Campus Crime Prevention Programs offers consultative services to colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.

Our consultants represent a wide spectrum of experience in college and university crime and loss prevention. Based upon our unique experience, training, and education, our consultants represent some of the foremost authorities involved in academic institutional security. Our unique skills have been applied in both large and small institutions on a national basis.

Whether your college or university requires an analysis of present conditions, intends to renovate security controls for existing facilities, or plans new construction, you may wish to consider the consulting services offered by Campus Crime Prevention Programs.

SERVICES OFFERED:

Campus Crime Prevention Programs offers a variety of services in both technical and managerial security areas. Among those services applicable to the more technical of the security issues are the following:

• Security Assessment: A review of existing security conditions, including procedures and physical security conditions and the development of recommended strategies designed to satisfy designated objectives.
• Review of New Construction: Assistance in the review of plans of new construction or renovation projects and the development of recommendations relating to access control, security systems, hardware selection and security lighting. Assistance is also provided to project design professionals in the development of appropriate environmental or architectural security strategies, as well as technical systems to promote more effective access control.
• Security System Design: A complete framework to include schematic design, plans and specification development, bid document or R.F.P. preparation, system selection, contractor negotiation and selection, project management assistance and inspection services. Services related to system maintenance and implementation are also available.
• Solution of Specific Security Problems: College and university security, police or housing administrators often encounter specific technical security-related tasks or problems for which they must mount an intensive research effort. Campus Crime Prevention Programs can help in this effort, often considerably cutting the time required to arrive at a practical solution.
• Development of Institutional Security Standards: Campus Crime Prevention Programs can assist the institution in developing standards for security in new construction and renovation projects. A unique service that includes security-related environmental design objectives for design professionals, and the establishment of standards involving security hardware and controls. Such standards can also be incorporated into an existing facilities design manual.

LIABILITY ISSUES:

In recent years, the litigious nature of our society has given rise to an increasing number of civil actions involving lack of or inappropriate security measures in institutional facilities. The frequency of these civil actions and the settlements involved are increasing at an alarming rate. Campus Crime Prevention Programs consultative services can assist in managing such liability exposure by the application of security strategies appropriate to a particular risk environment.

WHY USE A SECURITY CONSULTANT?

The question can logically be asked: Why should a college or university use a security consultant? Here are a few reasons:

• The Department May Not Have The Specialized Skills Required For A Particular Problem Or Task: This is particularly true of technical areas, such as the application and design of access controls, door control systems or hardware assessments. An administrator may recognize the existence of a problem or may simply have a very specific objective in mind (i.e., to install a card access system). Whatever the case, the design, installation and implementation of complex technical systems requires technical expertise that may not exist within the institution itself.
• A Security Consultant Can Save You Money: Because of his or her experience and expertise, a security consultant can help the institution avoid expensive errors or mistakes in the design or selection of security products and systems. Reliance solely upon product vendors for technical expertise may not always be wise. It is realistic to expect that the vendor's underlying objective is to sell you the product he or she represents, even if it does not meet the specific requirements of the application. The independent security consultant is not product-affiliated and will, therefore, be more likely to match YOUR needs and YOUR objectives with the available or custom designed products and services.
• The Cost of Developing In-House Expertise Can Be Prohibitive: Except at the largest of campuses, the cost associated with recruiting, employing, training and maintaining specific skill levels of highly knowledgeable security specialists may be prohibitive. Most institutions simply cannot afford such personnel. Moreover, when such in-house expertise IS developed, it often tends to be focused on a particular system or solution-oriented strategy, rather than viewing a problem from a larger perspective.
• The Need for an Unbiased or Objective Opinion: For the most part, consultants rely upon their experience and training to develop solutions to a client's problems . . . viewing conditions from outside the institution with a fresh and new perspective, while considering all the influencing factors. An independent consultant will not be predisposed to a particular strategy because of organizational pressures or internal politics. This is not to say that a good consultant will not agree with a client's personal opinion (on the contrary, the client's opinion is often correct), rather, it simply means that when the consultant's opinion is rendered, it will be the result of an unbiased review of the problem.
• In-House Time and Personnel May Not be Available: Even if an institution IS in the fortunate position of having personnel with the talent to address a particular issue, present workloads may make them unavailable to work on the problem. The availability of funding or scheduling opportunities (such as the renovation of a residence hall) often requires immediate action; and although in-house talent exists, it simply may not be possible to use their services in the time available.
• The Credibility of an Outside Consultant May Serve To Sway Organizational Opinion: As administrators, we often feel frustrated by the lack of importance placed upon security issues, resorting to the "I told you so" mentality when the inevitable occurs. More often than not, a security consultant and his client are in general agreement relating to the primary issues. For this reason, the consultant's opinion may provide the required "extra boost" to the client's program objectives.

  A qualified and experienced security consultant may be the best investment an institution can make to ensure the success of a project or resolve specific problems. The bottom-line question the college or university administrator should ask is, "Do we have the skills, time and objectivity to enable us to make the most efficient and cost-effective choices." If your answer is no, then Campus Crime Prevention Programs is YOUR best choice.

CONTACTING:

For assistance:

• Write Campus Crime Prevention Programs, C/O Aegis Protection Group, Inc., 327 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
• Call us directly by telephone at (502) 244-7306; or FAX us at (502) 244-7308
• E-Mail: dkeller@aegisprotect.com

After discussing your particular requirements for service, we can develop a strategy for resolving your problems.

RATES AND RANGES OF WORK:

Campus Crime Prevention Programs offers a flexible rate schedule that can be based on a lump sum not-to-exceed basis for larger projects, or on a daily - or even hourly - rate for smaller projects or campus visits. Please feel free to call and ask