Today
Security Action Plan
Update #5
April 14, 2005
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff:
This is the fifth in a series of updates on the
implementation of President Brody's security action plan
for the Homewood campus, which is available online at
webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/today/trinh9.cfm.
Faculty and staff who did not receive the earlier updates
may find them online at
webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/today/security.cfm.
 The first phase of a
closed-circuit video monitoring system is nearly complete.
The first 24 "smart" cameras became operational on March
28; the full complement of 32 will be online within a few
weeks. A fuller description of the system and how it works
is at
www.jhu.edu/~news_info/news/univ05/apr05/cctv.html.
The cameras are being
operated from an interim monitoring center at the Office of
Facilities Management on Remington Avenue. Over the summer,
the university will merge the monitoring center and the
Security Department's communications and dispatch office in
larger quarters, also at Facilities Management. This will
allow for even closer collaboration between the camera
operators and Security's officers on campus and in the
streets.
The Buildings and Grounds
Committee of the board of trustees has approved the design
of the gates and guardhouses that will be installed over
the summer at the Alumni Memorial Residences. The aim of
the project is to improve security by ensuring that
everyone who enters the AMRs has properly identified
themselves. Similar ID procedures are also planned for
Wolman and McCoy halls, but the necessary construction
there will occur inside the main doors. At the AMRs, which
have nearly two dozen exterior entrances, an indoor
solution was not practical. You can see architect's
drawings of the AMR project at
webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/today/secure05b.cfm.
Upgrades to the emergency
"blue light" telephones on and around campus are nearly
done. In a few cases, power supplies are being swapped out,
but most of the work that remains is testing, especially
under rainy conditions. There are 32 blue light phones,
five of them now in improved locations. The project took
longer than originally expected; when installers opened up
the units to replace outdated telephone hardware, they
found in a number of cases that old wiring and other
components also had to come out. Next step: replacement of
the 12 emergency phones at the Johns Hopkins @ Eastern
campus.
The university has hired a
lighting consultant to assess frequently used pedestrian
routes on and around the Homewood campus. Implementation of
the consultant's recommendations will begin over the
summer. Meanwhile, the university is continuing to replace
old outdoor light fixtures with fixtures that meet the new
standard adopted as part of the Homewood campus master plan
several years ago. This summer, 40 more fixtures will be
replaced, improving not only the "look" of the campus but
also nighttime illumination.
Sincerely,
Paula Burger
Dean of Undergraduate Education
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