As part of an overall security enhancement strategy, UCSF is implementing electronic-controlled access for perimeter doors on the Parnassus campus.
The change to electronic control of perimeter doors of Parnassus buildings will only be in effect after regular business hours.
UCSF affiliates with occasional need for after-hours access to Parnassus facilities may continue to enter the buildings on the south side from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., weekends and holidays without an electronic access card. They must first sign in with the security guard located in the UCSF Medical Center lobby and show their valid UCSF identification.
"Over the last several years, UCSF has been challenged to strengthen the safety and security of the campus community, while also preserving the tradition of an open and accessible learning and research environment," says UCSF Police Chief Pamela Roskowski.
UCSF first installed perimeter access control at UCSF Medical Center, a project completed last year. Over the last several months a dual access system - traditional perimeter door keys and electronic access cards - has been in operation on the Parnassus campus.
But effective July 1, existing perimeter door keys will no longer open perimeter doors of most Parnassus buildings and door keys will no longer be issued for their perimeter doors. This project does not involve interior doors.
| The
newly secured buildings at Parnassus are:
• Medical Center - (Including vertical isolation from Medical
Sciences)
• Ambulatory Care Center
• Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
• Medical Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Clinical Sciences
• School of Nursing
• UC Hall
• Millberry Union |
The electronic access control system has many benefits that will assist with improved safety and loss reduction, including automatic locking and unlocking of perimeter doors, an auditable record of building entries by door location and individual, intrusion alarms reported to UCSF Police, improved key management and reduced need and cost to re-key doors due to lost keys, Roskowski says.
With the addition of perimeter control on the Parnassus campus, UCSF now has electronic access control in place at Mission Bay, Mission Center, Laurel Heights, Kalmanovitz Library and the School of Dentistry. Additionally, some campus departments are installing electronic access control as the preferred security option for their individual department's interior space, according to Chief Roskowski.
Obtaining Access
The move to institute an electronic access control plan for the Parnassus campus was identified as a priority by the Chancellor's Steering Committee on Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Cyber-Security Terrorism as part of an overall effort to upgrade campus security and emergency preparedness and to reduce risks posed by unauthorized or inappropriate entry to UCSF facilities.
Last September, the campus launched an awareness campaign to remind faculty, staff, students and medical center volunteers to wear their University identification badges while on campus. All UCSF affiliates must display valid UCSF identification while on UCSF-owned, operated and/or occupied facilities. Additional information regarding obtaining UCSF identification and access authorization is available
here. Since the new access control system was launched in 2003, 15,715 new access cards have been issued, bringing the total of electronic access cards currently in use at UCSF to 22,284.
Campus community members whose job requires
regular and ongoing access to their Parnassus work site during hours of closure (9 p.m. to 6 a.m. weeknights and at all hours weekend and holidays) and persons with after-hours
emergency responsibilities were identified by their departments and pre-authorized for electronic card access.
During the course of the past year, those people have been notified through their departmental control points regarding the process to obtain electronic key access and most all have completed the process in preparation for the July 1 full activation of the electronic access system.
Source: Lisa Cisneros
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