Officers patrol the campus by foot, bicycle, and automobile 24 hours a day. Dispatchers monitor video screens connected to over 200 cameras placed throughout campus. All residence hall entrances are monitored by University Police staff via closed circuit television, and all residence halls are connected to a central monitoring fire alarm system. Dispatchers have direct radio access to University Police officers and phone access to local fire and police departments. The University campus is equipped with numerous emergency telephones. A blue light above each outdoor emergency phone makes it easily identifiable at night. The phones on campus are widely available and automatically dials the University Police dispatch when the handset is removed from the cradle or a button is pushed.

University Police maintains direct communications with the appropriate local police, fire, and emergency medical response agencies in order to facilitate their responses in an emergency.

Potential criminal actions and other emergencies also can be reported to University Police by dialing 6878 from any campus telephone.

The Kentucky State University campus is well lighted, especially in parking lots and along main pathways and all exterior lights, including blue lights at emergency phone locations are checked by University officers biweekly. A report of light outages is forwarded to the Facilities Department for their prompt attention. As an added safety service, officers are available 24 hours a day to escort students and employees by car or on foot to their residence halls.

Students, faculty, and staff have access to academic, recreational, and administrative facilities. All academic buildings are closed by 11 p.m. In order for students to enter after this time, they must have the permission of the Chief of Police and the Academic Dean. The public may attend cultural and recreational events, but visitors are limited to facilities in which those events are held.

Kentucky State University’s well-trained residence life staff includes the associate director of residence life and housing, the assistant director of residence life, four area coordinators, and student resident advisors. Most live in the residence halls and representatives of the staff are on call 24 hours a day. Access to residence halls is limited by swipe card access to students and their guests and each swipe of