Windows and doors to your residence hall must be furnished with good locking mechanisms. Room doors must be furnished with deadbolts and peepholes. You should always lock them at what time you are absent. You should not leave your key.
Card access system is far superior to usual metal lock and key systems. Card access empowers immediate lock changes while keys are stolen, lost, or while housing assignments alter. Most hospitals and hotels have modified to card access systems for security reasons. Many higher education institutions have to adopt analogous safety features.
It is recommended always to lock your doors and first and second floor windows by night. You should never cooperate your safety for a roommate asking you to leave your door unlocked.
Dormitories must have a central entrance and exit hall where night access is controlled, and an outside telephone that visitors should use to get access. Dormitory residents must insist that security patrols and residential assistants routinely verify for “propped doors” – night and day.
You should not leave your wallets, identification, checkbooks, cameras, jewelry, and some other valuables in view. It is also necessary for you to program the speed dial memory of your phone with emergency numbers, which include your friends and family.

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