A task force, charged with uncovering weaknesses in existing security school systems in Knox County, Tennessee, developed a checklist survey and sent it to each of the 85 building principals. Displays some of the questions but advises involving community members in the process of creating a security survey. (MLF)

Discusses the skill set that should be available in security consultants to higher education, including the ability to work with mechanical, architectural, electrical, landscaping, and telecommunications systems. Addresses the need to bring consultants into the building design phase. (EV)

Students in school are no longer isolated from violence and unlawful activity. Lack of resources is hindering school officials' efforts to deal with the problem and keep campuses safe. The city of Eugene (Oregon) and Eugene Public Schools have implemented a jointly funded Safer Schools Program that added one campus monitor to each high school and…

Screeners at airport security checkpoints perform an important categorization task in which they search for threat items in complex x-ray images. But little is known about how the processes of categorization stand up to visual complexity. The authors filled this research gap with screening tasks in which participants searched for members of target…

Considerable confusion exists over male/female relationships in the work place, especially in such male-dominated professions as law enforcement. The laws governing sexual harassment offer unclear guidelines regarding the definition of harm that results from such harassment. This paper addresses the special problems of sexual harassment in the…

This program was designed to help security personnel relate to students and the university community in an urban setting. Workshops enhanced the working relationship between security and student life offices. The program is outlined and further suggestions are presented. (Author/BEF)

A campus murder prompted the Mount Vernon, New York, schools to respond with better staff training and security technology. The district is using a combination of in-house and outside training resources for continuing education and refresher courses for the security staff. New technology will include a computer-based identification system and a…

A safety audit took place at McGill University (Quebec, Canada) with special consideration of women's feelings of safety on campus. Initially, a mini-audit took place at the urban campus in and around several buildings with a group of students, faculty and staff and a representative from the local action committee on violence. The administration…

Discusses ways to provide vital safety to schools without inhibiting the learning environment for students. Describes security efforts at Orange County, Florida schools, such as using video cameras, school police officers, and access-control systems. (EV)

An incentive program to increase safety belt use was implemented at a large university and was delivered by the campus police during the 1983-1984 academic year. For each of the intervention periods during three academic quarters, the 23 regular police officers recorded the license numbers of vehicles with drivers wearing a shoulder belt, and each…

The experiences of George Washington University Hospital's public relations staff when it handled the crisis of the shooting of President Reagan is described. Security, choice of a spokesperson, relations with the news media, dealing with VIPs, etc., are discussed. (MLW)

A defective alarm system was modified with circuitry and added components. The final design was a joint effort between engineers and security professionals. (Author/MLF)

A discussion of computer theft prevention on college campuses looks at a variety of elements in electronic equipment security, including the extent of the problem, physical antitheft products, computerized access, control of key access, alarm systems, competent security personnel, lighting, use of layers of protection, and increasing…

More than a dozen school district security directors from Suffolk County, New York, have banded together in the Suffolk School Security Alliance (SSSA) to share ideas about school security. One idea realized is a telephone tracking system to trace the location of any phone used to make a threat. Members pool their expertise to make a variety of…

Describes corrections officers' work environment and the need for guard training that includes instruction in handling the social-psychological problems of the job. (Author/ABB)