Security Articles

• Are Campus Crime Statistics Believable?

  Moving into the new environment of the college or university residence hall is a frightening experience for some teenagers. To others, the naivety of the sheltered family continues. These young people eventually adapt to reality–some because they change attitudes to accommodate the new situation. Others, unfortunately, learn some hard and frequently costly lessons.
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• Asset Protection for the Small Office

  The protection of company assets in the small office is normally very informal and left to the honesty of the employees. Unfortunately this is not always effective and appropriate.
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• Combating Negligent Security Claims

  How to develop plans for various threats requires a methodical approach with reality, practicality, and cost containment as the primary objectives.
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• Complacency Is a Killer

  The tragic events of Friday, March 11, 2005, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, unfortunately arose from a situation that is common in many security environments. People become complacent and tragedy results.
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• Contract Security Issues

  When security is an issue within a business organization, the question will arise as to the balancing of cost to productivity. Productivity within the security framework is providing cost effective protection of assets to aid in achieving corporate goals.
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• Designing a Comprehensive Security Program

  The business owner or senior executive normally does not have a security background and must rely on others for professional advice, program implementation and management.
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• Disaster Planning: Complacency Equals Bankruptcy

  Bankruptcy does not require a deliberate criminal act. Complacency can cause the same result. One is a conscious act and the second is caused by managerial apathy and governmental incompetence.
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• Domestic Violence Safety Plan For Businesses

  Domestic violence knows no geographical boundaries. It can occur at home, the shopping center, or while at work. Each location provides a similar, but somewhat different, prevention strategy.
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• Evaluating Residence Hall Security

  Residence hall security is an important element in the college decision process. The modern student arrives for the first day of his/her college career burdened with personal property of considerable value.
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• How Can A Private Investigator Be A Business Asset?

  The solutions to the unique problems within the business environment are frequently beyond the resources of the local law enforcement agencies. They may not have the expertise or manpower to conduct complicated and time-consuming investigations.
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• In-Home Service Provider Security Tips

  Be prepared prior to allowing a service person entry to your residence.
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• International Investigations

  How to minimize the costs and time delay for completion of international requests is contingent on the preparatory actions of the requesting investigator. It is incumbent upon the requestor to advise the client of the difficulties encountered in international jurisdictions.
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• Is There A Return On My Investment In Security?

  The primary objective of any business is to make a profit. Therefore, identifying a return on a financial investment is the basis for the business decision to spend or not spend financial resources.
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• Outsourcing: More For Your Security Dollar

  Outsourcing is not a new concept but one that is growing by leaps and bounds across all corporate environments. Originally, only large corporations engaged in the outsourcing of business units and tasks. Now the concept is invading the mid-sized market as a viable business strategy.
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• Pay Now Or Pay More Later

  Procrastination is expensive. Frequently, the costs associated with negligent security litigation reach unnecessary heights. The costs of proper facility and equipment maintenance are deferred for a myriad of reasons and then problems arise when someone is injured.
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• Planning for Small Business Survival

  As a business person, what would happen to your livelihood if you were notified at 3:00 AM that your business was in the process of being destroyed? This is not a dilemma to be swept aside without concern. It certainly can’t be corrected with medication or another cup of coffee. Then the reality sets in and you start to question your actions. What could I have done to alleviate some of these problems?
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• Premises Liability and the Housing Association

  Premises liability or negligent security claims arise when someone suffers an injury or loss in violation of the theory that individuals should be reasonably safe in their business, residential, or recreational environment.
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• Producing a Professional Report

  Success as a business person can be difficult to achieve and very easy to lose. Many elements contribute to success. The primary elements include experience, appearance, and reputation. Experience and appearance are easy to define and develop. A competent professional reputation is much harder to define and achieve.
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• Protective Orders: A Domestic Violence Prevention Tool

  There are no absolute protections to prevent domestic violence on the company premises. However, there are several “reasonable and appropriate” measures that can be undertaken. One measure frequently overlooked is the use of court issued protective orders.
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• Public Housing Security

  The owners and managers of property are expected to provide a safe and secure environment for individuals on their property. It is impossible to prevent every incident affecting safety and security. Criminal incidents have a direct negative impact on the quality of life for residents.
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• Quality Investigations - Getting What You Pay For

  When the attorney decides to employ the services of a private investigator, the attorney is doing more than paying someone else to obtain information from some source, whether it is a public record or an individual. At the same time the attorney is staking his professional reputation on the services provided by the private investigator.
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• Securing Security Compliance

  Anyone who has conducted a risk assessment of a facility realizes that the average employee does not understand or care about corporate security policies and procedures. Apathy and lack of understanding toward security is very common at all levels of a corporation.
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• Security and the Gated Community

  Residential properties are increasingly becoming closed communities for the more prosperous members of our society. The closed community controls access to their property for various reasons and in various ways. Some communities have literally become fortress-like while others have very open observation of, and access to, their community.
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• The Premises Liability Team: Security, Attorney, Business Executive

  The security expert, attorney, and the business executive have complementary roles in providing reasonable and appropriate security measures for the workplace. Each party contributes to business financial goals when there is a mutual understanding of their expertise and capabilities.
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• The Private Investigator As an Independent Contractor

  The majority of private investigators are part of a business organization with a limited number of investigators. Consequently, there are many occasions when additional investigative assistance is required.
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• University Residence Hall Safety and Security

  The university residence hall frequently becomes the first place where students are expected to be totally responsible for their actions and property. They no longer have a parent present to reinforce appropriate safety and security measures
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• Voluntary Incident Reporting Increases Liability

  Property owners and managers have a legal obligation to provide a safe and secure environment for their employees, customers and visitors. A key factor in any negligent security litigation matter is the issue of foreseeability.
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• Weapons Detection System Use in Schools

  The dramatic increase in shootings at schools following the Columbine incident brought the use of weapons detection systems to the forefront. Their acceptance and use varied significantly.
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• What is Premises Security?

  Reading the local newspaper can be very hazardous to the mental and financial health of a business owner. Frequently, the newspapers carry headline stories about individuals who have received large financial settlements for an injury or loss suffered at a local business or residential complex.
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• Investigators Liability

  For many private investigators, talking about liability seems as meaningful as watching paint dry. Some dismiss it out of hand, while others brush it off saying, “I have insurance.” Most investigators came from law enforcement, military or other governmental backgrounds, where they were protected from personal liability. But in the private sector, liability is a real issue – one that can dramatically affect each (and every) private investigator.
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• Interviews, Interpreters and Statements

  The professional investigator must ensure that the words spoken during an interview do not suggest to the person being interviewed that a specific response is required that may deliberately or mistakenly indicate a particular individual is responsible for an incident. The investigator must have many skills to be a highly skillful interviewer—some are instinctive and some must be learned.
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• Professionalism and Ethics--Walking in the Minefield

  The question of ethical conduct presents the same dangers as a minefield in a military conflict—step in the wrong place and your world explodes around you. A tiny step over the line of expected conduct can be very disastrous, both for the individual and the business.
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• I'm Not a Private Investigator

  Regardless of whether or not you are a sole employee as a private investigator or as a member of a multi-person investigative firm, you must engage in business activities to be successful.
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