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Safety & Security PREPARE AND BE AWARE
The Key to Security
Lots can go wrong on today’s college campuses. What steps can administrators and facility managers take to keep everyone safe?
BY AMY MILSHTEIN
AS U.S. CITIZENS wrestle with yet another mass shooting, security is on everyone’s mind. Of course, the topic never really left the forefront for university administrators and facility managers. Charged with protecting population sizes and demographics that rival small cities, they know the importance of their task.
They also know that a school’s security can make or break a potential student’s college choice. To wit, U.S. News and World Report publishes “10 Questions Every Parent, Student Should Ask About Campus Safety.” BestColleges.com has gone so far as to rank schools by their safety plans and procedures. “Students
and their parents are listing safety along with class size, loca- tion, cost and ranking when it comes to important factors when choosing a college,” they write.
CPTED Primer and Progress Report
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or CPTED, has been around for, “at least 40 years,” according to Dan Alvarez, president, Alvarez and Associates — CPTED, Inc. The concept, widely accepted in Canada and the European Union, is relatively new here but has gained more acceptance in the last decade or so.
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