2024 ANNUAL SECURITY REPORT 18 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 special access to facilities that are not on the card access system. To gain admittance to a closed building, these individuals must present proper photo identification to the Communications Center staff to sign out a key to access the facility or 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 residences. 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 individuals who are permitted in the living areas of the residence halls. All residents and staff are responsible for challenging or reporting individuals who cannot be identified as residents or the guests of residents. Guests are not provided with room keys or door access cards. When KUPD receives a report of an unescorted person in a residence hall, a police officer is dispatched to identify that person. If an exterior door is left ajar, an audible alarm is activated. Building staff will check the door to ensure that it is secure. All exterior doors of residence halls are locked 24 hours per day. Most secondary exits have internal crash bar mechanisms and no outside door handles. These doors allow for a quick emergency exit. The loading zone doors are locked 24 hours a day and are alarmed from 4:00 PM to 6:30 AM Monday-Friday and 24 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday. All first-floor windows are equipped with security screens. During the summer when groups which are not regularly associated with KU are using the University residence halls, exterior doors are locked twenty-four hours a day. Each guest is issued an electronic key that allows them to gain access to their assigned building via the electronic access control system. Residence halls are staffed twenty-four hours a day. KUPD/security officers are responsible for checking and securing doors when necessary and conducting regular checks of the common areas in residence halls. Each room is equipped with a lockable door. Lock changes are ordered when students report a lost key/pin code. The staff supervises a file key and Master Key system that is used to gain entry to the student’s room under special circumstances only. When a door is malfunctioning, Facilities personnel are summoned for immediate repair. All residence halls are equipped with an automatic fire alarm system that is monitored by the KUPD Communications Center. Notification of any safety and security measures that have changed are updated annually and announced via use of University media. “BLUE LIGHT” EMERGENCY PHONES Crimes, suspicious behavior and emergencies can also be reported to KUPD through the use of “blue light” emergency phones located throughout campus in various academic buildings, residence halls and outdoor locations including parking lots and walkways. Blue light emergency phones are mounted to poles or
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