Students are encouraged to escort guests while on campus. Maintenance and Security of Campus Grounds and Facilities CSM maintains a strong commitment to campus safety and security. Exterior lighting is an important part of this commitment. Parking areas, pedestrian walkways, and building exteriors are well lighted. Surveys of exterior lighting on campus are conducted on a regular basis and the Plant Facilities Department gives high priority to correcting any exterior lighting deficiencies.
Officers lock the exterior doors on campus buildings following the last class each evening.
Door and window locking problems are reported, as are physical hazards, to the Plant Facilities Department whenever they are discovered, for prompt repair. Shrubbery and trees are trimmed on a regular basis. Campus streets, parking areas, grounds, and buildings are patrolled inside and out around the clock by officers, campus staff, and cooperative education students. Patrols of residence halls include the perimeter as well as interior hallways, laundry facilities and other common areas. Persons requesting afterhours entry into locked campus buildings are required to present identification to the officer before being given entry.