Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) for Public Spaces

The Division of Public Safety is committed to enhancing the quality of life to the campus community by integrating the best practices of public and private policing with state-of-the-art technology. A critical component of a comprehensive security plan using state-of-the-art technology is CCTV.                

As prescribed by the University Policy "Closed Circuit Television Monitoring and Recording of Public Areas for Safety and Security Purposes," Almanac April 13, 1999, the locations of all outside CCTV cameras monitored by Public Safety are to be published semi-annually in Almanac. The locations of these cameras can also be found at the Division of Public Safety website www.publicsafety.upenn.edu.

The following existing cameras meet that criteria:

•  34th & Walnut Street
•  37th & Walnut Street
•  100 Block of S. 37th Street (Sansom Loading Dock)
•  Steve Murray Way & Sansom
•  Steve Murray Way & Chestnut
•  Towne Courtyard/Loading Dock
•  Museum Loading Dock
•  Museum—33rd Street
•  Museum—Main Entrance
•  Museum—Lower Courtyard
•  Museum—Kress Gallery
•  40th & Walnut Street
•  33rd & Chestnut Street
•  36th & Sansom Street
•  38th & Hamilton Walk
•  33rd & Walnut Street
•  4040 Chestnut Street
•  4040 Sansom Street
•  4100 Chestnut Street
•  40th & Locust Street
•  40th & Spruce Street
•  39th & Spruce Street
•  38th & Walnut Street
•  38th & Spruce Street
•  FELS
•  36th & Walnut Street
•  37th & Spruce Street
•  36th & Spruce Street
•  33rd & Smith Walk
•  36th & Locust
•  43rd & Locust Street
•  Bennett Hall (3300 Chancellor)
•  31st & Chestnut Street (Left Bank)
•  31st & Walnut Street
•  Bridge Cinema West (Chancellor Street)
•  Jon M. Huntsman Hall N.E. Corner of Building
(Between GSE loading dock & Hunstman on Walnut)
•  42nd & Walnut Street
•  32nd & South Street
•  40th & Market Street
•  Museum Kress Entrance
•  39th & Walnut
•  34th & Chestnut

Questions in reference to the CCTV system or policy may be addressed to Maureen Rush, Vice President for Public Safety or Domenic Ceccanecchio, Director of Security Services.

  Almanac, Vol. 51, No. 4, September 21, 2004

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