NCJ Number
132580
Date Published
1991
Length
176 pages
Annotation
Written for police personnel and private security professionals, this text explains the basic concepts and techniques of business and industrial security and loss control with emphasis on the need to recognize resource limitations and use security measures that match rather than exceed actual needs.
Abstract
The discussion covers specific types of risks and alternative ways to address them. It notes the importance of planning for security and loss control before constructing a new facility and for conducting a security survey before implementing specific security measures. Additional chapters explain physical security barriers, security lighting, locks, intrusion alarms, safes, vaults and file rooms, and the integration of electronic components. Further chapters discuss measures to protect against employee theft, methods of addressing bombings and bomb threats, the use of security guards, executive protection, and fire prevention and suppression. Photographs, diagrams, figures, index, and appended sample proposal and security reports