13 2024 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor). ON-CAMPUS RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES An On-Campus Residential Facility is defined as any student housing facility owned or controlled by the institution or located on property owned or controlled by the institution and within the reasonably contiguous geographic area that makes up the campus. Housing for students on campus is a subset of the OnCampus category. NONCAMPUS PROPERTY Noncampus Property is defined as any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution. This also includes any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution. PUBLIC PROPERTY Public Property is defined as all public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. Communicating Security Threats to the KU Community Kutztown University is committed to ensuring the KU campus community receives timely, accurate and useful information in the event of a significant emergency or dangerous situation on campus or in the local area that poses an immediate threat to the health and/or safety of campus community members. At any point during the year, KU students, faculty and staff may receive notification about criminal activity or a dangerous situation on campus. These notifications fall under two categories: Emergency Notifications and Timely Warning Notifications. EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS The University will immediately notify the KU community via an Emergency Notification upon confirmation of an emergency or dangerous situation. This notification will serve to immediately alert the campus community of any type of significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health/safety of students, faculty, staff or visitors. An “immediate threat” includes an imminent or impending threat, such as an approaching tornado or a fire in a campus building. Other emergencies can range from a bomb threat or gas leak to an active shooter situation on campus. The Emergency Notification will provide information that will allow community members to remain as safe and secure as possible. Initiating the Emergency Notification System When a campus emergency and/or crime is reported to KUPD, the dispatcher receiving the call will immediately dispatch a police officer to the scene to assess the situation. Additional emergency services, such as an ambulance or fire response, may also be dispatched based on the information provided by the 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
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