School and Campus Security
From Pre-K to Colleges and Universities

We can assist  any school governing body to develop a more focused security assessment of buildings, facilities, and other areas to determine security gaps.  We recognize the strength of local Security Departments, Campus Public Safety, On and Off Campus Police Agencies, and Emergency Responders and therefore want to work closely with these agencies.  We recognize too, that an outside consultant can make a tremendous difference in focus, prioritization, and follow up.  We are experts in the development of collaborative programs such as these.

In a Nationwide study conducted by the Center for Disease Control (2004) of high school students 17% reported carrying a weapon (e.g., gun, knife, or club) on one or more of the 30 days preceding the survey. (more articles).

The actual or attempted abduction of school children is epidemic.  How are you positioned with your access and visitor control?  What awareness programs do you have in place?  Are you prepared to react?  See the depth of the problem of the abduction of students.

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As a School Administrator you are asking yourself:  What security measures should we be considering to protect our students, staff, and visitors?  How do we implement a campus security and safety program that integrates awareness, detection, interdiction, and response?  When do we lock down?  How do we notify everyone?  When should we notify?  It is an alert or an actual incident?  Are the statistics for documenting crime on campus (The Cleary Act) current?  To review criminal activity for college and university campuses nation-wide visit The Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool Website.   We can assist with all of these critical areas. 

Fact:  There is no nation-wide standard for a security assessment for schools and campuses.

• We employ security assessment standards promulgated by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).
• We understand the budgetary constraints for both the study of a campus and the implementation of action plans.
• We understand the amount of cooperation and coordination needed with first responders to be successful.
• We provide a scalable "best for business" approach which eliminates cookie cutter proposals.

Fact:  School campus security assessments are a critical component of an overall security plan to determine physical security needs for implementation of technology such as CCTV and Visitor control.  While this aspect is important, it should be recognized that the majority of school homicides in the US since 1992 have been committed by students who already were in possession of a firearm inside the school or on the campus.   Physical security vendors should be guided from a vetted needs assessment conducted by a security professional.

 Our core competencies will assist School Administration, Faculty, Staff, School and Campus Police, Security, Local Authorities and first responders:

• Conduct a properly developed security assessment to best define potential gaps in security measures.
• Create an action plan to correctly prioritize security hardware and equipment based on available funding.
• Audit your Emergency Operations Plan to ensure remediation has taken place to close identified gaps in a timely fashion.
• Create school-specific awareness training programs and create a baseline contingency plan that has been properly prioritized by school officials, parents and the broader school community
• Establish a Business Continuity Plan for all campuses.
• Establish practical and tabletop drills for predictable execution.
• Initiate specialized prevention and first-responder training for school resource officers (SROs) and school security personnel.

In addition we have worked with Uplynx Technologies, a custom software developer, to develop an audit platform application that can be used with or without a PDA.  This will help collate your data and provide a better analysis tool and 70% less labor.   Click here to view the software capabilities.

Click to contact us about your needs or requirements for your school security planning.

We have received additional training from the Texas School Safety Center so that we may better serve our clients.

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