The Department of Security & Technical Services is responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of a state-of-the-art electronic security infrastructure for the University, which includes over four-hundred and fifty emergency blue light phones connected directly to our PennComm emergency radio dispatching center, 83 pan-tilt-zoom closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, and hundreds of fixed CCTV cameras throughout campus. Electronic access control card readers, burglar and door alarms, sensors, and duress alarms installed in restrooms are the other key features of the security technology program located in Penn-owned buildings throughout campus.

Closed Circuit Television Cameras
The process of designing and maintaining a system of Closed Circuit Television Cameras within the Penn patrol zone for the purposes of crime prevention and crime abatement in 1999 was done through a collaborative process between the Division of Public Safety, the University of Pennsylvania and West Philadelphia community leaders and residents. A seven-person CCTV Monitoring Panel, comprising Penn faculty and staff, was established in 1999 before any cameras were installed in order to ensure compliance with the CCTV policy by the Division of Public Safety. This panel continues (with rotating membership) to coordinate and approve the locations for all installations of CCTV cameras in public spaces on and off campus.

Map of all CCTV camera locations

Listing of CCTV cameras in public locations

CCTV policy

Listing of Outdoor Cellular Blue Light Phones