By Ari’ Browley
On Monday, Sept. 28, Grand Rapids Community College released its 2026 annual security report to the public. The report, created by the GRCC Police Department, contained information from the current 2026-2027 school year, as well as crime data for the 2023-2025 school years.
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, all colleges and universities are required to release a public annual security report (ASR) to students and staff before Oct. 1 of every year. It must report crime data and outline policies and procedures in place to improve campus safety.
The act was established after Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old college student, was raped and murdered in her dormitory at Lehigh University in 1986. Clery’s parents, Connie and Howard Clery, were behind the act’s beginnings, inspiring enhanced safety and resources for college and university campuses. Visit the Clery Center for more information about the act.
GRCC’s annual security report covered all required topics, from campus crime data to emergency protocols, prevention and awareness programs, security policies, and additional resources.
Crime statistics from the 2023-2025 school years were provided for GRCC’s Main, Lakeshore, and Leslie E. Tassell MTEC campuses.
There were no criminal, hazing, or disciplinary reports from 2023-2025 on GRCC’s Lakeshore Campus or the Leslie E. Tassell MTEC Campus.
The GRCC main campus data differed.
In 2025, there were no reports of manslaughter, hate crimes, incest, arson, rape, fondling, statutory rape, or hazing. However, there were three reports of burglaries occurring on campus, and one off campus. There was also a motor vehicle theft reported on non-campus property, a robbery on public property, and one report of aggravated assault also on public property.
GRCC’s main campus also saw Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) offenses, with five reports of stalking on campus in 2025. One disciplinary offense was reported on GRCC’s main campus in 2025 regarding a liquor law violation.
In an effort to raise awareness about hazing on college campuses, GRCC provided workshops to both students and faculty during August of 2025.
The college also brought the preventive and awareness programs to students, including drug and alcohol safety, stalking awareness, teen dating violence, sexual assault awareness, and Title IX training.
Similar resources, like Title IX training and sexual harassment prevention, were brought to faculty, including coaches and summer camp staff.
GRCC offered many other prevention and awareness programs in 2025, including an active assailant response course, classroom and social media safety, self-defense, fire safety, suicide prevention, health fairs, and campus safety resources.
The report further outlined the college’s procedures and protocols for emergencies, including timely warnings, emergency communications, and safety tips.
“We urge everyone to be aware of their environment and to continually strive to maintain the highest level of safety within our community,” stated information posted above the security report on the GRCC website.
If you attend a different college or university or plan to transfer, you’re encouraged to look at your school’s annual security report to ensure you’re updated on campus safety and prevention efforts.
To access the GRCC annual security report, click here.
