2026 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 18 caller and/or the report from the officer/first responder who arrives on the scene and assesses the situation. Once first responders confirm that there is, in fact, an emergency or dangerous situation that poses an immediate threat to the health or safety of some or all members of the campus community, the director of the Emergency Management Team (EMT) (the Chief of Police) will be notified. The EMT will immediately determine if the event meets the necessary criteria to issue an Emergency Notification. If it does, an Emergency Notification will be immediately dispatched. For threats that necessitate immediate life-saving actions, such as an active shooter, first responders or the on-duty KUPD officer-in-charge (OIC) has the authority to authorize the distribution of an Emergency Notification. Administrators, supervisors, and officers of the Department of Public Safety/KUPD have received training in the Incident Command System and responding to critical incidents on campus. When a serious incident occurs that causes an immediate threat to the campus, the first responders to the scene are usually Department of Public Safety and Police Services officers. Officers responding to reported emergencies will evaluate and determine what is occurring. They will begin to formulate a response to the situation and make determinations as to who needs to be notified, what additional resources they need, and what actions they must take to minimize, correct, or address the emergency. Officers will base their actions on what they observe, the information provided to them by persons involved, witnesses, or reports received. Their primary response shall be based on the preservation of life and the protection of property. If the EMT or KUPD OIC determines that an institutional emergency notification is warranted, the University, will, without delay, and considering the safety of the community, determine the content of the notification and initiate the KU Alert notification system, unless issuing a notification will, in the professional judgment of Responsible University Authorities, compromise efforts to assist a victim or to contain, respond to or otherwise mitigate the emergency. Depending on the nature of the incident, other local, state, or federal response agencies could also be involved in the response and management of the incident. For weather-related crises, confirmation is made based upon information provided by the National Weather Service. Once the crisis is confirmed, the University will, without delay, and considering the safety of the community, determine the content of the notification and initiate the KU Alert notification system. Responsible University Authorities A Responsible University Authority (RUA) is defined as a Kutztown University employee who has the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to evaluate whether or not a particular event requires an emergency notification and to determine if such a notification would compromise the efforts to contain the emergency. This individual may also determine if a message should be sent to benefit the campus community's health, safety, and well-being in situations that do not pose a significant emergency or danger. Kutztown University Police and/or other RUAs may become aware of a critical incident or other emergency situation that potentially affects the campus community's health and/or safety. Typically, RUAs become aware of these situations when they are reported to the KUPD. At Kutztown University, the following employees are Responsible University Authorities (RUAs): • University President • KUPD Chief of Police (Emergency Management Team Director) • KUPD Deputy Chief of Police (Co-Chair of EMT) • KUPD Officer-In-Charge (OIC) • Deputy Director of the Emergency Management Team • Director of Health Services • Director of Facilities • Environmental Health and Safety Manager
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