Colorado State University is committed to providing a safe living environment for all residents. Personal security in and around campus residence halls has been approached proactively, and personal security in a student’s residential living space has the highest priority. Residents should feel safe and secure in their rooms. To travel from outside a residence hall to a residential room, residents have to successfully pass through a series of access control points. This prox card/key access allows residents to enter their hall, floor, and common living spaces. No guests are permitted beyond public areas. For emergencies on campus call 911. Housing & Dining Services has taken many steps to improve the safety of its residents:

• Student doors have heavy duty, high security locksets on solid core doors.
• Door viewers on student doors.
• All residence hall access areas have 24-hour locks with prox card/key access only.
• Fire sprinkler systems in each residence hall.
• Smoke and fire detection systems in all halls.
• Crash bars on all exit doors.
• Security devices on first-floor windows.
• Emergency power systems and locked window screws in Durward and Westfall Halls.
• Community bathrooms equipped with security locksets.
• All exterior doors in the residence hall system are monitored for proper closure and alarmed to alert staff when not secured
• All external fire tower doors are designated “Emergency Exit Only” and will activate an alarm if opened.
• Travel between any public areas, via a stairwell, corridor, or other passages, to the residential living areas have access controls.
• Front desk coverage is 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
• The CSU Police Department (970-491-6245 or 911) is on duty 24/7. 

The success of our hall security system depends on everyone who resides in our communities thinking “safety first.”