security in the primary and secondary education fields

SECURITY IN THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION FIELDS

Izzo Consulting & Training, LLC

LIFE WAS SIMPLER IN THE DAY


THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN

DISCUSSING SCHOOL SECURITYInternal• In most cases the enemy was from within.• This is true whether you are in an academic or

business environment

External• Sex Offenders/Predators• Dysfunctional Families


The Climate of Fear drives our need to address Security Concerns

Protective Parents want to know:• What are you doing to protect my child?• Where are the metal detectors?• Security Cameras• We need police to patrol the halls to prevent

the bad guys from getting into our school


History of School ViolenceRecent history (last 20 years) we can cite specific examples of school violence, specifically the fairly dramatic school shootings that get tons of media attention and a encourage a climate of fear. Violence in urban schools related to gangs and violence involving other weapons or even without weapons is not mentioned at all even though they are far more common.. Actually despite the increase in dramatic cases of multiple victims, like the Columbine shootings, school violence in general, and homicides in schools are going down, and have been since 1992. There were 40 school shooting deaths during the 1997-98 school year, down from 55 in 1992-93. (National School Safety Center at Pepperdine University). The chances of a child being killed at school are less than one in a million, according to the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. The most current data on school violence (not just homicides) in the United States also indicates that over all school violence (including rape, sexual assault, robbery, attacks with weapons, and suicide) has been declining since 1993.

Schools are actually the safest places for children to be; 99% of children die away from school, (Washington Post, Justice Policy Institute). Children are far more likely to be victims of violent crime at home or in their neighborhoods and most crime in schools is non-violent theft. (U.S. Department of Education, 1999). Pasted from <http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1005192>


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Trivia QuestionWho was Charles Whitman?


TEXAS BELL TOWER INCIDENT AUGUST 1ST, 1966

•Disaffected college student•Ex-marine Sharpshooter•Killed 17 people•Wounded 26


A security plan consists of the following steps

• Conduct a security survey of the site– What items of value must I protect?

• Conduct a risk and threat analysis of the site– Where is my property located i.e. Inner City, Urban or

Suburban area– What type of human factor am I involved with– Bus Stop/Parking Lots

• Identify the security levels for the different areas in the site– Front door versus data room door– Sports objects versus paper products


WHAT CAN WE DO?

We start with the Basic Premises of Good Security• Deter• Detect• Delay• Deploy


Deter

We must define our perimeter. How close do we want strangers to come onto our property?

While we choose to ignore it. History has always been there to show us how to do Security correctly


Deterrence Devices

• Fences• Access Control System– Doors– Locks (Keys & Cards)– Hinges– Frames

• Video Intercom Systems• Metal Detectors


In 1130

• King Henry of Huntington declared that brush be cut back 200 feet from the roadway so as to help give travelers along the Kings Highway the ability to observe highway robbers who were hiding close to the road.


Define your Property Line

Fence

Door



Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull Scotland A good view for detecting trespassers


Another Castle that would be hard to sneak up on

Detect

• Burglar Alarm System• Closed Circuit Television Monitoring System• Security Guards/Aides• VMS• Duress Systems


THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS

• Most systems pretty much do the same thing• They monitor a change in a condition– Normally open or normally closed


Closed Circuit Television Systems

• Analog (Coaxial Cable or UTP)• Digital (IP/Network Based)


When Designing a Camera System

• Start from the outside in– Monitor outside areas for Trespassers/Loiterers– Monitor all perimeter doors into the facility– Monitor key areas within the building


Camera Recording Capability

• Digital Video Recorder (DVR)• Network Video Recorder (NVR)• Edge Recording Systems

• The Question: How Long and at What Quality?


Security Guards

• A person in a uniform with a badge can act as a deterrence

• In Connecticut must be licensed• Can either be in a fixed or patrol position


Visitor Management Systems

• Visitor Badge– Database System– Identifying who comes onto the property


Duress Systems

• AKA Panic Buttons• A push button used to alert others that

someone is in need of assistance


Delay

• Bolting or cabling down high value assets makes it difficult to grab and run

• Locking classrooms from the inside and outside


DEPLOY

• If the burglar alarm system goes off, then somebody must be monitoring the system so as to dispatch both a key holder and the police.

• If a duress button is pressed someone must be alerted and a response plan must be implemented


Customer Considerations

• Cost of Ownership• Vendor Qualifications• Mean Time to Failure• Service Response Time


In Closing

• Do your Homework!or


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• Presentation by:• JohnPaul T. Izzo• Izzo Consulting & Training, LLC• Tel 203-734-5726• E-mail: [email protected]


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