Missing Student Notification

Missing Student Notification

IU’s policy is to thoroughly investigate all reports of missing persons it receives, and to ensure that all missing person notifications to law enforcement and others are made promptly and in accordance with applicable state and federal law. However, IU has specific obligations with respect to students residing in on-campus student housing.  

If a student who resides in on-campus housing is believed to be missing, students or other individuals should immediately report this to the Indiana University Police Department (IUPD); however, university employees are required to immediately report this to IUPD. A report should be made by contacting the appropriate campus IUPD office by phone or by filing a report in-person.  

IUPD will obtain a report and initiate an investigation, regardless of who makes the report. If IUPD determines that a student has been missing for 24 hours or more, IUPD will notify local law enforcement and inform the student’s designated contact person(s) no more than 24 hours after the student is determined to be missing. If circumstances warrant, IUPD may determine that a student is missing and initiate these procedures before the student has been missing for the full 24-hour time frame.  

Any student residing in on-campus housing may identify both an emergency contact and a contact who will be notified should the student be determined missing by IUPD, and this information should be updated regularly. If the missing student is under the age of 18 and is not emancipated, IUPD will notify the student’s parent or legal guardian, in addition to the student’s designated contact.  

IU Bloomington students

should visit the Residential and Programs Services website at http://go.iu.edu/5eR.

IU Bloomington students who are living in houses rented from IU Real Estate

should call 812-855-3054 or email rlestate@iu.edu to request a Missing Student Contact Information form.

IU Fort Wayne students

please refer to the Purdue University Fort Wayne Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. Also contained under Appendix D.

IU Indianapolis students

should visit https://studentaffairs. indianapolis.iu.edu/ housing/index.html, log into Housing Service Center, and click “Manage My Contacts.”

IU South Bend students

should contact the Office of Housing and Residence Life by calling 574-520-5805, emailing living@iusb.edu, or in person at the River Crossing Community Center.

IU Southeast students

should contact Residence Life by calling 812-941-2115, or in person at the Meadow Lodge in Room 103. Or visit the Residence Life website at https://southeast.iu.edu/housing/ contact-us.html.

Information about the missing person will be entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) within two hours of being received by police. This information will also be sent to any police department near the location where the missing student was last seen (the local law enforcement agency) and to any law enforcement agency requested by the reporting party, provided IUPD considers the request to be reasonable.