SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY
CAMPUS PHYSICAL SECURITY PROGRAM
The University Safety Emergency Communications Center is at the hub of the UConn Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Service activity. The center is a 911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the campus region. The communications center also serves as a life safety system and intrusion alarm monitoring central station. The communications center can passively monitor live camera feeds from exterior and interior locations on campus at all the UConn campuses across the state of Connecticut. Code Blue emergency call stations and elevator emergency call buttons are all routed to the University Safety Emergency Communications Center.
In 2015, the Division of University Safety formed a Security Working Group. Since then, the Security Working Group, which has representations from various departments on campus developed a university-wide physical security policy. In addition, the unit has worked with a security consultant to develop security design standards for physical security considerations. The Security Working Group continues to work with university stakeholders to consolidate disparate security components into a cohesive physical security system. The purpose of the physical security program is to protect people, property and institutional assets against malicious activity. This is accomplished by layering physical security components into a system that deters, detects, delays and reports malicious activity.
The Technical Security Unit is a discipline within University Safety that works in partnership with the Police Department and other university offices like Facilities, Locksmith, Landscaping, Planning & Architectural Engineering Services to reduce the opportunity to commit crimes and increase the likelihood of apprehension should a crime be committed. The unit participates in security assessments to identify security needs within existing locations, participates in the planning, design, construction and occupancy phases of renovation and new construction projects.
More information about the UConn University Safety Answering Point and the University Security Camera Policy can be found online at:
If you would like to request a security assessment for your space or building, or want to request physical security devices (card access, cameras, etc), please go to the physical security intake form linked here:
Request Form For Security Assessment and/or Security Devices