2023 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 19 Kutztown University daily publication emailed to all employees, and Bear Essentials, a weekly newsletter sent to all students. Security of and Access to Campus Facilities Kutztown University is a public educational institution. The administrative and academic buildings are typically open during normal business hours (8:00am to 4:30pm during the academic year; 8:00am-4:00pm during the summer months). Administrative and academic buildings are typically locked between 11:00pm and 7:00am, unless there is a need to keep them open for extended hours. Some academic buildings are open into the evening hours for night classes and activities. Closing hours vary from semester to semester. Other facilities, such as the Student Recreation Center (11:00pm), Keystone Hall Pool (10:30pm) McFarland Student Union (12:00am), Multicultural Center (10:00pm), and the Rohrbach Library (12:00am) extend their hours for students during the academic year. Academic and administrative buildings do not have a KUPD officer assigned to them. However, Kutztown University security officers conduct routine security rounds of campus facilities every day. Additionally, the university does have a limited number of security cameras in outdoor locations across campus and within some campus facilities, including residence halls, academic buildings, and other campus structures. The information is not monitored in real time but is typically recorded and reviewed when incidents, issues, or crimes are reported. The athletic and library facilities, the cultural enrichment programs and various other activities such as movies and concerts are typically open to the general public. There are, however, various areas of the campus that are not accessible to individuals and have postings, in a manner as prescribed by law, to serve notice to persons not to intrude or trespass, under penalty of law. These areas include, but are not limited to, hazardous and/or utility areas, sports facilities or stadiums, residence halls and academic buildings that are closed after normal operating hours. In certain buildings on campus, individuals can request exclusive access to the facility outside of the posted hours. Access to some of these buildings is controlled by a card access system which utilizes a KU campus identification card to gain access when the building is locked. KU community members who are permitted access to a building after posted operating hours must swipe their KU card to gain access to the facility. Authorized university officials may request that individuals are provided access to a locked building/room during hours the building/room is typically closed. While access to some spaces is controlled via the card access system and requests for access are approved electronically, others must be sent in writing to publicsafety@kutztown.edu by authorized departmental staff. Public Safety maintains the lists of persons identified and authorized to have exclusive access to facilities that are not on the card access system. To gain admittance to a building that is closed, these individuals must present proper photo identification to the Communications Center staff to sign out a key to access the facility or to the responding KUPD officer or security guard who will allow them admittance to the area. Unauthorized persons are not permitted in the buildings during hours when the buildings are otherwise closed. SECURITY AND ACCESS TO RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES At KU, all residence halls operate under a computerized Access Control and Security Monitoring System. Identification cards (KU card) are coded so that only students who reside in a particular hall and authorized staff are permitted electronic access entry to that hall; the system denies entry to all unauthorized persons. Residents gain entry by swiping their KU Card in the card access readers at the main entrance. The front desks are staffed 24 hours daily during the academic year when the University is open and classes are in session. The desks are closed when the University is closed for Thanksgiving, Winter Break and Spring Break. Desk operations cease for the summer months on the last day of final exams in the spring semester and resume on the first day of the new academic year. Students may have guests visit them in their residence. If a student has an approved guest, that person may gain access to the residence hall only in the presence of the student resident and may navigate the building only when escorted by their host. Both groups are required to use the main entrance when entering or exiting a building and are the only
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