Violence


E-mail Assessment

Is Our Church Secure from Crime and Violence?

Take this assessment to see if your church is protecting your congregation and your property from intruders.
posted 5/14/2008

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Is Our Church Secure from Crime and Violence?
Some people approach churches with criminal intent, such as theft, fraud, or violence. Since churches want inviting facilities, resorting to walled in, siege-like mentality is rarely a good answer. The key is conveying the impression that the church is secure, so that criminals will consider the facility too difficult to enter or the possibility of being caught too great to proceed.
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Have we asked the local police community-relations department to look over our buildings and make recommendations?

2
Have we asked the police for an analysis of the crimes committed in the past three years?

3
Has our church seriously considered any trend toward increasing assaults and taken action before it's necessary?

4
Have we considered putting switches on doors and windows to trigger an alarm if a door or window opens?

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Has our church installed motion or heat sensors in trap areas (hallways or other places theives have to walk through) to detect either movement or body heat?

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Has our church considered placing a panic button in the church office so personnel can summon police without having to pick up a telephone?

7
Do we use a video security and a remote lock on the front door to screen who is allowed in the building?

8
While researching security systems, have we invited a sales rep to do a free security survey?

9
Have we made sure our alarm company is licensed and insured?

10
When choosing a security system we leased our system and service agreements instead of buying, as technology changes quickly.

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