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Request for Proposal Paper and Presentation

Current Risks

Boulevard Heights Senior High is currently experiencing many security issues that are

making attending the school increasingly difficult for students and staff. When students attend

school they should be able to feel safe and not worry about acts of violence but at Boulevard

Heights this is not the case. The high school is currently located in a high crime high risk

neighborhood that is rampant with gang activity. The crime and gang activity in the area has

resulted in drive by shootings and other criminal behavior, such as drug sales and prostitution,

and have increased the risk to the student.

When students live and go to a school in an area with high gang activity they become

vulnerable to the manipulations of gang and to becoming a member. Gang violence puts the

student and the staff at risk for all types of violent events that affect the quality of the education

being received by the student. The school becomes more vulnerable to drive by shootings and

other acts of violence. The school has also been experiencing a high number of suicides that can

be the result of students subject to harassment by gang members or can be the result of a culture

of bullying. If bullying by gangs or just regular student is a problem at the school there will be a

threat for mass shooting as well as their can be a threat for suicide by the bullied student victim.

Another problem being experienced currently at Boulevard Heights Senior High is the

security vulnerability of having an interstate directly behind the school. When there is an

interstate criminal can commit crimes in the area or at the school and then just jump back onto

the interstate. In order to ensure that no security threats to the school are present based on the

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interstate there will need to be security measures created to prevent intrusion into the school via

the outer perimeter of the school (Thompson, 2012).

Future Risks

The Boulevard Heights Senior High will have the future risk of continued school violence.

School violence is not a new phenomenon and has been a problem in the school environment for

over a hundred years. In current society the trends for school violence is slowly reducing as

society becomes more focused on developing security plans and prevention programs designed

to stop school violence. In the future schools will continue to teach children that bullying is

wrong and will take measures to stop violence but incidents of violence will continue. In the

future bullying will still be a problem but not to the extent in current society.

In the future the Boulevard Heights Senior High will continue to experience problems with

gang violence unless the community surrounding the school is cleaned up or the school is move

to a new location. With the current state of the economy the second option is far less likely. The

school will continue to have incidents of school violence that include fights and acts of violence

against teachers and will continue to experience issues with traditional problems such as

vandalism and skipping school. The school environment is designed for learning but students are

unique and each student is different. Some come from good family homes while others come

from abusive or neglectful home lives that can result in antisocial behaviors.

The security plan will need to ensure that potential future security problems are addressed

(Chudgar, 2012). This includes conducting a security assessment to determine potential security

gaps in the future and taking steps to ensure these security gaps are addressed. The school will

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need to continue to have a no tolerance policy when it comes to violence and take steps to

prevent any forms of violence in the school setting.

Budget for the Security Plan

The budget for the security plan will be increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars

per year in order to ensure increased security measures can be put into place and new programs

can be created to prevent bullying and other acts of school violence associated with gang

behavior. While information technology security is not the main security concern at the

Boulevard Heights Senior High the security budget will need to include the necessary funds to

prevent students or staff from engaging in authorized behavior on the schools computers. The

budget will also need to include the new security measures that will need to be implemented to

properly secure the school and increase student and staff safety.

New perimeter fencing to keep security threats out and students on the school campus.

The new security fence will be twelve foot high and topped with razor wire. Expense for

fence will be $25,000.

Full time security staff is the next security aspect that will need to be accounted for in the

budget. The school will have three security officers with a budget of $30,000 each for

yearly salaries. One security officer will be responsible for patrolling school and ensuring

students passed through metal detectors and searches of their belongings to ensure they

have no weapons or drugs. The second security officer will patrol the perimeter of the

high school. The third security will patrol the inside of the high school.

Metal detectors will take up $15,000 dollars of the school budget.

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The last $20,000 dollars will be budget for incidentals and to support programs designed

to prevent security problems.

Conclusion

The Boulevard Heights Senior High is experiencing major security issues that must be

addressed to ensure students are able to attend school without fear of becoming a victim of a

violent crime. In order for the high school to become safer and more secure an effective security

plan must be developed that includes including the perimeter and the internal environment of the

school. The school will need to establish a strong outer perimeter security plan to ensure that

outside threats cannot enter the school as well as develop a strong internal security plan to ensure

inside threats are properly deterred.

In order for the security plan to be effective security staff will need to understand the current

and future security risks as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the current security plan. The

security plan should first assess current security measures to identify potential gaps and ensure

these gaps are properly addressed. Without an effective security plan that addresses the gang

activity, the outside threat of the interstate, bullying, suicides, and drive by shootings.

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References

Chudgar, V. (2012). Key Components of a Risk-Based Security Plan. Retrieved February 17,

2013 from http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/white-papers/foundstone/wp-key-comp-risk

Thompson C. (2012). Schools eye security plan after Conn. Attack. Retrieved February 17, 2013

from http://www.policeone.com/school-violence/articles/6065723-Schools-eye-security-plan