Well marked emergency telephones are located throughout the campus and can be used to report crimes or other types of emergencies. The Division maintains direct telephone contact with the Boston Police and Fire Departments, ensuring prompt assistance and support from these agencies when needed. Most campus buildings and facilities, other than student residence halls, are accessible to members of the campus community, their guests and visitors during normal hours of business, and during designated hours on weekends and holidays, depending on the wide variety of events and activities taking place outside the normal business hours. Exterior doors to student residence halls remain locked 24 hours a day. Proctors monitor access at most residence halls and access is permitted to residents upon presentation of a valid student ID card.
Residence is verified by an electronic access control system.
Guests and visitors to proctored residence halls must present a photo ID to the proctor and be signed in by their host. Most residence halls are equipped with intrusion alarms on exterior doors as well as alarms to detect doors which have been propped open. These alarms are monitored at the Public Safety Division Police Operations Center and University Police are dispatched to investigate each alarm. The University provides housing for some students through agreements with realty management firms for spaces in buildings not managed by Northeastern University. These facilities follow security codes in accordance with the City of Boston regulations.