Editor’s Note: This article originally ran in 2019. Some information has been updated to reflect Clery changes but the content is still extremely relevant to those charged with protecting K-12, university, and hospital campuses.
Safety and security continue to be major concerns for hospital, K-12 and university campuses, consequently leading to increased scrutiny and some serious crackdown on mistakes that could be detrimental to student, patient or staff safety.
In the world of K-12 schools, this is evident as many states are demanding certain safety requirements be met. For example, in Florida, a sworn law enforcement officer must be stationed at every school, school boards must establish threat assessment teams at each school, and active shooter training must occur once a semester, among other things.
This is apparent for universities and colleges through the continued increase of Clery Act violations. The maximum fine per violation is now $62,689.
As a result, many campuses are investing in site assessments to bring to light both strengths and weaknesses. While so many are making positive improvements and learning from mistakes, others simply aren’t, and various consultants have captured these mistakes in their site assessments.
Some are very obvious mistakes that can easily be avoided while others might seem insignificant but can actually pose a grave threat to your campus.
Take a look to see if you can spot the campus security mistakes. And, if your campus is guilty of making the same or similar mistakes, be sure to take the necessary steps to address them.
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In case you missed them, here are our three previous campus security mistakes installments.
