The New York State Board of Education's Division of School Safety is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment to ensure that schools are free from disruption. This report presents findings of an audit that investigated whether the division's incident reporting system database accurately captured all school safety incidents that…

An incentive program to increase safety belt use was implemented at a large university and was delivered by the campus police during the 1983-1984 academic year. For each of the intervention periods during three academic quarters, the 23 regular police officers recorded the license numbers of vehicles with drivers wearing a shoulder belt, and each…

The 15 papers and summaries of presentations in this collection provide technical information and guidance offered by representatives from federal agencies and private industry. Topics discussed include physical security, risk assessment, software security, computer network security, and applications and implementation of the Data Encryption…

Safety rules developed at Columbia University, that apply to the security division, are discussed in this first of a two-part series. (MLF)

Security personnel from five school districts have been recently responsible for developing programs designed to protect students, teachers, and school property from vandals. Reports from Prince George's County, Maryland, Chicago, Illinois, Bellevue, Washington, DeKalb County Schools, Georgia, and Pittsburgh Public Schools are provided. (Author/RK)

Available from Security World Publishing Co., Inc. P.O. Box 272, Culver City, California 90230; $2.00 single copy. (JG)

This bulletin explores promotion of school safety by increasing students' accountability for their behavior. It provides information to facilitate the development of constructive, well-conceived, accountability-based programs that work with juvenile offenders. These programs also address the issues of violence, disorder, and fear. The bulletin…

This document is a transcript of a public review held by California's Senate to examine the adequacy of existing training requirements and the selection standards for school police. The various speakers for this hearing focused on: (1) existing standards; (2) how school districts currently meet their safety personnel needs; and (3) what changes,…

This paper is the third in a series that focuses on the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. It reports on a study of what parents know and think about campus safety issues and the Clery Act. During a college's summer orientation program, parents were selected at random from those who passed the…

The experiences of George Washington University Hospital's public relations staff when it handled the crisis of the shooting of President Reagan is described. Security, choice of a spokesperson, relations with the news media, dealing with VIPs, etc., are discussed. (MLW)

Cynicism of prison guards was examined as an outcome of interaction with others in the institution. Findings indicate that as a prison guard's work relations with inmates, fellow officers, and administrators deteriorate, his level of cynicism increases. (Author)

A defective alarm system was modified with circuitry and added components. The final design was a joint effort between engineers and security professionals. (Author/MLF)

A discussion of computer theft prevention on college campuses looks at a variety of elements in electronic equipment security, including the extent of the problem, physical antitheft products, computerized access, control of key access, alarm systems, competent security personnel, lighting, use of layers of protection, and increasing…

More than a dozen school district security directors from Suffolk County, New York, have banded together in the Suffolk School Security Alliance (SSSA) to share ideas about school security. One idea realized is a telephone tracking system to trace the location of any phone used to make a threat. Members pool their expertise to make a variety of…

The article reports on a 1989-90 survey which examined the campus crime rate and perceived issues at 219 colleges and universities. Institutional liability is addressed; and ways to reduce liability are recommended, including distributing notices to keep room doors and windows locked, conducting crime prevention workshops, and increasing security…