Training & Education: Action Items

WHAT IS IT ?

The report outlines security concepts and operational issues, various security and surveillance equipment listing the "pros and cons", entry control technologies, and a resource list of books, publications, websites and conferences.

HOW DO YOU USE IT ?

As a guide for law enforcement personnel engaged in crime prevention, community policing, and related areas when called upon to recommend security technology for the school environment.

WHEN DO YOU USE IT ?

This resource is particularly helpful when you are beginning to make a plan for responding to security technology needs. It ideally should be used prior to building a school as a planning tool. This is particularly important, as implementation at this stage can be most cost effective as compared to later on. It can certainly be used to systematically address issues as they arise.

WHY DO YOU USE IT ?

To ensure a combination of strategies are considered prior to building a school structure or afterwards, enabling a "tiered" series of cost-effective security technologies.

WHO DO YOU USE IT WITH ?

Local government officials, school administrators, law enforcement leaders engaged in crime prevention and community policing initiatives, community leaders, school resource officers, law enforcement patrol personnel, and security professionals to reinforce the need to incorporate the CPTED principles into the school environment.

REFERENCES

Green, Mary. (1999). National Institute of Justice, Research Report: The Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools? A Guide for Schools and Law Enforcement Agencies. Retrieved November 2003 from URL http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij

COLLABORATION

State, county, and municipal planners considering the building of a school. The planners should include a law enforcement executive, and security specialist as part of the process to build CPTED techniques on the "front-end."

CREDIBILITY

This guide is part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, and the U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories.