Take The SMSI Commercial Facility Diagnosic Test and Rate Your Facility's Security Program

The SMSI Commercial Facility Security Diagnosic Test is primarily for facilities that are accessible to the general public. The purpose of this security diagnostic test is to ferret out areas of risk and vulnerability. The higher the score, the higher is the risk. Facilities with high scores are more likely to have crimes committed against persons and property. This test will measure security vulnerability for any business, whether or not it serves the public. The primary difference between those businesses that afford public access, and those that do not, is that the former are exposed to the potential for lawsuits when an invitee, tenant, or outside contractor, becomes the victim of a crime and suffers injury.

01) YESNO	Has your facility ever been the object of a lawsuit for inadequate security?
02) YESNO	Has a Board Certified security professional completed a site security assessment within the last 12 months?
03) YESNO	Has all exterior lighting been evaluated in terms of foot-candles (fc) in order to ensure that adequate security standards are being met?
04) YESNO	Are your exterior door locks tamper resistant?
05) YESNO	If you use a janitorial service, do you require the contractor to background screen all employees?
06) YESNO	Have mailroom personnel been trained to recognize suspicious letters and parcels?
07) YESNO	Do you know the maximum response of the Police to a 911 call and how that response time may be affected by the commission of a terrorist act within the community?
08) YESNO	Have you ensured that every employee and/or tenant has been through a Security Awareness Training Program?
09) YESNO	Have you invited the Police Department's Crime Prevention Officer to bring the Neighborhood Watch Program to your facility?
10) YESNO	If you are using a Contract Guard Service, have you reviewed your contract to ensure your company will not be held culpable for their negligence?
11) YESNO	Have your Security and Loss Prevention Policies & Procedures been reviewed and updated in the last 18 months?
12) YESNO	Do you have backup methods of communication if your facility looses the phone system?
13) YESNO	Are your electronic equipment closets fully secured?
14) YESNO	Have you evaluated all tenants to determine if any of them increase the sites threat vulnerability?
15) YESNO	Does your organization require pre-employment drug screening?
16) YESNO	Are outside contractors expected to submit their employees to pre-employment drug testing?
17) YESNO	Do you have a plan to react to a bio-chemical attack?
18) YESNO	Do you have a bomb threat protocol and are those involved fully trained and rehearsed?
19) YESNO	Has the Bomb Threat Protocol been reevaluated since 9/11 and are those answering such phone calls retrained every six months?
20) YESNO	Have you had a domestic violence incident in the work place within the last three years?
21) YESNO	Has a discharged employee threatened anyone in the company within the last three years?
22) YESNO	Have you found an employee using or dealing Controlled Substances within the last 18 months?
23) YESNO	Is there a well defined Trespass Protocol that contains clearly defined criteria for removal of persons from the property?
24) YESNO	Are all security personnel trained in liability mitigation techniques?
25) YESNO	Have you experienced internal theft in the last 18 months?
26) YESNO	Is your inventory control program able to detect all thefts in excess of $25.00?
27) YESNO	Has your parking facility suffered a vehicle break-in within the past 12 months?
28) YESNO	Have you had a vehicle theft within the past 12 months?
29) YESNO	Have you had a computer theft within the past 12 months?
30) YESNO	If you are using CCTV, does every camera have a written protocol?
31) YESNO	Do you use a Visitor ID Badge System?
32) YESNO	Do you use an Employee ID Badge System?
33) YESNO	Do you employ a property pass system?
34) YESNO	Do your understand the relationship between good housekeeping and crime prevention?
35) YESNO	Has there ever been a rape on your property?
36) YESNO	Has there ever been a homicide on your property?
37) YESNO	Has there ever been an assault on your property?
38) YESNO	Has any employee and/or tenant ever been the victim of a stalker while in the workplace)?
39) YESNO	Do you maintain the right to search employee desks and lockers as a condition of employment?
40) YESNO	Does your key control program allow the tracking of every key issued?
41) YESNO	Are tenants educated that that facility's security responsibility ends at the threshold and is restricted to the common areas?
42) YESNO	When a key is lost or not turned in upon termination, do you re-core the affected locks?
43) YESNO	Are all employees with purchase authority in excess of $1000.00, required to sign conflict of interest agreements?
44) YESNO	Are escorts readily available for employees and/or tenants, to and from their vehicles?
45) YESNO	Are Security Incident Reports, Investigation Files, and Security Logs recorded and maintained within a specialized security database system?
46) YESNO	Does every Security Incident require a Corrective Action response and is that response documented within the database system?
47) YESNO	Have all security personnel been taught documentation and witnessing skills?
48) YESNO	Is a Board Certified Protection Professional (CPP) overseeing your security program?
49) YESNO	Is a crimecast analysis conducted at least every three years, for a radius of at least three miles, of the site�s location?
50) YESNO	Are all internal crimes and acts of dishonesty fully investigated by a competent security professional and are those investigations held active until fruition?

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