A crucial reference for the practicing or aspiring design consultant, "Security Design Consulting" brings you step by step through the process of becoming a security consultant, describing how to start the business, market services, write proposals, determine fees, and write a report. Specific elements of assessment, design and project management services as well as acquiring product and industry knowledge are all covered in detail. Concentrating on client-focused marketing and sales strategies as well as the crucial elements of preparing, running, and succeeding at the security consulting business, "Security Design Consulting" gives the reader a working knowledge of all the steps necessary to be a successful security design consultant and a smarter business owner. Security directors, architects and security management consultants will also find this reference invaluable in understanding the security design consultant's important and growing role in an overall security program.
* Focuses on consulting in security design, not security management
* Provides sample service agreements, specifications, and reports to use as models
* Emphasizes the highest technical and ethical standards for this increasingly crucial profession

Kovacich and Halibozek offer you the benefit of more than 55 years of combined experience in government and corporate security. Throughout the book, the authors use a fictional global corporation as a model to provide continual real-world challenges and solutions. New and experienced managers alike will find a wealth of information and practical advice to help you develop strategic and tactical plans and manage your daily operations.
* Contains real case examples to illustrate practical application of concepts
* Thoroughly covers the integration of physical, computer and information security goals for complete security awareness
* A handy reference for managers to quickly find and implement the security solutions they need

Security personnel are being asked to justify their existence in a corporate environment. They must prove their worth in dollars and cents by showing the return on investing in loss prevention. This means security departments are being forced to contribute more to the business as a whole. This book will show security managers and personnel how to go about this, and how to achieve quality in their departments.

Suggests security should be a valued resource within the corporation that can contribute to bottom line performance.
Teaches security managers to approach their jobs as 'business managers who specialize in security'.
Written by Security Magazine's 1987 Executive Achievement Award recipient.

PRIVATE SECURITY AND THE LAW is a textbook analysis of significant practices in the security industry that relate to law, regulation, licensure and constitutional dilemmas according to case and statutory authority. It is a treatise on the state of the law that governs the security industry and its operatives. The text delivers up to date information on the legal requirements witnessed by most security firms. In addition, it dwells heavily on the liability problems common to security operations, including negligence and tortious liability, civil actions commonly litigated, and strategies to avoid troublesome causes of action that effect business efficiency. From another angle, the work intensely examines the constitutional and due process dimensions of private security work and affords the reader a look at how case law applies certain remedies to wronged parties. Recent cases, and the trends sure to follow, are highlighted throughout the project. Finally, the text is filled with checklists, data and other useful information that aids the security practitioner in applying theory to practice.
* Up to date case law analysis provides cutting edge legal treatment of evolving standards
* Complicated material is presented in a down-to-earth, readable style, perfect for the student of security or security professional
* Over 200 tables and illustrations allow the reader speedy access to precise data

Office and Office Building Security, Second Edition, is the first book of its type to address issues of violence in the workplace to breaking and entering. As a working guide for administrators, property managers and security personnel, this book is devoted exclusively to total office security programs, detailing hundreds of professional secrets for the safety of employees and the complex. Office & Office Building Security, Second Edition, provides the background to create a safe and secure workplace, regardless of location, size and number of employees.

Provides updated and current information on every office security issue or concern.
Trains the businessperson to be responsive to 'foreseeability' issues alluded to in the court system.
Examines issues of violence and crime, as well as the dynamics

'Protective Security Law', Second Edition is a text on the legal rights available to security officers, corporations, partnerships and individually owned businesses for the protection of their property from thievery by employees, customers, and others. It was prepared primarily for non-lawyers, but it also presents thoroughly documented coverage of the entire legal spectrum for corporate counsel and individual lawyers who must advise clients regarding security operations.
In addition to its practical application, 'Protective Security Law', Second Edition is a text that is highly suitable for instructional purposes in junior colleges and other educational institutions offering courses relating to protective security. It is valuable in police training schools, because it presents a uniquely simplified treatment of the law regarding police powers of arrest, search and seizure, interrogation and other aspects of law enforcement. This reference is an invaluable source of information on the legal rights and responsibilities of security personnel and merchants regarding thievery and other intrusions upon their lawful interest. An appendix contains statutory provisions from all 50 states and the District of Columbia regarding protective issues of particular concern to merchants and security personnel.

An invaluable source of information on the legal rights and responsibilities of security personnel.
Presents a uniquely simplified treatment of the law regarding police powers.
Highly suitable for instructional purposes in junior colleges and other educational institutions offering courses relating to protective security.

This book helps the reader to critically evaluate a security operation using modern research techniques. It focuses on all retail business security issues, emphasizing vulnerabilities, losses, and practical countermeasures to combat such crimes as internal theft and shoplifting.
Coverage includes such key topics as: the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act; proper testing procedures under Employee Polygraph Protection Act; Ernst and Young's Survey of Retail Loss Prevention Trends; and the National Retail Security Survey conducted by Security Magazine.

As a practical reference for anyone entrusted with the lives and property of others, Emergency Planning helps its readers prepare for a variety of situations--from bomb threats to fires to nuclear disasters. The authors of this book recognize the need for updated emergency planning. The "blueprints" in the appendices are useful plans for dealing with such specific emergencies as labor strikes, hurricanes, and terrorist actions.

While most large governmental entities are prepared to deal with nearly all types of contingencies and emergencies, many communities and companies have few plans detailing how to respond to and recover from such events. The purpose of this book is to stimulate thought on the part of the reader, provide some practical solutions to problems that could be encountered, and offer a number of considerations for formulating emergency plans. The authors have combined their years of knowledge and experience to create some sample plans for the reader to use as models for developing site-specific plans.

A practical reference written to assist the security professional in clearly identifying what systems are required to meet security needs as defined by a threat analysis and vulnerability assessment. All of the elements necessary to conduct a detailed survey of a facility and the methods used to document the findings of that survey are covered. Once the required systems are determined, the chapters following present how to assemble and evaluate bids for the acquisition of the required systems in a manner that will meet the most rigorous standards established for competitive bidding. The book also provides recommended approaches for system/user implementation, giving checklists and examples for developing management controls using the installed systems. This book was developed after a careful examination of the approved reference material available from the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS International) for the certification of Physical Security Professionals (PSP). It is intended to fill voids left by the currently approved reference material to perform implementation of systems suggested in the existing reference texts. This book is an excellent "How To" for the aspiring security professional who wishes to take on the responsibilities of security system implementation, or the security manager who wants to do a professional job of system acquisition without hiring a professional consultant.
* Offers a step-by-step approach to identifying the application, acquiring the product and implementing the recommended system.
* Builds upon well-known, widely adopted concepts prevalent among security professionals.
* Offers seasoned advice on the competitive biddingprocess as well as on legal issues involved in the selection of applied products.

The effects of digital technology on the security industry require constant vigilance by security distributors, sales staff, and installation professionals. Today and for the foreseeable future, all security professionals must have at least a basic understanding of digital technology. "Digital CCTV" addresses this new challenge.
Topics convered include compression variables such as Lossless and Lossy, which are explained by reviewing Huffman and Run Length Encoding (RLE), and by relating these forms of compression to ZIP and Stuffit, which are commonly used in personal computers. A review of JPEG, motion JPEG, MPEG and wavelet compression schemes among others, with a comparison of the merits of each, is also provided. As "Digital CCTV" traces the stream of digital video flow from the computer industry through compression, transmission, display and storage, and explains how analog video signal is converted into a digital signal, the reader will learn and understand the mysteries of digital science.
* Explains industry concepts, acronyms and buzzwords acurately and clearly
* Covers history, current complexities, and the future effects of digital science
*Provides practical information about how digital video works, how digital video is stored and transmitted, what digital systems can and cannot accomplish, and what to expect from digital video equipment in modern CCTV systems

Safe Schools: A Security & Loss Prevention Plan is an excellent reference for school administrators, school safety personnel and law enforcement for creating a safe and secure academic environment. Addressing a wide range of security programs and measures which have been proven to be effective, Safe Schools serves as a manual for safeguarding students, employees, visitors, material and the property of school district.
This book addresses a wide range of security programs and measures which have been proven to be effective. Essential topics discussed in this manual are:
Bomb threats and checklists
Drug and alcohol testing
Random inspection
Metal detector and search guidelines
Emergency and response plans
Security assessment and survey tools
Loss prevention and physical security
Intrusion detection systems
Employee and security education and training
Minimum training standards
Operating procedures
Crime prevention, security awareness and support of security programs are more effective and less costly than dealing with criminal incidents and public relations challenges after the fact. Safe Schools: A Security and Loss Prevention Plan allows school personnel to become proactive instead of reactive and to gain control of the school environment.

Provides a model security and loss prevention plan with sample security surveys, reports, and programs.
Written by an author with more than 28 years training, leadership, working experience, and knowledge in the field of law enforcement and security management.
Serves as an excellent reference source for anyone involved in school security.

Corporate Crime Investigations is a reference tool for internal auditors, in-house counsel and corporate security professionals who handle crimes, torts, and breaches of contract.
The crimes involved may include employee fraud, theft, embezzlement,
forgery, commercial bribery and property destruction. Breaches of ethical codes, fiduciary duties, and company policies incidental to these acts are also included. Corporate Crime Investigations also includes important information on privacy rights of the suspected individuals.
Provides comprehensive information for internal auditors, in-house counselors and corporate security professionals.
Contains valuable information on techniques like forensic accounting, polygraph and arrest.
Presents important discussions on rights to privacy.

'Protecting Business Information: A Manager's guide' is an introduction to the information resource, its sensitivity, value and susceptibility to risk. This book provides an outline for a business information security program and provides clear answers to the why and how of information protection.
Protecting Business Information' provides detailed processes for analysis, leading to a complete and adequate information classification. It includes a thorough description of the methods for information classification.
A valuable guide based on the author's fifteen year's experience in building and implementing information security programs for large, worldwide businesses.
Provides a basis for the reasoning behind information protection processes.
Suggests practical means for aligning an information security investment with business needs.

Guard Force Management looks at the contract guard force as a business and demonstrates how current management techniques can be used to improve efficiency and increase profitability. The author takes proven management principles and applies them to the competitive security industry.
This updated edition includes an entirely new chapter on preparation and response to crisis in order to maintain business continuity. The book focuses on administrative and financial functions that are frequently neglected in guard companies, and discusses planning and conducting guard operations in detail.
* Addresses the administrative, financial and client service needs of the security guard function;
* Details the analytical steps needed to establish, equip, train and employ a guard force;
* Emphasizes practical, proven management techniques

Undercover Investigations 3ed will serve as a training text for anyone entering the undercover field. Its previous editions have been used to train police officers, and intelligence agents in addition to private security personnel. Undercover Investigations has a dual purpose; it can be used as a blueprint for any security manager or other handler of undercover agents. Undercover Investigations, which has been recognized by judges as the definitive work in this field, is now completely updated and expanded to include more information on drugs in the workplace, and entrapment. Its principles serve as the standard against which undercover operations are measured.

A basic text on general security techniques, this book emphasizes the philosophical, moral and ethical responsibilities of the security officer, along with the elements of various specialties within the field.
This book is designed for not only the beginning student, but for ambitious security personnel seeking advancement and directors training staff in the field.
It is important for security personnel, in this age of the computer, to understand the background and basic elements of security procedures. It is also important to understand this philosophy in order to develop programs which may be used in defending against charges of "inadequate security" in civil litigation.

This book is an update of a beginning text which has been used successfully in colleges and universities for twenty years. It updates the techniques of various specialties along with current technological approaches towards solving those security-related issues. It has left unchanged the philosophical, moral, and ethical approach to the security procedures, the abandonment of which has led to literally thousands of lawsuits against security departments and private guard companies, alleging "inadequate security" procedures, hiring and training.
New technologies, in almost every subcategory of the security industry, have changed the profession forever. Computers have assumed much of the performance formerly conducted by both trained and untrained security officers. Skills have changed to a degree where knowledge is determined by one's level of computer awareness. This book presents many of those new techniques and developments.
Updated and current information
Retains philosophical, moral and ethical approach to security procedures
Three contributed articles from specialists in their individual fields

Private Security Law: Case Studies is uniquely designed for the special needs of private security practitioners, students, and instructors. Part One of the book encompasses negligence, intentional torts, agency contracts, alarms, and damages. Part Two covers authority of the private citizen, deprivation of rights, and entrapment.
The factual cases presented in this book touch on the everyday duties of persons associated with the private security industry. Private Security Law: Case Studies provides a basic orientation to problems capable of inciting litigation. The information presented through case laws comes from cases chosen for their factual, realistic, and practical connection to the private security industry. This focused approach addresses specific problem areas of the industry and provides information necessary to a security manager to avert future loss.
Specially designed for private security practitioners, instructors, and students.
Examines cases that are practical, realistic and relevant to specific areas of private security.
Provides the information security managers need to avoid future problems.

Loss Prevention and Security Procedures assists CEOs, security management and loss prevention specialists in dealing with loss. Losses in an organization may originate from a variety of threats, including natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and flooding. However, many of the threats to our assets are posed by individuals and may include drug activity, violence, theft and fraud. Loss Prevention and Security Procedures deals specifically with these and many more problems facing today' s security conscious professional.

Written from the management perspective, Loss Prevention and Security Procedures offers discernment and wisdom directed toward the philosophy of anticipatory security, before losses occur and resolving them through the most cost effective initiatives possible.
Serves security professionals in a hands-on, practical manner
Appeals to a mixed audience - it addresses the subject for the benefit of executive management as well as security practitioners
Includes practical forms

Securing Home and Business provides the most practical information available on safekeeping buildings such as homes, malls, office parks, retail manufacturers and restaurants.
Taken from interviews with professional burglars, this book describes where intrusions most often occur, how burglars are most likely to enter the premises and the burglar's most common actions taken once on the premises. Additionally, Securing Home and Business contains essential marketing and management strategies needed by security professionals, including how to market security services, how to approach potential customers, the nature of customer relations, device selection and placement.
Essential marketing and management strategies needed by security professionals.
How to market security services.
How to approach potential customers.

Outsourcing Security provides a complete management guide for contracting support services, particularly those associated with protective organizations. It helps security and facility managers through the quagmire of conceptual planning, proposal evaluation and contract negotiation, and helps them to realize cost savings, improve productivity, and elevate the quality level of the contracted service.

Outsourcing Security provides a complete management guide for contracting support services, particularly those associated with protective organizations. It helps security and facility managers through the quagmire of conceptual planning, proposal evaluation and contract negotiation, and helps them to realize cost savings, improve productivity, and elevate the quality level of the contracted service. This book:
-Defines successful methods to improve business efficiency and effectiveness through outsourcing,
-Helps managers achieve cost savings and enhance quality contract performance
-Emphasizes team concepts when evaluating outsourcing services

Defines successful methods to improve business efficiency and effectiveness through outsourcing,
Helps managers achieve cost savings and enhance quality contract performance
Emphasizes team concepts when evaluating outsourcing services

Intrusion Detection Systems has long been considered the most important reference for intrusion detection system equipment and implementation. In this revised and expanded edition, it goes even further in providing the reader with a better understanding of how to design an integrated system. The book describes the basic operating principles and applications of the equipment in an easy to understand manner.
This book was written for those security directors, consultants, and companies that select the equipment or make critical decisions about security systems design. Mr. Barnard provides sufficient detail to satisfy the needs of those interested in the technical principles, yet has included enough description on the operation and application of these systems to make Intrusion Detection Systems, Second Edition a useful reference for any security professional.

This edition includes the effects of massive computerization on the
collection, storage, and reporting of personal data. For investigations and back-ground checks of any type, this outstanding volume tells how to hire reliable employees, sell to solvent customers, and purchase from reliable vendors. Carroll also examines troubling issues of ethics, accuracy, and privacy in our age of electronic information transfer.

Discusses the way the nation collects, stores, and uses personal information.
Addresses the ethical questions about how personal data should be used.
Highlights the changes in information collection brought about by computers.

This book describes the risk management methodology as a specific process, a theory, or a procedure for determining your assets, vulnerabilities, and threats and how security professionals can protect them.
Risk Management for Security Professionals is a practical handbook for security managers who need to learn risk management skills. It goes beyond the physical security realm to encompass all risks to which a company may be exposed. Risk Management as presented in this book has several goals:
Provides standardized common approach to risk management through a framework that effectively links security strategies and related costs to realistic threat assessment and risk levels
Offers flexible yet structured framework that can be applied to the risk assessment and decision support process in support of your business or organization
Increases awareness in terms of potential loss impacts, threats and vulnerabilities to organizational assets
Ensures that various security recommendations are based on an integrated assessment of loss impacts, threats, vulnerabilities and resource constraints

Risk management is essentially a process methodology that will provide a cost-benefit payback factor to senior management.
Provides a stand-alone guide to the risk management process
Helps security professionals learn the risk countermeasures and their pros and cons
Addresses a systematic approach to logical decision-making about the allocation of scarce security resources

Physical Security and The Inspection Process illustrates the basic concepts and procedures for development, implementation, and management of a physical security inspection program. It provides personnel with a model inspection procedure that can be specifically tailored to meet any company's reasonable minimum standards. With detailed checklists broken down by security subject area, the reader will be able to develop site-specific checklists to meet organizational needs. Physical Security and the Inspection Process is an important reference for security managers, physical security inspection team chiefs, team members, and others responsible for physical security.
C. A. Roper is a security specialist and lead instructor with the Department of Defense Security Institute, where he provides general and specialized security training throughout the US, in Germany, and in Panama. Previously, Mr. Roper worked for the assistant chief of staff for intelligence, Department of the Army, and the Defense Communications Agency. He is a counter-intelligence technician with the US Army Reserve, was activated for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and has provided training and other support to various operations with the Army, Navy, and foreign national forces.
The most comprehensive physical security inspection checklist available.
A model inspection procedure that can be specifically tailored to any organization.
Provides practical guidelines for ensuring compliance with standards of effectiveness.

Rising crime rates of all types indicate the need for crime prevention not only in government but also in business and neighborhoods. Security and Crime Prevention, Second Edition, contains the practical information necessary for creating safe and secure communities, businesses, and individuals.
This highly readable and useful reference contains the most up-to-date material and has been adopted by many colleges and universities as the standard textbook in the field. In addition it provides the professional with the most effective information for personal, business and community-based loss prevention and private security.
Robert L. O'Block taught at the college level for 17 years and was a full professor and department head of an Administration of Justice baccalaureate program before leaving academia to become Executive Director of the American Board of Forensic Examiners. Dr. O'Block earned his Ph.D. form Kansas State University where his work centered on criminology, sociology, psychology, administration, and education. His articles have appeared in the journals The Police Chief and The Journal of Police Science and Administration. Dr. O'Block is a winner of Oregon State University's Distinguished Educational Research Award, and his personal biography was published in American Men and Women Of Science.
Joseph F. Donnermeyer is Director of the National Rural Crime Prevention Center and an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at the Ohio State University. He previously served as a crime prevention specialist for the Indiana Cooperative Extension Service at Purdue University. Mr. Donnermeyer is a member of the Ohio Crime Prevention Association, the Rural Sociological Society, and the American Sociological Sociological Society.
Stephen E. Doeren is an assistant professor and the graduate program coordinator in the Department of Administration of Justice at the Wichita State University. He is a member of the graduate faculty and formerly served as the undergraduate coordinator in the Department from 1977 to 1982. In addition to his academic background in criminal justice, Dr. Doeren has supervisory-level criminal justice agency experience. He has served as a correctional treatment administrator and penologist with the Louisiana Department of Corrections. Dr.Doeren is active in such professional organizations as the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, and the National Corrections Recreation Association.