New Normal: Armed Security Guards In Schools
Frank Costa, President Nexgen Protection Services –
The Kansas City School system already has armed security guards in the middle and high schools. The school is now looking for their community’s perspective on adding armed security guards to elementary schools.
It is important for students’ parents and staff to feel safe. The upside to the security detail is that they can often get to an incident much faster than law enforcement since they are on mobile patrols already.
SOURCE:
Abundis, M., “Kansas City Public Schools, families discuss adding armed security guards to elementary schools”, KSHB 41, 10/24/2023.
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Security: A Small Price to Pay to Protect our Community
Frank Costa, President Nexgen Protection Services –
Cambridge City Council unanimously agreed to hire five full-time security guards with a mobile detail to improve community safety.
This is a small price to pay for taking care of our community, keeping it safe, and keeping it clean.
Communities are seeing vandalism of storefronts, community parks, and in our neighborhoods. Securing a mobile security team helps deter lawlessness by simply being visible. Security details make a big impact in deterring vandalism and damage.
There is a savings by hiring a security patrol, as the number of after hour incidents declines. This in turn results in fewer instances of having to send out law enforcement officers as well as the costs of cleaning up vandalism or damage. It also frees up law-officers to engage with our community and other aspects of keeping our streets safe.
SOURCE:
Strom, J., “Cambridge council votes to hire mobile security team”, Kitchener City News, 02/15/2024.
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Detecting threats in train stations without compromising citizens’ privacy.
Frank Costa, President Nexgen Protection Services –
Surface transportation such as subway systems can be a unique security challenge due to the large crowds of travelers and the open, unstructured environment. Public safety officials (including mass transit operators, mass transit police, and state and federal law enforcement teams) need a capability to detect potential threat items on persons and in bags without negatively impacting the speed of travel.
How do we detect terror threats in train stations without searching people or compromising their privacy?
A video algorithm detects bags left behind and cutting-edge video forensic tools are some of the technologies used to secure train stations and protect the traveling public.
SOURCE:
Securing Surface Transportation: Video Forensics”, Department of Homeland Security, https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/videos/22798.
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