School Security Consulting Services

SMSI Inc. and its school security experts are partnered some of the best school security experts in the country. SMSI understands, from the inside the needs and capabilities of school districts to effectively meet the challenges of today's realities. SMSI Inc., on the other hand, is an expert security consulting firm that has been addressing a wide range of security challenges for more than 25 years. SMSI’s security experts are interested in developing programs to counter the prevalence of school violence that has plagued our nation.

In almost every case of school violence that periodically dominates the national media we find significant deficiencies and inadequate protocols for the prevention of these episodes. Early warnings are either not seen or consciously ignored. Proactive prevention measures are often nonexistent. As a result, as noted by our security experts, our children and education professionals often become the victims of school violence. And the money that should be going towards educating our children is lost on costly lawsuits.

William H. Nesbitt, CPP, the President of SMSI Inc., is a seasoned school security expert with more that 30 years of diverse experience. He has been retained as a Security Expert Witness in more than500 lawsuits, including school district cases. His practice focuses on the analysis and identification of security vulnerabilities and the subsequent mitigation of those risks.

SMSI is also offering Security Management Support Programs for public schools and colleges.

Lester Martisko, Ph. D., Psychologist and Executive Director of SCSC, has been providing his expertise to public education for more than 30 years. As a school security expert, he understands that complex problems require multidimensional solutions. He also understands the public education culture and the need to protect students and faculty with age appropriate solutions.

In addition to an expert school security analysis, we believe, there must be symbiosis between behavior modification techniques and the wide range of potential remedies. Our school security experts’ would like to point out that security incidents that erupt in middle school or high schools often have their etiology in K through 6. Early intervention results in prevention. Behavioral techniques such as teacher training and peer intervention must be integrated, when appropriate, with more traditional security methodologies as well as coordination with local law enforcement.

SMSI Inc.’s school security experts are offering a wide range of services, all aimed at making our schools safer and more conducive to learning. Those services include district wide security assessments, including crimecast analysis, by one of our school security experts. That assessment will result in a plan that will be appropriate to meet the unique needs of each district. Our experts agree, one size does not fit all when it comes to school security. Security is a very situation-sensitive discipline. Some school districts may require minimal fixes such as teacher security training and the development of various peer intervention techniques. Some districts may require the added use of security technology such as CCTV and access control systems. From our school security expert’s experience, all districts generally require sophisticated security incident tracking and trend analysis.

Aside from the tragedy caused by school related violence, the cost of prevention is three to four times less than the cost of reacting to a major security breach. There are significant benefits arising from this partnering between SCSC and SMSI as well as its school security experts. The public school systems have significantly lagged behind the private sector when it comes to effective prevention of violence and the development of cost effective security programs. SMSI’s school security experts will close the gap. SMSI will ensure that the special sensitivities and milieu of the public schools are maintained while at the same time providing a safe environment for our children.

Call or email today, speak to a member of our school security expert team and ask for a proposal.