Purpose:

The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines regarding the use of Closed-Circuit Television Policy (CCTV) on all campuses of Northeastern State University. CCTV is used to enhance security, safety to the campus community by integrating the best practices of "virtual policing" with state-of-the-art technology. 

Policy Statement:

Northeastern State University is using CCTV to monitor select public areas in order to deter crime and to assist Campus Police in providing for the security and safety of individuals and property of the University community. Any diversion of security technologies for other purposes would undermine the acceptability of these resources for critical safety goals and is, therefore, prohibited.

Legitimate safety and security purposes for CCTV monitoring include, but are not limited to:

• Protection of individuals, property and buildings
• Confirmation of alarms
• Patrol of public areas
• Investigation of criminal activity

Staff involved in video monitoring will be appropriately trained and supervised in the responsible use of this technology.

Information obtained through video monitoring will be used exclusively for safety, security, and law enforcement purposes. Recorded images will be stored in a secure location with access by authorized staff only.

Video monitoring of public areas for security purposes at the University is limited to uses which do not violate the reasonable expectation of privacy.

Responsibilities:

Campus Police and Computing & Telecommunications oversee and coordinate the use of CCTV on the campus. The Director of Computing & Telecommunications and the Chief of Police authorize all CCTV monitoring for safety and security purposes on the campus.

Computing & Telecommunications employees are responsible for the daily operation of the cameras and digital video recording. No staff other than Campus Police officers or Computing & Telecommunications Department employees, trained in the use of the CCTV system, will operate cameras at any time.