As violence in school increases, administrators need to assess school security and take steps to make it effective. School employers must have an understanding of student discipline policies for any security system to work. A security assessment should examine such issues as policies and procedure, school sites, school security staff, and…

Currently, there is no standardized level of training for school security officers. Recommends training that includes 40 hours of training before assuming a security assignment, plus an additional 40 hours each year of on-the-job training. Security people should be self-motivated. (MLF)

Discusses how involving safety and security personnel throughout the planning and design process contributes to better campus safety and security. Security personnels' involvement in the master planning and site selection, building positioning, and floor planning and building form decision making are discussed, including building system design.…

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)

Explains why campus security officials consider locker rooms and restrooms the bane of their jobs, and offers a formula for protecting property and privacy at the same time: first secure the entire building, then zero in on specifics. Describes various security options for these campus areas. (EV)

The New York State Board of Education's Division of School Safety is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment to ensure that schools are free from disruption. This report presents findings of an audit that investigated whether the division's incident reporting system database accurately captured all school safety incidents that…

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 15 papers and summaries of presentations in this collection provide technical information and guidance offered by representatives from federal agencies and private industry. Topics discussed include physical security, risk assessment, software security, computer network security, and applications and implementation of the Data Encryption…

Safety rules developed at Columbia University, that apply to the security division, are discussed in this first of a two-part series. (MLF)

Security personnel from five school districts have been recently responsible for developing programs designed to protect students, teachers, and school property from vandals. Reports from Prince George's County, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, Bellevue, Washington, DeKalb County Schools, Georgia, and Pittsburgh Public Schools are provided. (Author/RK)

Available from Security World Publishing Co., Inc. P.O. Box 272, Culver City, California 90230; $2.00 single copy. (JG)

This bulletin explores promotion of school safety by increasing students' accountability for their behavior. It provides information to facilitate the development of constructive, well-conceived, accountability-based programs that work with juvenile offenders. These programs also address the issues of violence, disorder, and fear. The bulletin…

This document is a transcript of a public review held by California's Senate to examine the adequacy of existing training requirements and the selection standards for school police. The various speakers for this hearing focused on: (1) existing standards; (2) how school districts currently meet their safety personnel needs; and (3) what changes,…

This paper is the third in a series that focuses on the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. It reports on a study of what parents know and think about campus safety issues and the Clery Act. During a college's summer orientation program, parents were selected at random from those who passed the…

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)