By Logan Jones
Staff Reporter
It is no secret that Northwestern keeps track of all the happenings on campus.
The same goes for all crime and disturbances that go on. The NWOSU Crime and Safety Report for the 2017 school year was just released a few weeks ago, and there are some statistics that are unclear.
According to the report, a total of 89 separate cases led to administrative action, three of which were weapons violations, five for drug related incidents, and 81 for alcohol related incidents.
Administrative action is when no police report is filed, and any form of disciplinary action taken by the university.
Northwestern’s Dean of Student Affairs, Calleb Mosburg said most of the time the action only results in a citation to be payed by the student as well as confiscation of the alcohol or prohibited drugs. However, that is not all of what administrative action entails.“It is unlikely, but if the situation is bad enough, the person who does not abide by school policy and or does something that is illegal, they could potentially be kicked out of the school,” Mosburg said. Based off a numbers standpoint, the amount of administrative action cases has increased.
In the 2016 school year, there was a total of 38 administrative action cases. And that year was higher than 2015, where there were only 26 cases. According to Northwestern’s Chief of Police, Joel Johnson, no stats are omitted from the safety report. It is the duty of the school to relay their collected information to campus police who, in turn, put that information into the safety report.