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Residence Hall Security - keeping students safe in the halls and on campus.
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Emergencies: Dial 9-1-1
Non-Emergencies:
Call (413) 545-2121

Residence Hall Security Amenities

Each of the 45 residence halls at UMass Amherst includes the following security amenities:

  • Peepholes (in individual room doors)
  • Security cameras in building lobby
  • UMPD rounds
  • UCard access to exterior doors
  • Audible alarms at exterior doors
  • Remote alarm system
  • HELP phones at main entrance
  • Walking Escort Service available
  • Fire alarm monitoring
  • Smoke detectors
  • Fire extinguisher devices

The following residence halls also have sprinkler systems installed:
  • Baker
  • Brett
  • Brooks
  • Brown
  • Butterfield
  • Cance
  • Cashin
  • Chadbourne
  • Coolidge
  • Dickinson
  • Field
  • Gorman
  • Grayson
  • Greenough
  • John Adams
  • John Quincy Adams
  • Kennedy
  • Knowlton
  • McNamara
  • Moore
  • North A
  • North B
  • North C
  • North D
  • Pierpont
  • Prince
  • Van Meter
  • Washington
  • Webster