Fostering Emotionally Safer Environments
Appropriate relationship skills and communication techniques can help campus professionals better respond to children’s challenging behavior and individuals with special needs.
Appropriate relationship skills and communication techniques can help campus professionals better respond to children’s challenging behavior and individuals with special needs.
Mandatory driver training and license checks led to dramatically lower insurance costs, reducing the annual liability premium by $240,000. Campus fleets of all kinds may take a cue from the University of Minnesota.
Many hospitals, schools and universities have adopted automated card access control. Still, there are a large number of physical keys in use, both from legacy systems and in new construction that are not a part of the electronic access control system but need to be managed.
Recent innovations in IP-based video surveillance systems are making this technology more attractive to hospitals, schools and universities.
The right integrator can make or break an electronic security project. Appropriate experience, specialization, financial stability, location and reputation are just some of the attributes that make a contractor a good fit.
When a campus law enforcement department doesn’t have enough staff or the right type of officers, technological solutions can only help so much. Contract security companies just might be able to provide your institution with the personnel it needs to make its public safety functions complete.
When a campus has a large electronic security project, a request for proposal (RFP) can help the institution select the best integrators for the job. These suggestions will you help you craft an RFP that delivers results.
References, background checks and training are just some of the important features that should be included.
The approach Quinnipiac University and the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay used when implementing their new security systems can be adopted by other campuses so their decision-making and procurement processes are as productive as possible.
One of the most basic and important functional protocols for academic environments is the lockdown, yet no one solution can meet the needs of every campus or district. There are some best practices, however, that can be followed so the appropriate procedures and policies are implemented.