Church Operations Security Opsec

This guide book is for church officials, security officers, and volunteers who provide safety for churches and their outreach locations. The information in this guide is intended to assist church officials in providing a safe environment for their members and guests. It is an excellent tool for churches in a crisis who have no written plan or training. The book is also useful as a training tool for church staff and volunteers.

This guide book is for church officials, security officers, and volunteers who provide safety for churches and their outreach locations. The information in this guide is intended to assist church officials in providing a safe environment for their members and guests. It is an excellent tool for churches in a crisis who have no written plan or training. The book is also useful as a training tool for church staff and volunteers.

Understand effective measures to apply OPSEC at work, at home or while traveling. Identify the Critical Information that your adversaries require to plan and execute their hostile intentions and take steps to prevent its release. OPSEC protects you and your family, your company and co-workers and homeland security.Use this tool to identify OPSEC vulnerabilities and prevent the release of Critical Information to your adversaries. Take TACTIKS with you wherever you go for greater safety and security.

Learn how to start a Church Security program from those who have gone before you, made the mistakes and learned from them.

Security for Holy Places is the first comprehensive security guide for religious associations and organizations. While focused on houses of worship (and schools and centers connected to them), the guide also provides important information on securing religious summer camps and its guidance can be used for any faith-based organization, senior center, day care, or school. The book includes chapters on: overall threat types of weapons used by intruders perimeter and inside security where to get professional help how to build a security plan what to know when hiring guards armed versus unarmed guards & volunteers gun laws mental health issues how to use volunteers effectively to strengthen security information on technology that can strengthen the protection of holy places and their immediate surroundings security for day and overnight camps guidance on how to organize security committees to strengthen security checklists for congregations and camps to use immediately

This Church Safety and Security Ministry Guide is intended to help Safety Directors of small to medium size churches with training their volunteer teams. This guide was developed by painstakingly researching nationally recognized publications and by consulting with experts in church security, crime prevention, emergency medical response, fire safety, pastoral protection, security, and a number of other fields of study. It contains chapters on everything from Active Shooter Neutralization to Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse.

Watch My Sheep" is a guide for churches, police officers and security volunteers to set up security teams at their local churches. The church is a soft target but doesn't need to be. Churches can still maintain an open and inviting posture while greatly improving their security. Churches have special considerations for security, planning and operations must go beyond the scope of active shooter training. "Watch My Sheep" takes a deep dive into establishing the need for security, assessing current profiles, selecting leadership and team members, identifying threats and remedy's and gives practical, tactical direction for anyone involved in setting up a security ministry.

Keeping Religious Institutions Secure explores the unique vulnerabilities that churches, synagogues, and mosques face in regards to security, making them attractive to criminals who see them as easy targets. The text illustrates why all places of worship should think about security and the types of breaches that can drive people away. The book focuses on the most frequent security concerns experienced by houses of worship, including embezzlement, vandalism, assault, hate crime, and in rare cases, an active shooter—and how to help prevent them from occurring. Beginning with an overview of the basic security concepts and principles that can enhance the security of any religious facility, it then delves deeply into the particular security concerns of houses of worship, including the use of volunteers, protecting religious leaders, ensuring safety for children and teens, interacting with local law enforcement, handling the media, and much more. Covers security best practices that are adaptable to any type of religious institution. Addresses the key security measures—physical, electronic, environmental, and procedural—for protecting people and facilities. Includes guidance on identifying threats and vulnerabilities and instituting countermeasures for deterring crime and violence.

A basic "how to" instructional manual for those interested in church security.