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In a climate where emotions are raw and people feel an urge to express their frustrations en masse in public and physical ways, it is crucial for schools, government buildings, retail outlets, healthcare facilities, corporate campuses and more to maintain a high-level of physical security, thereby protecting human life, infrastructure critical to operations and valuable inventory.
From government buildings to retailers to pharmacies, security personnel and other responding parties must be able to quickly close off building envelopes to keep people and property safe.
Here are few ideals for protecting exterior openings, and assessing the level of security required:
It is very important to remember that items that might not seem too valuable to you, such as medical face masks, a grocery bag or sunglasses, can be the exact item that someone is looking for.
Fun fact: the most stolen items from cars in Canada (from Toronto to Vancouver to Montreal) are smartphones and personal electronics such as headphones, chargers, tablets and GPS devices.
JTF has a few tips everyone can follow to limit and stop auto crime!
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and — in at least one case — removing bodies from a morgue.
Have you ever been in the middle of a heated conflict where deescalation could have been useful? Here are 9 useful, basic but important tips to help you deescalate a situation without the use of force and in a respectful way.
Seasons Greetings from the team at JTFSecurity Group! Wishing you a happy and safe holiday season, and all the best for 2020!
During this busy time of year, personal, personnel and property safety and security can get overlooked. Get in touch if you need our team to be there to make sure that good cheer prevails. We’re here for the holidays, and always!
Quite often, people think of loss prevention specialists as plainclothes guards who arrest shoplifters. While this is indeed correct, it is a small part of what loss prevention is all about.
