Consulting & Training
Why hire a consultant?
Most educators have little, if any, specialized experience or training in school security, so schools typically look to outside sources to evaluate existing safety programs and identify areas for improvement. Boards and administrators often ask outside consultants to evaluate school safety planning, programs, and needs -- at the district or building level. Consultants might be asked to conduct training programs for students, teachers, school support and security staff, and others. Or they might help create entire security programs, crisis-preparedness guidelines, and security policies.
Recent consulting project
School Safety Management Training:
How do you create and maintain an environment in which your students, staff and parents feel safe and secure and ready to learn and grow?
How can you cost effectively implement a level of physical and procedural security and safety that will properly address your risks and vulnerabilities?
Developing, implementing and managing a school security program that provides a safe school environment including the needed level of control and protection while maintaining or improving the desired levels of accessibility, service and satisfaction is a challenge.
Mr. Tracy has experience meeting the school security and safety assessment standards of the U.S. Department of Education "Safe Schools, Healthy Students" Safe School Environment initiative and related Emergency Response and Crisis Management programs.
Support to schools includes:
School Security and Safety Assessments or Surveys
Assessments typically involve:
- Interviewing key staff including administrative/district staff, principals, custodians, teachers, secretaries/receptionists, police liaison officers, local law enforcement representatives, etc.
- Touring and observing the schools functioning, including evening reviews of lighting
- Reviewing relevant materials including security and safety policies and procedures, emergency and crisis plans and procedures, HR policies, incident reports, post orders, contracts, past audits and assessments, etc.
- Optionally conducting Team Risk Assessment Workshops (see "Assessments" page for more)
Emergency Response and Crisis Management Planning to include drill and response procedures for intruders and attackers
Staff, Student and/or Parent Security Awareness Training
Violence Prevention, Mitigation and Response Planning and Training
Development of School and District Security and Safety Policies, Plans and Procedures
Development of Self-Assessment and ongoing School Security and Safety Audit Methodologies
The providing of ongoing security support on a retainer basis (The Virtual Security Manager)
We will consider school security and safety issues including:
- Access Control (before, during and after class hours, as well as evening and weekend usage)
- Emergency and Crisis Planning and Response (including Bomb Threat, Threat Management, and Intruder Responses and Drills)
- Visitor Control
- Identification Procedures
- Policies and Procedures
- Student, Staff and Parent Awareness and Involvement
- Prevention, Mitigation and Response to Threatening and Violent Behavior
- Internal and External Protection Measures
- Communications
- Equipment including CCTV, Lighting, Keys and Locks, Electronic Access Control, Intrusion Detection, Duress, Contraband Detection, etc.
- Law Enforcement Liaison
- Investigative Procedures
- Security Staffing
- Background Screening
Dick Tracy
(719) 599-3486
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