the Dean of Students, Health Services, or Environmental Health and Safety. The resident expert shall provide such notification to the Office of University Relations (UR). Once the content of the notice and the appropriate segment or segments of the campus community that may be affected by the campus emergency are determined and provided to University Relations, UR will immediately and without delay send the notification to the community as instructed through the KU Alert emergency notifi cation system. Methods of Dissemination Kutztown University has a KU Alert Emergency Notification system which is activated using a strategy that is based on redundancy, using multiple methods to communicate with students, faculty, and staff, as well as visitors, local residents, parents and the news media. The University’s goal is to provide the campus and the community with a prompt notification of a confirmed situation and to provide instructions for taking action if needed. KU uses the emergency notification system, e2Campus, to provide alerts via KU Alert. KU Alert is an emergency notification service available to students, faculty and staff. For students, it is an opt-out system in which each student’s primary mobile phone number and KU email address are automatically registered. Faculty and staff can opt-in to receive alerts, and all registrants can customize their accounts to register two cell phone numbers to receive emergency text messages. KU Alert can be used to send emergency messages within minutes of the occurrence of an incident. Alerts sent by KU Alert are simulcast to the University community via the University’s email system, Facebook page, Twitter, or at the subscriber’s choice, his/her cellular or land-line telephone. All Kutztown e-mail addresses are automatically in the system and cannot be removed by the user. KU Alert E-mail Messages. Faculty, staff and students will be alerted by broadcast email messages from Kutztown University. Additionally, when registering for e2Campus text messages, users can register two additional email addresses to receive emergency messages. Website Alerts. Emergency messages will be posted on the Kutztown University website. The posting may be a banner across the top of each page affiliated with Kutztown University or an informational update available on the University’s safety alert information page (www.kutztown.edu/current-safety-alerts). Mass Notifi cation System. Notification via a pre-alert signal and voice alerts in select buildings and outdoor locations will be activated in appropriate emergency situations. Other possible means of communication include: a 16 posting on the Kutztown University website, computer monitor alerts, indoor and exterior mass audio (voice) notification systems, social media sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, on bulletin boards outside the Public Safety Communication Center (15 Old Main) and off the main lobby in the McFarland Student Union and personal contact with students and staff using student leaders, such as CAs or other staff members. Kutztown University, through its Chief of Police, communicates with local police authorities and annually requests their cooperation in informing the institution of any incidences that may require the issuance of an Emergency Notification. KU reciprocates with sharing information with Kutztown Borough Police that may provide Borough residents with valuable safety information. Timely Warning Notices When KUPD receives a notification of a reported Clery crime that has taken place on campus, in Kutztown University-owned or controlled property off campus or in its public property and that crime poses a serious or ongoing threat to the campus community, KUPD will issue a Timely Warning Notice (TWN). The TWN will be issued once the Chief of Police, or the ranking KUPD officer in charge during his absence, determines the crime poses a serious and continuing threat and a TWN can enable people to protect themselves and/or their property from a similar crime. All available information, both public and confidential, will be taken into consideration when determining if a serious or continuing threat exists. Those considerations include, but are not limited to, the relationship between victims and perpetrators, whether an arrest has been made that mitigates the threat and the amount of time that has passed between the commission of the crime and Public Safety being notified of the crime. Each case will be evaluated on an individual basis. Timely Warning Notices are distributed for the following Clery Act crimes: criminal homicide (murder, nonnegligent manslaughter, and negligent manslaughter), sexual assault (rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape), robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, arson, and hate crimes. A TWN may also be issued for an arrest or referral for a liquor, drug, or weapons law violation if it poses a serious or ongoing threat to the campus and occurred within Clery geography. The Chief of Police reviews all reports and if he determines there is a serious and ongoing threat to the community, a TWN is issued. If, in the Chief’s professional judgment, issuing a TWN would compromise efforts to address the crime, the notice may be delayed, or information may be limited. Once the potentially compromising situation has
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