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, 99 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.

All of our security technology reports back to our PennComm Communications Center. In addition to the University of Pennsylvania Police Department, DPS also retains a vast network of security technology and guard services. Allied Barton security officers provide walking and bike patrols, escorts and also maintain a security presence for all residential buildings.