Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act

Student Right-to-Know & Campus Security Act (P.L. 101-542)

The Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act requires higher education institutions
receiving federal financial assistance to disclose their graduation rates and other consumer
statistics of institutional effectiveness. The Act also requires that prospective and current students
receive the following information to help them make informed decisions about the safety
educational benefits, including but not limited to: retention, transfer, and graduation rates,
campus safety, voter registration, net price calculator, Title IX, and Drug Free Schools Act.
https://rockvalleycollege.edu/about/consumer-information/student-right-to-know

Automated License Plate Recognition System

Proactive enforcement measures aimed at protecting students, faculty, staff, and visitors are a
constant challenge for the Rock Valley College Police Department (RVCPD). Identifying persons of
interest, stolen vehicles, and wanted criminals are among those challenges. RVCPD is now utilizing
new technology to assist in locating vehicles/persons of interest, developing investigative leads,
and solving crimes.

Rock Valley College has implemented an Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system at
its Main Campus entrance/exit drives.

This system contains integrated processors which rapidly process license plate images using
optical character recognition which is cross-referenced to national, state, and local license
plate databases.

If the license plate or registered owner(s) matches the databases’ “hot list”, notification is made
to the RVCPD for evaluation and potential action. ALPR systems are being utilized by local
communities such as; Rockford, Loves Park, and Machesney Park, with which we will be working
closely to utilize this technology to reduce crime in our region.