Living and Learning 128|Page www.kutztown.edu/thekey Public Safety & Police Services The Department of Public Safety and Police Services is responsible for promoting and maintaining a campus that feels safe and secure for all students, staff, faculty and visitors who are further served by the department through the protection of life and property, traffic and parking enforcement. Unique informational and training programs such as CPR and First Aid, Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) System, Emergency Preparedness Awareness, and Crime Prevention are offered to the KU community in support of the high quality of campus life. As MPOETC (Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission) certified officers, the Police Department acts as any other law enforcement agency in the Commonwealth to prevent and respond to crime within the KU community. The department teams with local, state and federal agencies as needed to ensure a high degree of safety for all who are affiliated with KU. The department also provides services such as educational programs, property engravers for identification of personal items, a jump box service for dead car batteries, after-hours replacement of lost or stolen KU ID cards, and on-campus safety escorts which are provided 24 hours a day. (Safety escorts can be requested by calling 610-6834002 or by picking up any blue light emergency phone located across campus.) The department is located in I-wing of Old Main and is accessible through the entrance of the building on the Old Main Circle. The non-emergency phone number is 610-683-4002 and the emergency number is 610-683-4001. For more information, please visit www.kutztown.edu/publicsafety or send an email to publicsafety@kutztown.edu. Opening and Closing of School All students may have vehicles on campus at the beginning and end of each semester as specified by Public Safety. Though the vehicle need not be registered, it must be legally parked. Students must park in white lined areas only. Please check with Public Safety and Police Services to learn the valid dates for this “open parking.” Safe Driving The maximum speed limit on campus is (15) miles per hour, unless otherwise posted. Safe driving practices must be adhered to at all times. Violators will be fined and/or possibly lose their parking privilege. Skateboards, Scooters, Hoverboards, Roller Skates, and Roller Blades Policy (STU–024) To minimize the risk of personal injury and property damage upon the campus of Kutztown University: • Due to concerns regarding fire safety and operator safety, the use, possession or storage of hoverboards and similar devices is not permitted anywhere on the Kutztown University campus. • The use of skateboards, scooters, hoverboards, roller skates, or roller blades and similar devices – hereafter riding devices - is prohibited within all buildings upon the campus of Kutztown University. • Riding devices, of any type, shall not be ridden upon any stairway, wall, bench, fountain, or other structure or facility or on or over landscaping, shrubbery, grass or flower beds. Operators may not do tricks or stunts. Such devices are limited to use as transportation. • Riding devices may only be used upon pedestrian pathways. Riding such devices on roadways or in parking lots is strictly prohibited at all times – because the University has determined that such uses would present unacceptable risks of injury to riders and other users, and unacceptable impeding of motor vehicle traffic in such
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