SMSI Inc. Providing the Building Blocks to a Secure Environment
If you search the internet for news stories regarding shopping mall security, you will find that successful malls prosper, in large part because customers feel safe. The other reality is that when customers are victimized by criminals, law suits will follow.
The role of the security professional is to reasonably mitgate crime. This may be accomplished by a number of methodologies including CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design). CPTED combines a combination of remedies with the goal of creating a cost efficient security program where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This strategy is applicable large enclosed malls as well as large and small strip malls.
Security is both an anticipatory discipline as well as a situational discipline. These means no two security programs are alike because universal standards do not apply. Security Programs must be need driven and responsive to the ambient threat environment.
The logical starting point for a proactive mall security program is a comprehensive security assessment, including a quantitative threat assessment. This is where Security Management Service International (SMSI) begins. The security assessment provides a solid foundational basis for all that follows. It does not make sense to spend scarce resources on security guards, lighting, cameras, locking systems and alarm systems, without first conducting a comprehensive security assessment. All of these services are provided with the goal of cost efficiency and the optimization of return on investment (ROI).
Other Service Offered by SMSI:
- Security Assessments
- Security System Design Support
- CPTED
- Lighting Systems
- Video Surveillance/Video Analytics
- Alarm Systems
- Request for Proposal (RFP) Oversight Support
- Security Guard Service
- Purchase of Security Systems (Alarm systems, Locking systems, Video systems)
- Computer-based Security Management Systems
- Vendor Selection Support
- Security Awareness Programs & Training
- Security Management Support
Learn more about SMSI’s Security Consulting Services (Security Consultant).
Security Management Services International, Inc. is a fulltime consulting firm. We are not engaged in the provision of guard services. We do not sell video surveillance equipment. We are not engaged in the alarm industry or access control business. To do so would be a conflict of interest. We are Board Certified Protection Professionals (CPP) with the mission of helping our clients develop cost efficient security programs with the goal of protecting employees, customers, assets and property. Safe Malls are prosperous malls.
William H. Nesbitt, CPP
President
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