discipline.

Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA)

Policy Adherence

OTC follows School Board Policy JB - Equal Educational Opportunities and the Code of Student Conduct when addressing complaints involving sexual misconduct. OTC prohibits domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and provides prevention education, reporting information, support resources, and institutional procedures related to these offenses.

Consent and State Law

The ASR references Florida Statute 794.011, which defines consent in the context of sexual battery as intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent that does not include coerced submission. The statute also states that failure by an alleged victim to offer physical resistance does not constitute consent.

The PDF contains an extended excerpt from Florida's sexual-battery statute. For web maintenance, the core definition is presented here rather than reproducing several pages of statutory text.

Written Notification

When dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking is reported, OTC provides written information that explains reporting options, rights, protective measures, support resources, accommodations, and the importance of preserving evidence. The guide also identifies medical, counseling, victim-advocacy, financial-aid, legal, and visa/immigration resources.

VAWA Education and Prevention Programs

OTC provides education related to dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, consent, reporting, resources, and bystander intervention.

SPARC Go

The online Sexual & Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Response Course, also known as SPARC Go, was created by SUNY and is designed to increase awareness of interpersonal violence and ways to reduce risk. The ASR describes three modules:

• Forms of sexual harassment and definitions of dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and consent;
• Title IX, reporting options, national hotlines, and other resources; and
• Safe active-bystander strategies, healthy relationships, institutional policy, disciplinary procedures, rights and options, and on- and off-campus resources.

Available Training for New and Continuing OTC Students

New students receive training information during New Student Orientation. Continuing students, including dual-enrolled students, may also access SPARC Go for prevention and continuing education. Registered participants receive access through institutional email and Canvas and can review the content throughout the school year.

New and Current OTC Employees

OTC employees receive information about SPARC Go during onboarding and may access training through the employee Canvas portal. The training is available throughout the year for continuing education. The report notes that the course is optional and contains sensitive material; trigger warnings and resources are provided in the training.

VAWA Continuing Education Awareness Campaigns

OTC uses annual educational campaigns and materials tied to nationally recognized awareness periods, including Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Stalking Awareness Month, Dating Violence Awareness Month, National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Denim Day.

Victim Services

Support and Advocacy

OTC provides information and referrals for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and other crimes. Victim advocates can provide crisis counseling, safety planning, information about rights and the legal process, referrals, accompaniment, and assistance connecting with law enforcement or other services when requested.

The Victim Service Center of Central Florida is identified in the ASR as a local resource for crisis support and sexual-assault services. The report emphasizes that a person may seek support whether or not they choose to make a law-enforcement report.

Preserving Evidence

Preserving evidence can be important for a criminal investigation and for protective or disciplinary processes. A medical forensic examination is not required in order to make a police report or report an incident to OTC.

Healing and Recovery

Trauma can produce physical, psychological, and emotional effects that change over time. The ASR notes possible effects such as pain or injury, nausea, headaches, panic attacks, sleep disruption, appetite changes, difficulty concentrating, flashbacks, guilt, grief, anger, social withdrawal, and hypervigilance. Support from trained counselors, therapists, victim advocates, trusted friends, or family members may be helpful.

On-Campus Resources

The PDF contains a multi-column directory of OTC Deans, school-based Title IX Coordinators, the District Title IX Coordinator, counseling and mental-health resources, Professional Standards, employee wellness, student visa and immigration assistance, financial aid, and other services.

To avoid maintaining a duplicate contact table in multiple publications, use the current Safety Contacts page as the canonical web directory.

Off-Campus Community Resources

The PDF contains community resources for alcohol and substance abuse, anonymous reporting, counseling and mental health, health care, legal assistance, hazing prevention, victim advocacy, domestic violence, visa and immigration assistance, and other support needs.

For maintainability, the current Safety Resources page is used as the canonical web directory.