Facilities and Access

Main Gate Access

The Main Gate to the California Maritime Academy is closed at 6PM and opens a 0500 hours during the week. Security officers, augmented by the Student Gate Watch, control and limit access to the campus by monitoring access at the gate. The campus is secured during weekends and when the campus is secured, the gate is closed 24 hours a day. These hours are modified in the event of public activities on campus. All students, faculty and staff are issued a Cal Maritime “Port Pass” I.D. - card upon enrollment or employment at the Academy. Students, faculty and staff may access the gate by using theie Port Pass in the  "swipe card reader" which is located at the Main Gate, when the main gate is not staffed. Campus visiting hours end at 11 PM each day. Students will arrange with Public Safety for after hour’s visitors to access the campus.   Guests may then access the campus via a “call box” located adjacent to the Gate House. The call box system directly connects to the Community Service Specialist’s cell phone.

Access to Academic and Administrative Buildings

The campus uses the "BEST Lock System" to secure all office and administrative buildings. Access to the Computer Lab/ Classroom and the Information Management Office, located in the Classroom Building, is controlled with a Port pass “swipe” card system.

Academic and administrative buildings generally are secured no later than 10:00 pm Monday through Friday(except during special events or extended classes). It is closed on wekends and holidays. The Student Centertion of the student center, which is secured at midnight. Anyone working late or on weekends may contact the on duty Community Support Specialist (CSS). Access to these buildings after normal operating hours is restricted to persons presenting written authorization from the appropriate department head, or through prior arrangements with the appropriate administrator and the Public Safety Department. Holiday access scheduling is treated as weekend access.

Residence Halls

Trained Resident Assistant (RA) staff live in the campus residence halls. In the Upper Residence Hall, a three-story brick facility, there is one RA for each wing for a total of 5 RA’s. In the Lower Residence Hall there are 5 RA’s (3 assigned to complex A, 1 assigned to complex B and 2 assigned to complex C).

Access Policies for Residence Halls

Cal Maritime offers two traditional residence halls and the Training Ship Gold en Bear, which provide on-campus housing for over 400 students. Access to student dorms is limited to residents, escorted guests and staff.The campus uses the "BEST Lock Syste") to secure all office and administrative buildings and Upper And Lower Residence Halls. Also access to the Upper Residence Hall, entry is monitored on a 12-hour basis (after normal working hours) via a “card key” system on the front door, west and east doors.. Community Service Specialists secure The Upper Residence Hall at 10 p.m. seven days a week. Students are reminded and encouraged to close doors that are propped open. Students should contact Public Safety if they see suspicious persons in the hall Students must make locking their room door a habit. Entry to the Lower Residence Hall is controlled by keyed access to individual rooms. There are no staffed desks at any residence hall entrances However, Residential Asistants(RA's) are on duty during weeknights and weekends. RA's and Public Safety Oficers make joint tours of the dorm facilities nightly.
• Crime prevention tips and notices are posted in the residence halls reminding students of security and loss prevention procedures.
• Community Service Officers and Resident Assistants frequently patrol the residence halls throughout the night.

Maintenance of Campus Facilities

Facilities and landscaping are maintained in a manner that minimizes hazardous conditions. The officers survey the campus and identify areas that require trimming of shrubs in areas that present personal safety deficiencies and to prevent or limit the opportunity for crime. The street lighting system campus wide has been drastically upgraded installing additional lights in A, G and the E/F Parking Lots.

Community Support Specialists regularly conduct lighting surveys and report lighting deficiencies and other unsafe physical conditions to Facilities Management.

Blue Light  Emergency Phones

We have installed "Blue Light Emergency Phones" on CMA for your safety. The Blue Light phones are direct dial phones that are used to call Public Safety in an emergency situation. There is no need to dial a number. You just have to push the large red button on the phone and it will connect with the On Duty Officer. If the oficer doesnot answer, the phone directly goes to the Vallejo Police Department 911 Dispatcher.

Blue Light Phones are located in the following locations:

G parking Lot

North East Corner of of the Continuing Education Bldg

Bodnar Field House(east Side)

Sports Court

Auto Hobby Shop (west Side)

Dining Hall(east Side)

Naval Science and Leadership  North east Corner)

Student Center (north side entrance)

Courtesy Phones

We have installed “Courtesy Phones" at the front door/south entrance of the Upper Residence Hall. Their is also a "Courtesy Phone in each housing section of the Lower Residence Hall, You will also find a "courtyesy phone on the north side of the campus Adminidtration Building. each phone is capable of placing a call to any number on the campus. Community Support Specialists regularly test the   phones submit requests for repair as necessary.

Reporting Unsafe Conditions

All members of the campus community are encouraged to report unsafe conditions to Facilities Management or Public Safety.