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When It Comes to Security, Some Top Administrators Still Don’t Get It Despite April’s report condemning the UC Davis pepper-spray incident and another report estimating the costs associated with the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting to be more than $48 million, we still have a big problem with campus executive apathy and naïvete.

y now, hopefully all of you have reviewed the Reynoso Task Force Report that was released in April, harshly criticizing University of California (UC) Davis’ pepper spraying of protesters last November. In short, the 190-page review concluded that the incident “should and could have been prevented” and that UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, Chief of Police Annette Spicuzza, other UC Davis administraRobin Hattersley Gray tors, Lt. John Pike and other campus is executive editor of Campus Safety. public safety officers made critical She can be reached at errors in their attempts to remove robin.gray@bobit.com “Occupy” protesters and their enor (310) 533-2534 campments from the campus quad. Another report that also came out in April from the Center for American Progress estimated the Virginia Tech 2007 mass shooting cost the university and taxpayers $48.2 million. Although I believe the actual expense of the tragedy will be much higher, the amount cited in the report is still staggering. According to the estimate, Virginia Tech paid $38.77 million of the total. Let’s also remember some of the other incidents that have occurred recently: the Oikos University mass shooting, the Miramonte Elementary school sex abuse scandal, the University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic shooting, the Chardon High School shooting… I could go on and on. Although the likelihood of a big security incident occurring on a campus is statistically quite low, if or when one does occur, the political, publicity and financial fallout can be huge. Despite the risks, however, nearly half of top campus administrators don’t take public safety and security seriously or they are naïve about the threats. According to Campus Safety magazine’s last salary survey, 49% of university respondents, 43% of K-12 school respondents and 42% of hospital respondents indicated this was one of their top five concerns.

passed after the 2008 shooting at Northern Illinois, reports the Chicago Tribune. The plans were due by January 2009, but no state agency is responsible for reviewing their effectiveness, and the $25 million committed to helping schools comply has not materialized. Other laws like the Clery Act that have teeth and are enforced, however, do help raise awareness among administrators, as well as campus public safety practitioners. Title IX is another example. Some believe the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights’ recent focus on sexual violence in schools and institutions of higher education is encouraging more victims to report when they have been assaulted. That being said, I still hear from many of you who are directly involved in campus public safety (police, security, emergency management and risk management) that you continue to struggle to get your top brass involved in things like National Incident Management System (NIMS) training. The UC Davis report claims the school’s leadership team failed to initiate the Incident Command System (ICS)/California’s Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS). (Note: I do not know if Katehi and/ or other UC Davis administrators were trained on NIMS/SEMS. It should also be noted that in recent years, the campus has adopted several best practices, such as participating in full-scale emergency response exercises.)

Although the likelihood of a big “security incident occurring on a campus is statistically quite low, if or when one does occur, the political, publicity and financial fallout can be huge.”

LEGISLATION CAN HELP… SORT OF I’m not quite sure how to resolve this issue. Laws — especially ones that aren’t enforced or funded — aren’t very effective. For example, only 66 of Illinois’ 185 colleges and universities have filed the emergency management and violence prevention plans required by legislation that was 4

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WE CAN’T AFFORD TO IGNORE PUBLIC SAFETY This is not to say that all campus executives have their heads in the sand when it comes to public safety. Although nearly half don’t take it seriously, that leaves the other 50% (more than 50% actually), who do. Additionally, the perceptions of the respondents to our surveys are only their perceptions. Many of their administrators might be very concerned about public safety, but they believe they are forced to make difficult choices based on their current budget realities. Of course, when you have huge tragedy-related expenses like those incurred by Virginia Tech, the budget argument seems pretty weak. I’m not sure what it’s going to take to get all top campus administrators to pay closer attention to safety and security. I do hope they are aware of what has been going on at institutions like UC Davis and Virginia Tech. Those who are aware and respond with the appropriate policies, plans and technologies are much more likely to do the right thing when an unfortunate — and admittedly low probability — incident does occur. www.campussafetymagazine.com

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CALL BOX BASICS AND BEYOND From personal experience, these call boxes work! Last week some guy came up to me wanting me to go to the ATM to withdraw money for him. On our campus we have triangle-shaped emergency call station towers with security cameras on top. When the guy saw the security camera, he scampered off so fast it was unbelievable! — John McCammon

STALKING ON CAMPUS: A SILENT EPIDEMIC Informative article. It’s happening on high school campuses as well, and the key as mentioned in the article is to have a clear plan and policies. Too often the situation is handled poorly because the response was handled poorly and the person who suffers the most is the victim. This seems to go for bullying as well. — Ellen

CONDUCTING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON A BUDGET I certainly agree with the premise of your article, however, you omitted a key legal risk, which is that the applicant must consent to the background check even if you are doing it yourself with many of the tools you referenced. Also, in my opinion, it is questionable to suggest many of the “eyeballing techniques” you mention unless people are very well trained, otherwise they will make a lot of wrong judgments. Background screening is not as easy as it appears to be. — Barry Nixon

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Report Condemns UC Davis Handling of Occupy Protests and body language, including stepping over seated protestors to “get to their faces.” A UC Davis Police Department general order allows only MK-4 pepper spray (a smaller canister) to be used by officers.

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he independent committee reviewing the pepper spraying of protestors at UC Davis in November issued its after-action report that cited numerous lapses and errors by campus administrators and officers, concluding the incident “should and could have been prevented.” The “Reynoso Task Force Report,” which was released in April, also blames Chancellor Linda Katehi, Chief Annette Spicuzza and Lt. John Pike for mishandling the removal of Occupy protestors and their tents from the campus. The 190-page report came from a task force that included five administrators, four students, three professors and a county administrator. Four main sections cite deficiencies in administrative decision-making, the police operation including the use of less-lethal force, and the way key individuals handled the situation. The fourth section offers recommendations.

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ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERED OTHER OPTIONS Administrators made “substantive mistakes” leading up to the Nov. 18 pepper spraying according to the report, such as failing to determine whether nonstudents were in the Occupy encampment; not considering options other than clearing the tents; lacking effective decision-making; and being confused about whether the camp could legally be removed. The report also took aim at the police operation. Most notably, the report claims the use of pepper spray was “not supported by objective evidence” and the MK-9 aerosol canister had not been authorized for use by officers. While acknowledging the officers’ concerns that they were surrounded by a hostile mob, the task force said the situation escalated because no arrangements had been made to transport arrestees from the quad. The report criticizes Lt. Pike for his actions

Chancellor Katehi bears responsibility for the decision to deploy police at 3 p.m. rather than during the night or early morning, according to the report. When removing Occupy protestors, the Oakland Police Department, New York Police Department, and other agencies typically use pre-dawn sweeps to clear encampments from City Hall or parks. Katehi also failed to convey her position that the police operation should avoid physical force, according to the report. Other administrators were told physical force may be necessary and didn’t object. The report calls the decision to deploy officers imprudent and criticizes Chief Spicuzza for failing to effectively challenge Katehi’s 3 p.m. operation. The chief proposed removing the protestors at 3 a.m. Also, the incident commander, who goes unnamed, failed to follow ICS/SEMS command protocol. Lastly, Lt. Pike’s decision to use pepper spray was “objectively unreasonable.” During the incident, protestors surrounded officers and chanted, “If you let them go, we will let you leave.” However, several other officers were able to move through the crowd freely, according to the report. The report offers various remedies, and three specific recommendations for the UC Davis Police Department. The report proposes a full review of UCDPD protocols and procedures, greater student involvement in police functions, and that the department “should strive to be a model of policing.” To read the full report, visit www. CampusSafetyMagazine.com/ReynosoReport. www.campussafetymagazine.com

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IAHSS Conference Targets Mental Health Patient Elopements and Inmate Escapes

Hospital protection professionals from around the world attended the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) 44th Annual General Membership (AGM) Meeting that took place in Las Vegas in May.

AS VEGAS — The International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) 44th Annual General Membership (AGM) Meeting and Seminar Program that took place in Las Vegas May 6-9 offered a wide variety of educational programs, from healthcare emergency management basics to leadership principles. One of the more predominant themes of the AGM was patient elopement and inmate escape prevention. During her presentation, titled “Trends in Prisoner Patient Security: What we know, what you need to do,” Victoria Mikow-Porto, Ph.D., explained that most escapes occur in clinical treatment areas and restrooms (39% and 29% respectively), and that 69% of escapes happen when restraints are removed. Nearly four in five (79%) occur when the inmate is in the custody

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Vendors also exhibited at the IAHSS AGM. Here, Steve Nibbelink, who is the program director for healthcare security for Schneider Electric, and CS Executive Editor Robin Hattersley Gray pose with a nearly life-size image of Nibbelink on the Schneider display.

of corrections, while 21% occur when the inmate is being handled by hospital security. Mikow-Porto warned that the problem of forensic patient escapes won’t be going away in the near future because, “The need to provide healthcare to prisoners is likely to increase.” Thomas A. Smith, who is the director of hospital police and transportation at UNC Hospitals, discussed designing security into construction and renovation projects. During his presentation, he rec-

ommended that suggestions for security solutions be carefully worded so they appeal to decision makers. For example, “mantraps” (used to prevent behavioral health and forensic patient escapes) should be called “elopement buffers.” Don MacAlister of Paladin Security drilled down further on how healthcare organizations can prevent mental health patient elopements, explaining that many mental/behavioral health facilities have large, beautiful grounds that are a challenge to secure. During his presentation, he showed photos of the gaps in security he discovered at various facilities in Alberta, Canada. MacAlister recommended hospitals install security cameras on campus perimeters and provide nursing stations with good visibility. Installing fences so patients can’t climb them was another recommendation. An assessment tool on how to evaluate security to prevent patient elopements can be found at www.iahss.org/PDF/MHPhysicalSecurityReviewChecklist.pdf. Technology, however, wasn’t the only aspect of behavioral health patient security that was discussed at the AGM. The policies and procedures for handling these patients, which play a critical role, were also covered. Tom Lynch, who is the director of security and emergency management for Baystate Health, described how his institution’s security shadow program led to the reduction in use of restraints by security officers and overall violence in the behavioral health units. Next year’s AGM will take place May 5-9, 2013 in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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alert, the research showed. The results are from surveys of 600 students and a dozen student focus groups. “In other words, if students believe the information is coming from a trustworthy source (a close friend, parent, professor or administrator such as a university police chief), they are more likely to follow the directions given in the emergency alerts,” says Raj Sharman, associate professor of the University of Buffalo (UB) School of Management. The research also showed that campus alert notifications are the best way for students to find out about an incident and what they should do. Also,

campuses should use a variety of communication channels to reach students, including text, E-mail and social media. Colleges and universities should continually work to improve their reach in these channels. When students become accustomed to receiving official notifications through these channels, they are more likely to trust emergency alerts and comply immediately with their directives, the researchers say. “From a technology perspective, our research shows it’s important for campus public safety officials to have a Twitter presence,” says H. Raghav Rao, SUNY distinguished service professor. “That should become a trusted source for such emergency information. The

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highlights the achievements of hospital, school and university public safety executives in North America, including police chiefs, security directors, emergency managers or other administrators responsible for campus protection.

CMAS Goes Live Nationwide

EMA, the FCC and other governmental and non-governmental organizations activated the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) nationwide in mid-April, enabling federal, state, territorial, tribal and local government officials to send 90-character, geographically-targeted text alerts to the public, warning them of imminent threats. CMAS is the system interface to the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) service that wireless mobile phone carriers are rolling out across the nation this year. WEAs will relay presidential, AMBER and imminent threat alerts to mobile phones using cell broadcast technology that will not get backlogged during times of emergency when wireless voice and data services are highly congested. Most CMAS/WEA alerts will be issued by

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the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS can send weather-related alerts to any region in the country. CMAS will be used by the NWS only for the most imminent and severe weather conditions (e.g. tornado warnings). Imminent threat alerts may be issued by state and local officials who have completed a four-step application process and executed a memorandum of agreement with FEMA governing system security. Alerts must meet certain criteria that are established in the FCC rules to ensure that only the most urgent messages are sent over CMAS. Some larger campuses might qualify to issue CMAS/WEA messages. To apply for public alerting permissions, visit www.fema.gov/emergency/ ipaws/alerting_authorities.shtm#3.

number of followers for such a Twitter account would increase enormously during an emergency and allow for trusted word-of-mouth dissemination.” “No technology is perfect,” cautions Joseph Brennan, associate vice president, University Communications at UB. “Instant, accurate information is not always possible, so students should use common sense and take steps to protect themselves even in the absence of official instructions.” The study also recommends campuses develop training exercises to get students to imagine situations where they would be placed in harm’s way and would need to fi nd escape strategies.

The award winner will receive special editorial coverage in a future issue of CS; recognition in the campus safety and security community; and a custom plaque. Additional information that will help you prepare for your 2012 nomination can be found at www.CampusSafetyMagazine.com/DirectorOfTheYear. The entry form can be found on page 43 of this issue. Good luck to all of our nominees. May the best director win!

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This is the third part in a series of four Campus Safety magazine articles covering sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking. Some of the material in this article is explicit and might not be appropriate for younger readers. Our next installment will cover relationship violence. To read our first installment on stalking, visit www.CampusSafetyMagazine.com/Stalking. Our second installment on sexual violence prevention can be found at www.CampusSafetyMagazine.com/SexualViolencePrevention.

PROMPT, THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL INQUIRIES WILL HELP PROTECT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ENSURE YOUR INSTITUTION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE IX. By Robin Hattersley Gray

et’s say your campus is doing everything right in preventing sexual assaults. You are providing sexual violence prevention education to incoming freshmen and other students, as well as fraternities, sororities and athletic teams. You have enlisted the help of bystanders, including staff, coaches, teachers, administrators and strangers, so they will intervene and hopefully avert a sexual assault from actually happening to a targeted victim. You have effective alcohol and drug prevention/intervention programs available. You have done your very best to develop a culture in your community that fosters respect and healthy relationships. Despite all of your hard work, you know that not all assaults in your community can be prevented. When assault allegations arise, your institution’s administration — in addition to law enforcement — will be tasked with the investigation.

DON’T DELAY YOUR INQUIRY The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) “Dear Colleague” letter sent to educational institutions last year instructs campuses to not wait for the conclusion of a criminal investigation before beginning their own Title IX investigation. The inquiry should be prompt, thorough and impartial. Additionally, OCR estimates that a typical administrative investigation should take approximately 60 days following the receipt of the complaint, depending on the complexity of the investigation and severity and extent of the incident. In order for an investigation to be effective, however, campus/district administrators and police must recognize the impact of trauma and rape on victims, advises Dr. Gary Margolis, who is managing partner of Margolis, Healy & Associates. “There is no normal victim response to trauma,” he says. “The victim might not remember the assault, or they may have a significant change in behavior.

A normally outgoing person might become withdrawn (or vice versa). The survivor might suddenly become promiscuous (or vice versa). She or he might gain or lose weight. Perhaps they can’t sleep or are sleeping much more than before. She can’t recall the penetration but can tell us that there were 722 holes in the acoustic ceiling tile above the bed. (To protect herself emotionally, she disassociated by counting the holes while the assault was occurring.)” Most, but not all, victims of sexual violence don’t physically resist. The attack may trigger a survival mechanism that allows them to subconsciously evaluate fight/flight options and they maintain calm and subservient as a survival strategy. Conversely, they may be in shock or have been, either knowingly or unknowingly, incapacitated by alcohol, drugs or both. Margolis claims most victims who experience the trauma of sexual violence have a better recollection of the details or sequence of events over

time. Educated police officers, investigators, hearing officers and prosecutors understand this and conduct their investigations, hearings and prosecutions accordingly, with deference and explanations for this phenomenon. Often survivors’ accounts of what happened change, which can play into the respondent’s (defendant’s) hands if not appropriately taken into consideration. Furthermore, many victims might not even realize that they were raped for reasons that include incapacitation and loss of memory. In one study, only 27% of the women whose sexual assaults met the legal definition of rape thought of themselves as rape victims (Koss, 1988; Koss et al., 1987).

ASSAULT VICTIMS OFTEN DON’T COME FORWARD More than half of college women who are raped tell no one of their victimization, and the others who do tell often wait for days, weeks or months before making a report. Margolis says investigators must understand why they are reluctant to talk, especially to police or university officials. “Most women feel they won’t be believed,” he says. “She knows someone is going to ask her why she was wearing a dress that came up above her knees. Why was she drinking? Why did she drink so much? Why did she go to the party alone? Why did she stay for the after-party? Why was her cell phone battery not charged? Why did she kiss him if she wasn’t interested in sex? Those are questions that send JUNE/JULY 2012 CAMPUS SAFETY

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a very clear message to the person reporting: ‘I’m going to get blamed, and they aren’t going to believe me.’” (Note: only about 2% of all sexual assault accusations reported to police turn out to be false. This is the same rate of false reporting as other types of violent crimes.) To overcome this reluctance, OCR recommends campuses provide educational programs that encourage students to report incidents. OCR also suggests schools develop specific sexual violence materials that include the schools’ policies, rules and resources for students, teachers, coaches and administrators. The materials should include where and to whom students should go if they have been assaulted or subjected to sexual harassment. These materials should also provide information on what to do if they learn of an incident. “We have to make sure we are empowering victims to make the decision that is right for them while also encouraging them to report so we can investigate,” says Tom Tremblay, who formerly was Vermont’s public safety commissioner and is now a consultant with Margolis, Healy & Associates. Campuses must also determine if their disciplinary policies have a chilling effect on or discourage reporting. OCR recommends that schools inform students that the institution’s primary concern is student safety. Any other rules violations will be addressed separately from the sexual violence allegation, and the use of alcohol or drugs never makes the victim at fault for sexual violence. “We have to recognize the difference between an alcohol violation and the violent and serious nature of sexual violence,” adds Tremblay. “While an

NOT COMPLYING WITH TITLE IX COULD COST YOU

lthough the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) could technically levy a fine or restrict funding (Title IV) for a campus or district that doesn’t comply with its Title IX sexual violence guidance, so far, it has yet to do so. “My understanding is that OCR will at first seek voluntary compliance,” says Jeff Nolan who is a partner with Dinse, Knapp, McAndrew. “They will request an institution change its policies and ways of doing things; maybe request a particular remedial action for a complainant.” Where K-12 districts and institutions of higher education are more vulnerable, however, is in the courts. Brett Sokolow, who is the managing partner of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) and executive director of the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), says his organization has seen an increase in the willingness of both victims and accused to bring claims against campuses. “The increase puts pressure on the whole system to bring these matters to conclusion more quickly and sometimes with larger settlements,” he says. Sokolow believes about 60% of the lawsuits by victims and 40% of the OCR complaints are successful. “And by successful, I mean resolved in a jury verdict or favorable decision by the court. There are certainly plenty of cases that settle that you never hear anything about.” NCHERM estimates the average award from sexual assault cases that go to a jury is about $200,000. Respondents/alleged perpetrators are also suing campuses as well as their victims, albeit, not very successfully. The awards are quite low, even in cases where it was obvious that the respondent was wrongfully expelled from an institution. “[The lawsuits] are just designed to intimidate,” Sokolow claims. “They’re successful in the sense that they do intimidate a lot of victims who drop their cases, but they don’t win in court very often. If they do, they don’t win a lot of money.” A noteworthy trend involves wrongful death cases. “There are a number of cases where female students have committed suicide after a sexual assault that was mishandled by a college, and the colleges are now being sued not only for negligence but specifically for causing a suicide,” he adds. “More and more the attorneys who are litigating these cases are cleverly finding new and different ways to hold universities accountable. I see Title IX as a pebble that we threw into the pond back in 1972, and the concentric rings have been expanding outward ever since. When was the last time we saw this many colleges change this much on one subject all at once? The ‘Dear Colleague’ letter rocked our world.”

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alcohol violation is one thing we look at, victims have to know and understand that the priority is the prevention of sexual violence.”

POLICE, ADMINISTRATORS MUST COORDINATE Because both campus administration and law enforcement will be conducting separate investigations of the incident, a multi-disciplinary response

is critical. Police, mental health, child services, victim advocacy and nurse examiners should all be coordinated. How claims of assault are handled should be agreed upon beforehand by administrators and police so the cases are not jeopardized. “They should absolutely work together because there is a lot of potential for conflict in this,” Tremblay says. “Both come at it with very different

COMMON CAMPUS TITLE IX POLICIES THAT MIGHT REQUIRE REVISION

eff Nolan, who is a partner with Dinse, Knapp, McAndrew and a legal expert on Title IX, recommends campuses not jettison their entire disciplinary system in response to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) “Dear Colleague” letter. Instead, they should add provisions that comply with the guidance and list the things that are specifically required. Otherwise, campuses should continue using what they already have, as long as they are working well. Evidence should be shared with both the complainant and respondent before a hearing. “This is something that may have been done in practice at a lot of institutions, but their policies probably didn’t say they were going to do it,” says Nolan.

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OCR recommends campuses use the “preponderance of evidence” standard (“more likely than not” standard). Some campuses are still using the “clear and convincing” standard (“highly probable or reasonably certain” standard). “Those schools are having to consider whether they want to stick with that standard because they feel it’s most appropriate for their contractual or constitutional obligations or whether they want to go with the OCR standard,” Nolan believes. Stop using mediation in cases of sexual violence, even on a voluntary basis. Mediation is still appropriate for sexual harassment allegations.

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approaches.” Victims (complainants) are often required to provide two statements: one to campus administrators and one to law enforcement. However, police and campus officials can agree to conduct a joint interview (similar to how child sexual abuse cases are handled). For respondents (the person who is accused of the assault), campus and police should develop a deliberate strategy. “Sometimes, the university might want to approach the respondent before the police, and the police may want to catch the respondent without him having knowledge that this has been reported to law enforcement,” Tremblay says.

view both sides in sexual assault cases before filing “he said, she said” reports that can’t be adjudicated. “If you were suspected of drug dealing, we wouldn’t just ask you, ‘Are you dealing drugs?’ You would just say, ‘No,’” he says. Instead, investigators must do a better job of collecting and reviewing evidence. “Look at the pre- and post-assault behavior,” recommends Margolis. “In some cases, you and I are in class together and are friends. Friday night happens and I presumably sexually assault you, and on Monday, I don’t even talk to you in class anymore. Or, I call you on Saturday and apologize for what happened the night before.” Comments made on Facebook are another good source of incriminating evidence.

INVESTIGATIONS MUST BE THOROUGH Both Margolis and Tremblay emphasize that investigations should focus on the behavior of the respondent, not the complainant. Investigators should receive appropriate training in conducting sexual and gender investigations, and institutions need to understand the differences (and limitations) between criminal and administrative investigations. According to Tremblay, without proper training and experience, administrative investigators may only inter-

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Investigators should also examine why the respondent chose the complainant. Was the victim being groomed? “If this particular person was getting her five, six, seven, eight or nine drinks and being almost forceful about it, did they get drinks for anyone else at the party?” asks Tremblay. “Why were they getting drinks just for this person?” Investigators should also look for contrived circumstances to determine if the respondent was stalking the complainant. The respondent might show up more in the complainant’s life. A GPS tracking device might be installed on the phone that the respondent gave to the complainant. “Did the offender manipulate the environment to get the victim into a position of vulnerability?” asks Tremblay. “Take a look at the chosen location of the assault. Does it occur in an isolated area?” Also, if the respondents are sexual predators, they could have MOs they use repeatedly in grooming their victims. Tremblay recommends that administrators and police look at the respondent’s social circles and previous relationships to determine if the respondent has assaulted others. Often sexual assault, intimate partner violence and stalking are interconnected. The complainant’s social circle should also be interviewed. “Most of the time the victim will first disclose to a roommate or a very close

STEPS CAMPUSES MUST TAKE TO PROTECT COMPLAINANTS

school must promptly take the following steps once it has received notice of an allegation of sexual harassment or violence. The protections should remain in place until the investigation has concluded. Notify the complainant of his or her options to avoid contact with the alleged perpetrator Allow students to change academic or living situations as appropriate (e.g. The school may prohibit the respondent from having any contact with the complainant pending the results of the school’s investigation) Minimize the burden on the complainant Inform complainant of their Title IX rights and any available resources (counseling, health services, etc.) Have policies in place to protect complainants against retaliatory harassment Let complainants know how to report any subsequent problems Remedies for the complainant might include, but aren’t limited to: Providing an escort to ensure the complainant can move safely between classes and activities Ensuring the complainant and respondent do not attend the same class Moving the complainant or respondent to a different dorm or, in the case of an elementary or secondary school student, to another school within the district Providing counseling Providing medical services Providing academic support services, such as tutoring Arranging for a complainant to retake a course or withdraw from a class without penalty Reviewing any disciplinary actions taken against the complainant to see if there is a causal connection between the harassment and the misconduct that may have resulted in the complainant being disciplined

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friend, if at all,” he adds. “You want to follow up with those outcry witnesses.”

WHAT DID ‘NO’ LOOK LIKE? Investigators must also determine if there was consent. Often respondents don’t know what consent is in a healthy relationship. “In my experience sitting down with men who have been accused of sexual assault, they have a really hard time explaining the difference between www.campussafetymagazine.com

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consent and submission,” says Tremblay. “When you don’t have consent, that’s when it becomes a problem with the law.” Of course, then investigators must determine what ‘no’ looked like to the victim and offender in that particular situation. Was there lubrication? Were the victim’s legs forced apart? “Where we see forced sexual intercourse — rape — we often see tearing and bruising,” says Margolis. “A twocentimeter tear of the walls of the vagina is not a normal result of consensual intercourse.” Investigators can ask “What did ‘no’ feel like?” If the complainant went to the doctor, police can obtain her medical records with her consent. Whether or not administrative hearings will allow admission of this information in judicial hearings is open to debate and should be explored with the dean of students office and the general counsel. All of the findings must be thoroughly documented. Additionally, Margolis believes describing the incident correctly is important. “‘Having sex’ isn’t the same as ‘forcibly penetrating her vagina with his penis without consent,’” he says.

PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE STANDARD IS RECOMMENDED Once the administrative investigation is complete, campus officials can de-

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Schools should inform and obtain consent from the complainant (or the complainant’s parents if the complainant is under 18 and does not attend a postsecondary institution) before beginning an investigation If the complainant requests confidentiality or asks that the complaint not be pursued, the school should take all reasonable steps to investigate and respond to the complaint consistent with the request for confidentiality or request not to pursue an investigation If a complainant insists that his or her name or other identifiable information not be disclosed to the alleged perpetrator, the school should inform the complainant that its ability to respond may be limited The school should tell the complainant that Title IX prohibits retaliation, and that school officials will not only take steps to prevent retaliation but also take strong responsive action if it occurs If the complainant continues to ask that his or her identity not be revealed, the school should evaluate that request in the context of its responsibility to provide a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for all students. Thus, the school may weigh the request for confidentiality against the following factors: the seriousness of the alleged harassment; the complainant’s age; whether there have been other harassment complaints about the same individual; and the alleged harasser’s rights to receive information about the allegations if the information is maintained by the school as an “education record” under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The school should inform the complainant if it cannot ensure confidentiality. Even if the school cannot take disciplinary action against the alleged harasser because the complainant insists on confidentiality, it should pursue other steps to limit the effects of the alleged harassment and prevent its recurrence For more guidance on Title IX and the OCR’s “Dear Colleague” letter, visit www.CampusSafetyMagazine.com/TitleIX.

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termine the appropriate disciplinary response. It should be noted that OCR encourages schools and universities use the “preponderance of evidence” standard (“more likely than not” standard) rather than the “clear and convincing” standard. This means that conduct could constitute a violation of Title IX even if police determine there

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isn’t enough evidence to prove a crime was committed. The maximum punishment that colleges and K-12 districts can hand down is expulsion, although according to a 2011 study completed by the Center for Public Integrity, only 10% to 25% of the college men found to have engaged in sexual assault were actually expelled. Anne Munch, who was formerly a prosecutor in Denver, Telluride and Jefferson County, Colo., is a firm believer in accountability, particularly for young offenders. “If a juvenile is committing serious crimes, such as domestic violence, stalking or sexual assault, that needs to be addressed very, very seriously,” she says. “We find out that most sex offenders begin their careers in their adolescence and they rack up hundreds upon hundreds of victims in their lifetime. We need to be prepared to have interventions that call attention to the problem and marshal as many resources as we can for those young offenders and their victims to see if that cycle can be interrupted. The worst thing we can do is brush it off and say, ‘It’s no big deal; boys will be boys.’” For additional coverage of this and other healthcare and educational safety and security topics, visit CampusSafetyMagazine.com www.campussafetymagazine.com

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Here’s how this year’s winner of the Campus Safety Director of the Year, Higher Education award transformed his agency while overcoming significant challenges. By Robin Hattersley Gray

unning a campus police or security department is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Nicholls State University Chief of Police Craig Jaccuzzo. In his nearly nine years at the institution, he and his department have had to manage the evacuations from four hurricanes, a demonstration by the Westboro BapThe Jaccuzzo File tist church, huge budget cuts, reducName: Craig M. Jaccuzzo tions in department personnel and Title: Chief of Police Experience: 8 1/2 years with Nicholls many other obstacles. state; previously worked 14 years as a Despite these seemingly oversheriff’s deputy for the Lafourche Parish whelming challenges, Jaccuzzo has Police Department. been able to completely overhaul his Campus: Nicholls State University is locatpolice department through training, ed in Thibodaux, La., which is a rural area upgraded technology and hard work. approximately 53 miles southeast of New Orleans. The main campus is comprised It is for this reason that Jaccuzzo has of 287 acres with 52 buildings. Nearly been named Campus Safety Director 7,000 students attend Nicholls State, and of the Year, University Sector.

law enforcement officer next door.” At the same time, the university was in transition. The campus had a new president, and there were a lot of new construction and renovation projects taking place. This provided Jaccuzzo with the chance to work with the school’s physical plant, president and vice president on many aspects of security and public safety. “The opportunity knocked for me to take a facility that was going to be deapproximately 700 faculty and staff work molished and use inside labor to build at the institution. PARTICIPATION IN CAMPUS a new police departmenwt,” he says. Department: Nicholls State University’s PLANNING LEADS TO SECURITY “The entire building was gutted, and we Police Department has 35 staff members: 13 are sworn and armed officers, and UPGRADES went from a 900 square foot [police stathree are communications specialists. When Jaccuzzo arrived at Nicholls tion] to right around 8,000 square feet.” State in 2004, he encountered a deJaccuzzo’s involvement in the partment that was little more than a security guard service. school’s construction and renovation planning also enabled The school’s police force, if you could call it that, was not him to upgrade the campus’ video surveillance, access control able to perform to the standards of their peers. and emergency communications technologies. Now the resi“The police officers had a station wagon with one blue dence halls have a card access control system that can be aulight,” the chief says. “Their radio was the same one used by dited. Access control is currently being installed in Nicholls hunters. There wasn’t any standardized equipment or fleet State’s academic facilities. for them to perform their duties to the same standard as the The dorms and other areas of campus also have new 22

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(Left) Nicholls State University police offi cers now spend much of their time outside of their patrol vehicles, interacting with the community. (Right) Because of Chief Craig Jaccuzzo’s smart funding strategies, Nicholls State University police offi cers and patrol vehicles are now much better equipped.

video surveillance cameras. So far, 350 cameras have been rollment services, attributes Jaccuzzo’s success to his posiinstalled. Video and access control data are used to track tive approach. “It’s: ‘If it needs to get done and this resource missing persons and prove (or disprove) cases. isn’t available, we’ll identify other resources to get it done.’” Jaccuzzo also lobbied to increase the number of call One thing that helped Nicholls State win grants was the boxes on campus. Previously, the school only had 16 boxes fact that when hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast installed. Now the university has 53 solar-powered CALL24 in 2005 and hurricanes Ike and Gustave struck the region call boxes that provide dispatchers the location of assis- in 2008, universities in Louisiana were used as hubs for the tance and emergency calls. Additionally, calls can be heard processing of storm evacuees. This highlighted the value by campus police officers while they are in their patrol of the services provided by institutions of higher education vehicles or while they are on foot patrol (via their portable during emergencies. radios). The call boxes also act as an exAs a result, Jaccuzzo claims, “We ternal PA, so the police department can were able to posture ourselves as Law Requires Sex Offenders make emergency announcements. a fair competitor for grants from to Register With Police The police department’s two-way rathe local community, state and icholls State Chief Craig Jaccuzzo dios and dispatch systems were also federal government. I think there authored legislation requiring all sex completely overhauled, as was its records was a recognition that the univeroffenders to register with campus police management system. sities offered great resources and when they become a student, volunteer or were a focal point to getting evemployee of the campus. In 2011, the bill CHIEF FINDS CREATIVE WAYS eryone together to command the became law. The chief was prompted to propose this TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS situation. We showed our imporlegislation when his department received Considering the amount of technology tance and our participation during a complaint about an individual who was upgrades Jaccuzzo and his department the storms, so we were able to get showing graphic photos on his cell phone were able to acquire, one might think $80,000 from a regional state grant to a group of females. they had an endless supply of funding. [for radios and other communica“We did a background check on him Not so. tions equipment].” and noticed he was a registered sex offender,” Jaccuzzo says. “It alarmed us Since the economic downturn, Jaccuzbecause he was on campus and we were RELATIONSHIPS, SMALL zo’s budget and staffing allotments have unaware of him.” GRANTS HELP FILL THE GAPS decreased 17%-23% each year. Because At that time, a sex offender was only Large grants, however, weren’t of this, the chief had to find other ways required to register with the sheriff’s office the only sources of income for to fund his equipment upgrades and offiwhere he was living and going to school. Nicholls State PD. Jaccuzzo also cer training. Grants and relationships with Then, that office was obligated to tell the campus. The law didn’t hold the sheriff went after smaller amounts. For other agencies have been his primary accountable for this, nor did it specify who example, his agency applied for source of financial support. at the school should be notified. $1,300-$8,000 grants from the De“As a result of his abilities to seek assisThe new law, however, puts the onus on partment of Highway Safety. tance from outside agencies and compete the sex offender. Failure to register with “I went for service oriented for grant funding, he has been awarded campus police could lead to his or her grants, which would help us with the most grant money ever in the history arrest. student alcohol and drug awareof the police department,” says Nicholls When Nicholls State is notified by the sex offender, it then places that person’s ness. These grants allowed us to State Police Sgt. Gary Tullis. information on the campus Web site that purchase radars for our cars, barDr. Eugene Dial, who is Nicholls State’s students can visit. ricades, carts and education/intervice president of student affairs and en-

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d i r e c t o r o f t h e y e a r, h i g h e r e d (Left) Under Chief Craig Jaccuzzo’s leadership, the Nicholls State University Police Department has been able to purchase new security and public safety technology, including video surveillance, access control, emergency notification, records management and communications equipment. (Right) State-of-the-art two-way radios replaced the one hunting radio formerly used by Nicholls State PD.

community and are doing a much better job of responding to calls. “Initially, when [Jaccuzzo] took over, one of the complaints the department had was, ‘We call and we never know what the end result is.’ They’ve done a lot better at following up with people who file complaints, whether there is a resolution to the complaint or not,” Dial says. The improved training could be one reason why Nicholls State was rated by a local television station as the university with the lowest crime rate in the area (see Public Housing Policing Methods Work for Colleges Too on this page). It also vention/prevention materials.” led to the successful apprehension of a rapist who was a The fact that Jaccuzzo was hired from the local commu- police officer from another jurisdiction. nity also helped him find funding. “In December 2010, one of my “I was pretty much a grassroots polieutenants was patrolling and saw Public Housing lice chief because I’m from a commua police unit running with the lights Policing Methods nity relatively close to Nicholls,” he outside of a residential hall,” JaccuzWork for Colleges Too says. “I knew all the local politicians zo explains. “He then sees an offiand law enforcement executives, cer walking out of the building. He or the past five years, Nicholls State has been rated by a local television station which put me ahead of the game.” tells [the Nicholls State officer] he was as the university with the lowest crime rate His relationships with other law bringing a student who was drunk in the area. When Craig Jaccuzzo became enforcement agencies have come in home from downtown and she was chief of police, he believed he could apply handy, particularly when grant fundOK. Our officer followed up on the his previous experience using the admining is not available. Sheriffs from case and found the student. We aristrative authority of the public housing secsurrounding parishes have assigned rested that officer [from the other tion director to cut crime on campus. “The administrative process is sucofficers and investigators to Nicholls jurisdiction] for raping a female who cessful because it corrects a student State at no charge. Biometric equipwas intoxicated. immediately for his actions,” he says. “If ment was issued by the state police. “The norm would have been, we have infractions on campus, yes, we One department provided additional ‘Look, that’s a fellow police officer, can charge [the student] criminally, but the two-way radios. everything is fine,’ but now our ofprocess takes nine months. They usually “Never before has our police deficers investigate matters that are susforget what they did, pay a fine and don’t partment been involved and included picious at all levels.” learn from it. Just like when you are raising a child, you correct them immediately in all levels of government as it is Besides his family and his faith, Jacfor their actions. It’s the same thing at now,” says Tullis. cuzzo is most proud of how well his Nicholls.” staff performed during the aftermath Jaccuzzo uses the example of a student POLICE OFFICERS EMBRACE of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as who has been caught fighting or drinking: COMMUNITY POLICING well as the progress his department “We’re going to put you through judicial Technology and relationships with has made over the past several years. where you are going to learn from what you’ve done the next morning. This curtails other agencies are all well and good, He is extremely appreciative of his their behavior quickly. It also gives them but when it comes to daily patrols, staff’s dedication, especially when he the relationship that lets them know we the most valuable resource a police considers his department’s budget conare not here to ruin their career. The only chief can have is his or her officers. straints and lack of raises for officers. record we want to give them is a degree.” Jaccuzzo understood this when he “I’m proud of them the most for The chief says his biggest challenge started as chief and immediately sticking around,” he says. “Our true in implementing this approach, however, wasn’t the campus administrators or stuwent to work implementing in-sersuccess is based on each one of dents — it was the officers. vice training. Now, his officers have them.” “Too often police get in their minds that up-to-date certifications with their you hook ‘em and arrest ‘em,” he claims firearm, legal and first aid training. (Read how Nicholls State handled “Police work is problem solving and preStudent officers also receive training. the Westboro Baptish Church demventing crimes from reoccurring. When they The chief has a database that managonstrators. Visit www.CampusSafetydo occur, resolve them at a rapid speed.” es all of the officer education, letting Magazine.com/NichollsWestboro.) him know when each staff member needs to be recertified. For additional coverage of this and other healthcare and educational There is also a focus on proactive, positive communicasafety and security topics, visit tions, Dial claims. Officers now regularly interact with the CampusSafetyMagazine.com

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OHIO DISTRICT OVERHAULS ITS 2-WAY RADIOS By Brittany-Marie Swanson

In order to comply with the rapidly approaching FCC narrowbanding mandate and ease communication between its campuses and first responders, the South-Western City School District underwent a major radio system upgrade. The new system allows for district-wide communication with digital radios, GPS tracking on buses and instant access to the Grove City police dispatch center.

rior to August 2011, the radio system at South-Western City School (SWCS) District in Franklin County, Ohio, was plagued by uneven coverage and equipment incompatibility. Buses and schools were on two different systems — VHF and UHF, respectively — and some facilities lacked radios altogether. The rapidly approaching Jan. 1, 2013 deadline for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) narrowbanding mandate — which requires radio systems to operate at 12.5 kHz efficiency technology — and a weather emergency that alerted the district to the fact that school staff could not be contacted via radio once they moved to their schools’ tornado-safe areas, prompted SWCS to upgrade its two-way radios. Now, the district, which is the sixth largest in the state,

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has a MOTOTRBO XPR 8300 repeater system that allows communication across the 119 square miles served by the district. The solution also provides feature-rich digital radios for administrators and transportation staff, as well as analog radios for intra-building teacher and custodian use.

RADIOS WELL-WORTH THE INVESTMENT District officials knew the decision to upgrade was a good one on Feb. 13 when an unexpected health hazard erupted at Westland High School. “That first day [of the week-long incident], 11 students and staff members were taken to area hospitals for observation,” says Gary Sigrist, Jr., project director for readiness and emergency management in schools. “What started out as

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Here, a transportation supervisor tracks school buses using the GPS capabilities of the buses’ MOTOTRBO XPR 4350 digital radios.

three sick kids mushroomed into a hazmat situation.” An unidentified odor was reported in the classroom where students and staff fell ill. Although subsequent testing of the school’s boilers, sewer system, air ducts, acid traps in chemistry labs and other areas yielded no harmful airborne particulates or volatile organic compounds, school officials at the time felt it necessary to evacuate the campus. The district’s new radio system allowed for evacuation instructions to be easily transmitted. Parents were diverted to a nearby grocery store parking lot and reunited with their children without hassle. “In the old days, there would have been a juggling of cell phones [by district officials],” Sigrist explains. Because the system is interoperable with seven law enforcement agencies and fire departments, the Prairie Township Fire Department and Columbus Department of Fire HazMat Team were contacted within minutes and quickly responded to the scene. “That’s when it was really shown how important it was to have this communication system,” Sigirist says.

CREATIVITY OVERCOMES FUNDING CHALLENGES Budget restrictions did not deter SouthWestern City School District from upgrading its system. Instead, officials got savvy about the equipment they were purchasing. “Most law enforcement agencies operate radios that are either at 800 or 900 MHz,” Sigrist explains. The district had made interoperability with first responders a priority, but 800 or 900 MHz radios were out of the question at about $2,700 a pop. “What we did instead was create our own system,” he says. The majority of the district’s buildings are located in Grove City, Ohio. The district now owns the radio station that the city operates on. “They are part of our system, instead of the other way around. And so instead of buying $2,700 radios to talk with the police, we’ve bought $800 radios so the police can talk with us.”

SWCS PARTNERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT When the district started looking for a solution to its radio system dilemma, it sought the help of the Grove City Police Department. The department, as it turned out, had an existing relationship with a local channel partner, B&C Communications. “This project came together because of the district’s

The MOTOTRBO digital radios used by SWCS administrators are interoperable with Grove City police radios.

relationships with our police and fire departments,” Sigrist says. “We’re not the subject matter experts.” B&C Communications, an authorized Motorola service station, suggested the MOTOTRBO platform and spoke with the district on how to become interoperable with Grove City police. The result was a two-part installation that began in Spring 2011 with CP200 XLS analog radios and ended that summer with MOTOTRBO digital radios. “When we talked about needs and what we could do, the same partnership that helped us write our emergency response plans helped us with our radio system,” Sigrist explains. “You know that old expression, ‘the first time you meet the fire chief or the police chief shouldn’t be at your emergency’? We’ve gone past that. We know who they are, and they know who we are. “

TALK GROUPS CONNECT DISTRICT WITH POLICE The district created a talk group on its radio system dedicated to Grove City police. If an administrator or bus driver has an emergency, they can turn to the police channel and immediately reach dispatch. Even if the emergency is located outside of the Grove City police’s jurisdiction (about half of the district’s 31 campuses are located outside the city), dispatch will relay the message to the appropriate department. “[The campuses] are spread over the other five To save money, SWCS officials opted to give staff such as teachers and custodians CP200 XLS analog radios because they do not need the features of MOTOTRBO digital radios on a daily basis.

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department or four law enforcement jurisdictions, so what happens is, because of our relationship with the Grove City police, it doesn’t matter if your building is in the city of Columbus or you don’t have access to a cell phone,” Sigrist says. “[Grove City police] will get the help immediately to you.” This was easily achieved using Motorola’s MOTOTRBO platform, according to Kevin Read, MOTOTRBO business development manager. “In this case, the public safety organization had their own radio system, but because MOTOTRBO has interoperability capabilities, they’re able to connect together a talk group from the public safety system back into a talk group on the district system,” Read says. “Security users in the district were able to interact in real time with radio users from the public safety system. And that’s a pretty common occurrence in the schools these days when we’re installing MOTOTRBO systems.”

NOT EVERYONE NEEDS DIGITAL RADIOS It’s possible that in less than a decade, the FCC will require all radios to be digital. However, in the meantime, a gradual migration to digital radios can be a more cost-effective option. “Even some existing systems out there, depending on their age, might be able to have a basic reprograming done to allow it to be narrowbanded,” Read says. SWCS’ MOTOTRBO XPR 6550 portable two-way radios are digital and feature-rich, but are only used by campus administrators. Sigrist is equipped with one of these radios, which he can use to “contact any principal in any building district-wide.” “You don’t need a radio like that for the custodian, and you don’t need a radio like that for the hall monitor or the attendance office,” he says. Bus drivers, however, use MOTOTRBO XPR 4350 radios, which offer a slew of safety features (see Sidebar “Radios Offer Options for School Buses.”)

A driver uses her digital radio on a SWCS school bus. The bus radios have a panic button that will connect drivers directly to Grove City police dispatch in case of an emergency.

Radios Offer Options for School Buses

uring its extensive radio system upgrade, South-Western City School (SWCS) District installed MOTOTRBO XPR 4350 radios in its school buses. These radios offer a wide spectrum of features. Besides providing basic voice capabilities between the buses and dispatch, the radios have embedded GPS that allows the dispatcher to track any bus at any given time, according to Kevin Read, MOTOTRBO business development manager. “The radios also have data capabilities for telemetry so they can track the speed of the buses, when the lights go 30

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on, or when the stop light on the bus is engaged,” he says. “They can track when the bus door is open, or drivers can log into the radio to basically clock into work in the morning.” MOTOTRBO radios can also be integrated with software such as TimeLink, an attendance system; Versatrans by Tyler Technologies and Edulog — both of which are routing software. SWCS uses its MOTOTRBO radios with a solution from Neo Terra Systems that provides GPS tracking. The solution provides the district with a multitude of features without the monthly fee associated with many GPS services.

“We can watch on a map where the bus is. We can tell how long that bus stopped, how long the doors were open, whether or not the lights went on,” says Gary Sigrist, Jr., district project director of readiness and emergency management in schools. “If buses are speeding, [the radio] sends an alert to the dispatch center to let us know.” Also, during an emergency, the bus driver can hit a panic button on the radio to be directly connected to the Grove City Police. “The added safety features that we have are phenomenal,” Sigrist says. www.campussafetymagazine.com

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To cut costs, the district opted to purchase CP200 XLS analog portable two-way radios for non-administrative staff such as teachers and custodians. Giving simple push-to-talk radios to most staff members has not been a problem, Sigrist says, because “99.9% of the time, [staff] is … not taking advantage of the repeater; they’re not talking outside of the building. They’re using it as radios need to be used every day in a building.” In the event of an emergency, however, staff using CP200 XLS can change the channel to reach Sigrist or other administrators. Then, the administrator can use his or her digital radio to send out an alert district-wide — using the district’s announcement channel to ask that radio users to turn to the district emergency channel or administration channel. Sigrist says the analog CP200 XLS radios cost about $300 per unit. “It would have been a waste of money to buy $800 radios when [teachers and other staff] don’t need that capability,” he claims. “And that’s why we have the blended system of both digital and analog.” If the district does opt to use all-digital radios in the future, it won’t be a problem, Read says. “Since MOTOTRBO works on analog and digital, sometimes what we see is that people will start adding MOTOTRBO radios to their system slowly over time, operating in an analog mode, because that’s what their radios operate today. And then once they have a sufficient amount of MOTOTRBO radios in their radio fleet, they’ll basically flip the switch to digital and get all these advanced capabilities that you have with a digital system.”

REPEATER HAS BACK-UP POWER The district’s Mototurbo XPR 8300 repeater is “the central infrastructure for the communications system,” Read ex-

District at a Glance

he South-Western City School District in Franklin County, Ohio, serves 20,543 students on 31 campuses across 119 square miles. It is the second largest in Franklin County and the sixth largest in the state. The district employs 2,486 staff and faculty members.

plains. “It’s what allows you to get wide area coverage between different schools. [A repeater is] typically connected to a radio antenna tower, and that’s what really gives you high antenna coverage so you can reach out to all the different schools and also reach the surrounding areas to get radio traffic out to the buses.” SWCS’ radio repeater is located in its transportation center. In what Sigrist says was a happy accident, the district’s transportation building also happens to be where it houses a back-up generator. Now, if a severe storm knocks out the power, SWCS officials will still be able to communicate with each other and with first responders. Without the generator, “in the event of an emergency, if that part of the district lost power, we would not be able to communicate across the district,” Sigrist says.

SYSTEM IS SCALABLE SWCS’ repeater puts the district in the position to consider sizable upgrades in the future. The district installed a large radio tower as part of the project, which Sigrist says can support data. “There could be a possibility in the future that instead of using cables for internet, we could actually move data across the district using [the tower],” he explains. Although the district has no plans to utilize this feature as of yet, “it’s just one of those things we talk about now that we have the capability,” Sigrist says. “It’s an option for us at a later date.”

Comply With FCC’s Narrowbanding Mandate Now

T SWCS has 34 schools on 31 different campuses. The district serves students across a 119 square mile area.

SWCS is the second largest district in Franklin County, Ohio, and the sixth largest district in the state.

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he FCC’s new technical parameters, called narrowbanding, allow for the more efficient use of VHF and UHF land mobile frequency bands. Narrowbanding will reduce the amount of bandwidth used by each radio channel, thereby increasing the number of channels available for use. The changes will reduce the bandwidth of each radio channel by one half, so that twice as many channels will exist on each spectrum. If licensees do not upgrade to radio systems that utilize at least 12.5 kHz efficiency technology by 2013, they could be left without a working radio system. In addition, the FCC could revoke licenses or fine users who do not comply. “The thing that worries me now, if your district hasn’t yet [upgraded radios to meet the narrowbanding parameters], it’s crunch time,” Gary Sigrist, Jr., project director for readiness and emergency management in schools, emphasizes. For additional coverage of this and other healthcare and educational safety and security topics, visit

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For years, campus public safety professionals have, on an informal basis, looked to their colleagues at other institutions for guidance on everything from training to technology. In the past fi ve years, New Jersey has offi cially adopted this approach, implementing a three-phase peer review process that helps colleges and universities share best practices and stay safe.

sey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness asked subject matter experts and practitioners in the fields of safety, security, mental health, and environmental health and safety to put together an effective methodology for identifying and analyzing campus safety and security vulnerabilities. The process would provide a flexible framework that institutions around the state (and even the nation) could use to solve their public safety challenges. The result of these efforts was a peer review program that requires schools to take a hard look at themselves. The process, which is the only one of its kind in the nation, gives institutions a way to

review the laws that impact them and assess how or if they are meeting the requirements of those laws. To date, 53 of New Jersey’s 66 colleges and universities have completed the self-assessment, and 37 institutions have completed onsite reviews. The goal of the program is to have all of the institutions of higher education in the state participate in the program. To provide a more in-depth view of this initiative, Campus Safety magazine interviewed three individuals involved in its development and delivery, including Lauren McLellan, who is

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he tragic shootings that took place at Virginia Tech in 2007 were a wake-up call for all U.S. institutions of higher education, and New Jersey schools were no exception. The state’s public officials knew their colleges and universities had to improve their public safety, but how? Up until that point, campuses couldn’t measure themselves against a baseline for campus safety and security because there really wasn’t one. To bridge this gap, the New Jersey Presidents Council and New Jer-

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the project administrator/director for the New Jersey Presidents’ Council — Campus Safety and Security Committee; Bill McElrath, who is Monmouth University’s chief of police; and Brigadier General (Ret.) William Marshall who is assistant vice president for government and military relations at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. CS: What are your favorite aspects of New Jersey’s peer review process?

Bill McElrath: My favorite thing is that we have been able to establish a baseline of security measures that every institution in the state can use as a guideline. One of the best comments I have heard regarding this process came from a New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness representative when he said that if he were starting a college today, this is the first thing he would look at to maintain a safe and secure campus. Bill Marshall: The process is open and transparent — it has been kept as simple as possible and allows for discussion at all levels to address the various courses of action that can be taken to get to consensus and develop products. It is a challenging environment and produces professional tools that can be effectively applied to resolve issues associated with campus safety and security. Lauren McLelland: Mine is how it has provided schools with resources and access to people who can help them

New Jersey Peer Review Program’s 3 Stages Stage 1 involves the completion of an annual 140-question self-assessment survey. Information is entered into a secure Web server that is used for analysis and sharing of information. Stage 2 includes an onsite visit of each institution to validate proper completion of the survey as well as to verify the existence of required documents and emergency plans. The onsite visit is conducted once every five years by trained peer reviewers. Stage 3 is completed at the end of the annual cycle when all responses are collated and reviewed. The review is designed to identify security gaps. The concerns are then addressed via training. 36

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develop better policies and processes. If a school asks me who to reach out to for a really comprehensive policy, it’s now easy for me to direct them to the right person. CS: How easy/difficult is it to convince institutions of higher education to participate? How do you encourage them to take part in the process?

McElrath: I think the initial reaction of most people is that the process will involve more work. I think that once they attend formal training, they realize the tool is something that is easy to use and will ultimately assist them with providing their institutions with a template on how to maintain a safe campus. Marshall: During the formative stages of the process, this was a real challenge that required constant reinforcement and proactive communications between the leadership and the other stakeholders with biweekly calls and at least monthly face-to face-meetings. As the process matured, this became a more collaborative effort with some major information sharing sessions that brought us to where we are now: a very high level participative process with organizational and functional leadership that provides an efficient network for posing and answering questions that arise concerning policy, procedures and legislation. McLelland: There were definitely some concerns about the benefits of the project at the very beginning. Everyone already has various job duties, and there are very few people who will ask for more work. Once people actually completed the first survey, there was a different reaction. They realized that it gave them a document that clearly identified what an institution’s requirements by law are for campus safety and security. It also gave them a way to assess their processes and policies to see how those things met the requirements of the law. We encourage the schools to take part by making ourselves available to answer any questions they have and assist them when we can. CS: Who usually completes the selfassessments?

McElrath: Each institution normally

Bill Mcelrath “My favorite thing about the process is that we have been able to establish a baseline of security measures that every institution in the state can use as a guideline,” says Bill McElrath, who is Monmouth University’s chief of police. assigns who will complete the selfassessment. This person is called the Point of Contact (POC). In most cases, the POC has been a high ranking police or security director within the institution. Naturally, he may not be aware of every aspect of the institution, particularly in the areas of mental health awareness and response, fire safety and facilities management-related issues. The POC will then reach out to the subject matter experts on their campus to get the proper responses. Ultimately, the completion of the selfassessment and onsite review is a team project. This is one of the strengths of the tool. It encourages joint participation and team building within and outside the institution. Marshall: In the majority of cases, the responsibility rests with the president of the institution to designate an official POC who will normally have something to do with campus public safety. With that said, there are a number of variables based on the size of the institution. We have been fortunate in developing the right level of participation by exercising an outreach program where we start to network with the institution to see who is active in the safety and security functions and then informally work through that individual to provide information on the self-assessment and follow-up activities. We are also very active with the New Jersey Presidents Council. We attend their meetings and provide status and progress reports. www.campussafetymagazine.com

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The presidents are very receptive and have taken an active role, especially when they understand the importance of compliance. McLelland: Typically, the point of contact for a school is in law enforcement or some other area of public safety. I think they are the right individuals because they take an active role and ensure that other individuals who should be involved from their institutions do get involved.

focused effort was required to provide guidance in developing plans, assisting in exercise planning and execution and most recently in developing an advanced leadership program to train supervisory personnel. McLelland: I would say communicating important information about emergencies and what to do in emergency situations. Public safety personnel in the

state of New Jersey are taking proactive steps so that the institution’s community knows what to do (in an emergency) and how to do it in a timely fashion. CS: What are the four most common vulnerabilities or areas of non-compliance that these surveys have revealed?

McElrath: As stated earlier, most schools are in compliance with the sur-

CS: What are the greatest strengths of New Jersey’s institutions of higher education that these surveys have revealed? In other words, what are New Jersey colleges and universities doing right?

McElrath: I think the greatest strength is that it forces institutions to look closely at themselves and see how they measure up to the self-assessment tool. I would say that of the schools that have completed the self-assessment, they are in compliance with approximately 8590% of the questions. One of the source documents for the tool is the 2007 Governor’s Task Force Report on Campus Security, which was put together after the tragic events at Virginia Tech. All of the suggestions presented from this report were placed in the self-assessment tool ... everything from, “Do you have an active shooter policy and an emergency notification system and policy?”, to “Do you have mechanisms and policies in place to identify and get treatment for those students who may be considered a mental health risk?”. The tool also asks about continuity of operations plans as well as emergency management plans. Marshall: We are finding that there is a great deal of activity to meet standards as outlined in the self-assessment, so our collaborative effort in providing information and material to support completing the self-assessment are very well received. We have divided the state geographically and have working group members informally responsible for those regions, so we have an enhanced ability to influence institutions in the regions. This structure provides a powerful informal network that fosters awareness, education and a mutual respect for the efforts of those involved. The feedback has provided us with several areas where a www.campussafetymagazine.com/freeinfo/16119 JUNE/JULY 2012 CAMPUS SAFETY

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Lauren McLelland “We need to find a way to ensure that when a point of contact from a school separates from that school (retires, takes another job, etc.) that we are notified and a new person from the school is designated as the point of contact,” says Lauren McLelland, who is the project administrator/director for the New Jersey Presidents’ Council — Campus Safety and Security Committee. Photo by Matthew Coleman Photography

vey. One area of need that was discovered was that some institutions needed training on exercise development. With the assistance of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, CUPSA and Rutgers University, we were able to train institutions how to plan and run a tabletop and live exercise. Another problem uncovered was that many institutions did not know who their local (off campus) emergency responders were, and vice-versa. To address this, CUPSA, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security, and the Campus Safety and Security Committee (CSSC) put together three initiatives throughout the state. These brought campus safety officials into a room with their local emergency management people for a meet and greet. They discussed emergency response, as well as the need to conduct joint training exercises. These sessions were well received by both institutions as well as the local emergency responders. Marshall: I would characterize noncompliance as you don’t know what you don’t know and when you don’t ask, you still don’t know what you are responsible for. This was singularly the greatest area of concern, which when identified, we corrected. In some cases, it was the responsibility to provide and coordinate EOPs with county authorities or the local 38

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office of emergency management. Other areas dealt with responsibilities for mental health awareness and counseling. Another area dealt with how and what is considered timely alert and warning, and in most cases written policies that formally addressed safety and security issues. These are some areas that were corrected by using the self-assessment tool and developing a security binder, which was part of the feedback from one of the institutions; have a single binder that would be the repository for information and documentation required to be on hand to do the assessment and the follow-up, in-person and on-site peer review. McLelland: Training on how to be in compliance with certain aspects of law and or training that is required by the law. Training costs money and resources, but as Bill McElrath mentioned, through the project we’ve taken the opportunity to offer more training and bring resources together at minimal costs. CS: Are these vulnerabilities or areas of non-compliance being addressed? If so, how is the state as a whole addressing them? How are the individual institutions addressing these challenges?

McElrath: If there is an identified pattern of noncompliance with a particular question, the committee’s working group looks into the matter. Will training resolve it? If so, we’ll set up a training course. Will funding resolve it? Maybe we can direct someone to a grant process that might assist them.

guiding this process and helping uncover solutions to problems that we have uncovered. They have taken on both a leadership and guidance role, as well as providing financial support. Marshall: There is universal acceptance of our work, and now there is legislation that amplifies the requirement and specifies what needs to be addressed in higher education institutions’ EOPs. The result is an energized effort to meet certain deadlines outlined in the legislation. We have provided training and will continue to do so at the various levels of responsibility. The presidents who make up the campus safety and security committee have been extremely supportive of the subject matter experts who comprise the working group and work aggressively to maintain the current momentum. McLelland: I feel the main purpose of this project was to help schools identify their vulnerabilities and give them a means to address those vulnerabilities by tapping into resources they may not have even realized they have, like their peer institutions and other state agencies. Schools are asking for what they need now, and they’re looking for ways to partner with other institutions and agencies whenever possible. CS: How could your program be improved?

McElrath: I hate to bring up money issues. The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness provided us with grant dollars to sus-

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tain the infrastructure of the survey and the peer review process, which has been extremely helpful in both developing and running the program. Without their assistance, we wouldn’t be where we are. Individual schools, however, may be struggling to find ways to cover the costs associated with certain measures. When you get down to basics, there is always a cost behind improving your services. www.campussafetymagazine.com

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Marshall: We are constantly looking for ways to streamline the process and get feedback from all of the institutions. Currently there are no dedicated administrative resources, which puts a strain on the resources that we do have. We have overcome this by having a very active and engaged working group and a part-time administrator who keeps things on track. McLelland: We need to find a way to ensure that when a point of contact from a school separates from that school (retires, takes another job, etc.) that we are notified and a new person from the school is designated as the POC. This will help ensure there’s no lapse in the process. Ideally, each school should have not only a designated POC but should also have a back-up person who is trained. CS: What is the future of this program? How will it be maintained and improved?

McElrath: The future of the program is positive. One of the things we realized is that we did not want the process to be stagnant. On an annual basis, we review trends in safety and current legislation relating to campus safety and discuss the addition of questions to the tool. We are looking to add three questions to the tool relating to the reporting of sex assaults on campus, the requirement for emergency operations plans and the security of network infrastructures. Marshall: We have been fortunate to have had a great relationship with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness who through the efforts of the previous chair of the New Jersey Presidents Council (Sister Rosemary Jefferies who is president of Georgian Court University), provided funding that has supported this effort. The guidance provided by Dr. Robert Altenkirch (former president of the New Jersey Institute of Technology) as the first chair of the CSSC and the leadership of President Paul Gaffney from Monmouth University currently serving as the chair of the CSSC have driven this successful effort. What has been crafted is a living and breathing process that can be modified as required to address trends, legislation or other circumstances. It is an example of what can be accomplished when there is a true collaborative and collective effort that shares in the responsibility of working and addressing issues and concerns of government, academia and the private sector in meeting the expectations of parents and students in providing a safe and secure environment to learn and live and become productive members of society. McLelland: As new laws are enacted, we as a collective group review the law and identify what questions to add to the survey so that it acts as a comprehensive checklist for schools to refer to when they need to review or measure their compliance with applicable rules and regulations. We need to identify ways continue to fund the program once the grant dollars are exhausted, but we’re hopeful that won’t be difficult to do. To view the program scope, self-assessment survey and peer reviewer report, visit www.CampusSafetyMagazine.com/NJPeerReview. For additional coverage of this and other healthcare and educational safety and security topics, visit

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UNIFY THEIR SECURITY The Culver City (Calif.) School District has integrated its new IP video and access control solutions. Now, entry to the campuses is limited to authorized persons and vehicles, and cameras help keep crime under control. By Ashley Willis

osted on the Los Angeles County’s Culver City Unified School District’s (CCUSD) Web site are core beliefs, the first of which states: “Each person has the right to be safe.” So, when Ted Yant became security supervisor for CCUSD and its nine locations and 7,500 students, he was willing to meet that challenge head-on. However, with an outdated, 10-yearold analog video surveillance system, it was difficult for Yant and his ninemember security team to keep tabs on what was happening at each campus. For example, the CCUSD security team uncovered a drug culture within the middle school and high school. In one incident, the system captured a student selling illegal substances, but the video wasn’t usable. “We were able to see the actual drug product being transferred from one person to the other,” Yant says. “But when we played back the recorded video for evidentiary purposes, the frames containing the sale were not present. The video quality and playback left too many gaps in the recorded events.” Additionally, two of the district’s elementary schools were targets of back-to-back burglaries, which resulted in the loss of $15,000 in computers. The incidents prompted CCUSD to upgrade its surveillance system and integrate an access control solution that would help the security team effectively monitor its campuses.

ACCESS CONTROL WAS PRIORITY NO. 1 With 22 years of military, security and law enforcement experience, Yant is no stranger to public safety. He understood what type of system the district needed. Unfortunately, there was a hiccup in the plan. In addition to seeking a better video surveillance solution, the district discovered it had problems with access control. CCUSD often leases out Culver City High School’s gymnasiums and the Robert Frost Auditorium to private organizations. Some people were accessing the facilities without the proper permit, so the district decided to install an access 40

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control solution to monitor who comes in and out. However, district officials informed Yant there was not enough money to include both video surveillance and access control upgrades. As a result, Yant opted to install access control. Enter Steve Bowcut, an integrated solutions specialist for ASSA ABLOY, who helped Yant choose the Sargent Profile Series v.S1 power over Ethernet (PoE) cylindrical locks and exit devices for the school’s gyms. The devices connect to the high school’s Ethernet network and offer real-time door status monitoring and lockdown capabilities. Additionally, Yant picked HID Global’s Edge IP access control solution to keep unwanted vehicles from driving onto the high school campus. It also uses a PoE connection, allowing a single Category-5 cable to power and operate a proximity card reader and lockset. “We have a gate that leads to the blacktop by the basketball courts and athletic facilities, and we were having a lot of issues with cars coming on there during school hours,” he says. “The system we formerly had in place consisted of a key. Anyone could access our gate and come onto the property.”

SYSTEMS REQUIRED A ‘BACKBONE’ Yant learned that the district would need an infrastructure backbone to control the locks. Bowcut set up demonstrations with three companies that offer access control solutions. In the end, Yant selected Carlsbad, Calif.-based Next Level Security Systems, a developer of unified, networked security solutions, because its product allowed the district to integrate access control and video surveillance. Also, the other two companies wanted to charge expensive licensing fees, and Next Level did not. The NLSS Gateway integrates video management, access control, video analytics and intrusion detection into a single networked platform that users can access at any time through a standard Web browser. “Everything is on the network, and they are being powered www.campussafetymagazine.com

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by a PoE adapter,” Next Level Western Regional Sales Manager Marco Sanchez says. “Users can plug the NLSS gateway on the same adapter on the network, and the gateway will auto discover all the cameras and access control locks. Because it’s browser-based, additional software is not required.” The district began the access control installation at the high school in June 2011, shortly after installing the NLSS Gateway. CCUSD hired San Diego-headquartered integrator SDA Security, and SDA hired a subcontractor, in addition to its two-man technician crew, to install the access solution in the two gyms at the high school. SDA asked a local locksmith it often subcontracts with to learn the ins and outs of installing the v.S1 locks. “The lockset that we were dealing with is fairly specialized, and it’s not readily available sitting on a shelf,” says Kevin Domene, branch manager for SDA’s Riverside office. “Knowing that we’ll use our locksmith for service and repair, we wanted them to understand the product.” Up next, CCUSD will install the electronic locks at the

middle school gyms, Frost Auditorium and the district office. When funds allow, Yant hopes to deploy access control locks at all computer labs in the district.

SCHOOL OFFICIAL INSTALLS VIDEO SYSTEM ON HIS OWN Following the installation of the electronic locks, Yant decided to install new megapixel cameras himself at all district locations in July 2011. “I have a background in computers and networking, so doing Cat-5 cabling and connecting to network switches isn’t too complicated for me,” he says. Working with a CCUSD electrician, Yant installed Sony SNC-DH160 network high definition infrared mini dome cameras on the outside perimeters of each campus. Additionally, he added Sony SNC-DH110 HD mini dome cameras and Arecont Vision SurroundVideo panoramic cameras in hallways, classrooms, gymnasiums and computer labs. Yant says that for the most part, the job was easy except for running the cabling in the older buildings. There are now more than 100 megapixel and analog cameras — tied together by Axis Communications video servers — throughout the district. Yant also replaced eight CRT monitors at the district’s video control room with six LCD monitors. He then trained security personnel on how to monitor the cameras. “One of the cool features about the NLSS product is that it allows us to zoom in on live and recorded video, which we couldn’t do before,” Yant says. The NLSS Gateway allowed Yant to create floor plans for each school that shows where every camera is located. Using the NLSS Remote Management Services for remote accessibility and system management, CCUSD also provides remote access to the Culver City Police Department (CCPD) so they can view the system from their station, vehicles and mobile command posts. By utilizing the floor plans, CCPD can also view live video feeds of a specific school building during an emergency. “From a tactical perspective as a responding police officer, it narrows my area of focus down to one section instead of me having to go through the entire campus,” Yant says. To help pay for the $60,000 system, CCUSD received a grant from its insurance company. So far, the district has seen a decent return on investment, according to Yant. “It cost us less to install cameras and gateways at the sites than we lost in computers,” he says. Additionally, the new system has helped CCUSD security personnel solve some crimes. “We were able to capture a serial thief who was coming to the middle school to steal bicycles,” Yant explains. “We were also able to identify two students who were accused of raping another student.” Impressed with CCUSD’s proactive approach to security, Domene thinks all schools should follow Yant’s example when upgrading a security system. “It’s nice to deal with someone who understands what we’re talking about and has realistic expectations,” Domene says. “I look at CCUSD as being very proactive to provide top-notch security for their students.”

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Best Intrusion Practices string of burglaries at two elementary schools at the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) resulted in the loss of more than $15,000 in stolen computers. The thefts prompted Ted Yant, the district’s security supervisor, to install cameras in computer labs in each of CCUSD’s nine schools. The first incident triggered the school’s intrusion alarm, and police responded to the scene within four minutes. Still, the intruders were able to take four computers. In the other incidents, the alarm never sounded. “It turns out that the equipment was wireless and the batteries had died,” Yant explains. He says the alarm company, which normally informs the district when the alarm batteries are low, failed to notify him that the alarm required a battery change. “I know this is a function that normally works because they called me at 2 a.m. one time to tell me that the battery was low,” he says. “But they admitted that the technician didn’t set up the alarm [properly], so there was no trouble signal.” To prevent this from happening, Kevin Domene of San Diego-based SDA Security notes that when installing an alarm system, it is important for technicians to call each zone in the central station. “When you call the zones, not only are you sending an alarm signal from that zone, but you also pull the battery from that device to basically cut power to it,” he says. “So, that system would register a trouble signal as well because someone is supervising the device.” While SDA Security does not monitor CCUSD’s alarm system, Domene says the cause for this problem stems from the technicians wanting to complete the installation as quickly as possible. “I’ve seen it before where alarm technicians are in a hurry, so they set the zone up, test the alarm signal, and then they forget the rest,” he says. “It’s really about making sure you take that extra step to make sure the alarm works properly.”

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ight-emitting diode (LED) luminaires are ready to take their place at the apex of exterior lighting, even though our realization of their full potential is still a long way off. The power of these units has increased, making them capable of replacing 1,000-watt HID bulbs like high pressure sodium and metal halide. They do this with much greater uniformity of light distribution. They use a fraction of the energy required for most competing light sources and can last up to 20 years. Many are now manufactured with plate-mounted LEDs that can be swapped to change power output and lighting pattern. This means By Jim Grayson that individual components can now Jim Grayson is a senior security consultant. be replaced or upgraded without His career spans more than 35 years in law removing the entire fixture. There enforcement and security consulting. He worked are a few worthy competitors, like for UCLA on a workplace violence study involving hospitals, schools and small retail environments induction lighting, and consulted with NIOSH on a retail violence and LED lighting is prevention study. Grayson can be reached at not the best choice jimgrayson@mindspring.com. for all applications. That said, they are emerging as a real winner.

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