18 2023 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 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 Notification 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 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. TESTING OF KU ALERT: EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM Kutztown University tests its emergency response procedures each year as listed at www.kutztown.edu/aboutku/administrative-offices/ public-safety-and-police-services/emergency-response-and-evacuation-procedures.html. Comprehensive testing of the KU Alert Emergency Notification System is conducted once per semester (defined as Spring, Summer and Fall) to ensure functionality and to acclimate the campus community to its use. The process is initiated by the University’s Emergency Management Director in collaboration with the KUPD, Environmental Health and Safety and Johnson Controls, one of KU’s provider of fire protection and communications systems. The tests include, but are not limited to, the initiation of all critical active delivery methods, select primary delivery methods and select secondary delivery methods as described above. Additionally, residence hall evacuation drills are held twice each semester; drills in academic and general-purpose buildings are conducted once each semester. Drills may be announced or unannounced. This information is collected and recorded along with the date, time and description of each drill. In conjunction with at least one occurrence of comprehensive testing, emergency response and evacuation procedures are publicized to the University community via email, postings on the University’s webpage, in The Daily Brief, a
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