3/30/2018· Security
Where Will It Happen Next? Are We able to Provide a Safe and Secure Environment?
Schools, campuses, houses of worship, recreational sites, transportation hubs, retail facilities, those thoughts ring out day after day. Replay in your mind’s eye the horrific images of Columbine High School, Virginia Tech, Northern Illinois University (Valentine’s Day), Aurora Colorado movie theater, Sandy Hook Elementary School
6/18/2015· Security
Patient Abuse & Rape: Daycare - Skilled Nursing - Long Term Care Facilities
By: Michael Panish
Rape and patient abuse are more prevalent and common place in daycare and long term skilled nursing facilities than anyone would think possible.
4/24/2014· Security
Are We able to Provide a Safe and Secure Environment?
At schools, campuses, sporting events, and retail facilities, those thoughts ring out day after day. We have watched with horror the increasingly more frequent news of violence at establishments we once thought "safe" from wanton violence. One has to just scan the news to see that no place is immune from any type of random act that injures or kills innocent civilians, be it a movie theater, retail mall, sporting event, school, or church. In this column, let's take a look at a few basic elements.
3/26/2014· Security
How Vulnerable Is Your Facility?
We often times think of our own facilities, our sites as something no one would want to harm... or would they?
9/26/2011· Security
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
Creating safe schools is the responsibility of the entire community where a school or school system resides.
7/20/2011· Security
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
BETWEEN LATE 2009 AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR, a national baked goods chain with franchises in Broward County, Florida, experienced a series of nighttime burglaries that resulted in thousands of dollars in stolen cash and damaged property.
5/31/2011· Security
Designing Safer Schools: Environmental Design Makes The Grade
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
When it comes to the issue of safety in schools, it is important to remember that long before the students walk the halls, a design team creates the building and its grounds, envisioning the subsequent relationships with its occupants.
3/15/2011· Security
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
Last June, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith was forcibly abducted from the public parking lot of an Overland Park, Kansas, Target store.
2/11/2011· Security
Missile Defense In The News - U.S. Homeland Missile Defense
By: Riki Ellison
The number one priority for ballistic missile defense as stated and outlined clearly by President Barack Obama is the defense of the United States homeland.
2/3/2011· Security
Architectural Security: Integrating Security With Design
By: Randall Atlas, PhD, AIA, CPP
The "form follows function" tenet of 20th century architecture holds that the specific functional requirements of a building should determine design criteria.
by Makarand Hastak, PhD, PE, CCP
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