Safety and Security Issues for Housing

Security and Safety

• Smoke and fire alarms in each apartment.
• Intrusion guard on each unit entry door.
• Fire sprinkler systems in Residence Halls and Forest Villas.
• "Blue Light" Alarm system for 911 assistance.
• Well-lighted grounds and parking areas.

Residents are strongly urged to carry your keys at all times and to lock your door when you are not in the room. Residents are encouraged to be active in maintaining a safe and secure community. Residents should report any threats to safety to the RA or Campus Police. These might include, but are not limited to, suspicious persons in the building, damage to doors, windows, screens or locks which may have been tampered with, poor lighting at entrances and exits or malfunctioning phones at main building entrances.

A safe and secure living community for residents is important. Any action on the part of a resident that threatens the safety or security of another resident or his/her property will result in disciplinary action. Potentially dangerous actions include, but are not limited to, providing or allowing entry to nonresidents or unauthorized individuals, propping locked doors, loaning keys, accessing student rooms other than one's own, taking another's property, tampering with locks, and/or removing screens from ground floor windows.