Create emergency preparedness plans and set up a schedule to test and revise the plan periodically. Train all personnel on school security trends and strategies. Conduct a school security assessment, creating a document that describes strengths and weaknesses in existing security arrangements and reviews the crisis preparedness plan. Suburban and rural areas are as much at risk as inner-cities. As populations shift and grow, crime follows.
Crime is now in the suburbs and rapidly spreading to rural areas.
Factors contributing to complacency include reports of declining crime figures and surveys producing data with limitations that may lead to a false sense of security and a focus away from the need for active school security measures. There are things we can do to prepare for reducing the risks of crises and security threats, and we can prepare to better manage crises if they do occur. Posting of evacuation routes.