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BLUE LIGHTS AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERISTY

Santa Clara University’s campus has over 60 emergency blue lights installed. The concentration varies by location. On north campus there are roughly 19 emergency blue lights, on south campus there are about 12 emergency blue lights, on east campus there are roughly 8 emergency blue lights, and on west campus there are about 20 emergency blue lights. Off campus buildings such as the University Villas, Loyola Hall, Bellarmine Hall and Schott Stadium have 8 emergency blue lights all together. Some blue lights can be found as far as a block outside of campus. Why is Santa Clara choosing to maintain these emergency blue lights when so many other campuses are choosing to remove them? Because they are reliable - a cell phone can run out of battery or get lost, but an emergency blue light will always be operational because they can withstand vandals, blackouts and bad weather. With the blue light you can immediately contact a Campus Safety officer, request an escort around campus, report suspicious persons or activity, and report crimes that have recently occurred. It much simpler to use an emergency blue light than need to depend on remembering Campus Safety's phone number.