Effective Security Options for School Districts

Security Options for Groveport Madison Schools Gary L. Sigrist, Jr. CEO and President Safeguard Risk Solutions LLC

Questions for each vendor Can you handle security for an entire district (1 preschool, 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school)? What school districts are you working with now? How many security officers would you have for each site? What type of training do you provide for your officers? If a school uses metal detectors, how many officers would you recommend of each metal detector? On average, what would an officer cost for 180 days? You can break this down as armed vs unarmed.

Keep in mind All the companies who responded expressed concerns that they did not have an adequate amount of time to answer your questions. This is the view from 10,000 feet. I had to sign an NDA for each company to keep their information confidential. To get a more in-depth analysis of the necessary staffing and costs, the district would need to put out an RFP.

Vendor A Armed Security Firm Can you handle security for an entire district (1 preschool, 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school)? Yes, we can handle security for the entire district no problem at all. The current large project we are staffing 28 armed "School Protection Specialists" for the North Kansas City, MO School District which is the 2nd largest in the State of Missouri

Vendor A Armed Security Firm What school districts are you working with now? We have worked with over 500 districts across the country on a wide variety of security training, consulting and protection projects. The "School Protection Specialists" portion of our business is very new, but we already have 2 districts and 5 others looking at this model since SRO's are almost impossible to get from local law enforcement agencies.

Vendor A Armed Security Firm How many security officers would you have for each site? Pre-school - 1 School Protection Specialist (SPS) 6 Elementary Schools - 1 School Protection Specialist (SPS) for each school for 6 total 3 Middle Schools - 2 School Protection Specialists (SPS) for each school for 6 total 1 High School - 3 School Protection Specialists (SPS) Note: If these SPSs are monitoring the Weapon Detection System, you would need two per WDS.

Vendor A Armed Security Firm What type of training do you provide for your officers? 40 hours Firearms training 4 Hours Use of Force 16 Hours Defensive Tactics 4 Hours De-escalation 16 Hours Basic First Aid/Crisis Casualty Care First Aid 20 Hours Tactics 12 Hours Security 10 Hours Practical CIT/Sexual Harassment/Communications/Legal/Ethics

Vendor A Armed Security Firm If a school uses metal detectors, how many officers would you recommend of each metal detector? We would recommend utilizing 2 security personnel for each metal detector. 3 metal detectors we would recommend using 6 personnel.

Vendor A Armed Security Firm On average, what would an officer cost for 180 days? You can break this down as armed vs unarmed. In order to hire high quality full-time personnel, we do not have a 180-day option. These are full-time salaried positions that we provide full healthcare & retirement benefits. The school will pay $98,714 annually for each armed School Protection Specialists. These personnel have either previous law enforcement experience, previous military experience or extensive armed protection related experience. In order to attract this level of personnel we must compensate them higher than your typical law enforcement officer that is starting out. We do not provide an unarmed option for school security.

Vendor A Armed Security Firm Does not offer 180 days School Protection Specialists - $98,714/year 1 CA, 6 ES, 6 MS, 3 HS - $1,579,424/year Additional SPS needed if running the Weapon Detection System

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm Can you handle security for an entire school district (1 preschool, 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school)? Yes. We are North America's largest provider of education security services to K-12 and higher education institutions. Additionally, we are honored to be the largest provider of education security services to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States. Our scope of practice in K-12 school security ranges from small private schools to large public-school districts and everything in between. Similarly, at the higher education level, we provide security services to institutions ranging from small rural colleges and vocational schools to large colleges and research universities.

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm What school districts are you working with now? We currently provide education security services to approximately 1,000 K-12 schools including public school districts ranging in size from a handful of school locations to some of the Nation's largest school districts with well over 100 schools per district. Our scope of service at these locations includes: unarmed security, armed security, sworn company police (where allowed by law), SROs (where allowed by law), technology services, bike and vehicle patrols, weapon and explosive detection, walking security escort, crossing guard (where allowed by law), vehicle and visitor management, access control, and much more.

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm How many security officers would you have for each site? This is dependent on the requirements of the district. Cruiser Academy and Elementary 1 armed officer Middle School 1 armed and 1 unarmed officer High School 2 armed and 4 unarmed officers

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm How many security officers would you have for each site? If Weapon Detection System is used: 2 unarmed officer for every station and 1 armed officer for each location. 3 stations at an entry point would require 6 unarmed and 1 armed officer. After the start of the school day each entry point would need 1 armed and 1 unarmed officer. The other unarmed officers would patrol the building.

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm What type of training do you provide for your officers? Our industry-leading School of K-12 Security Services K-12 Security Essentials Communicating with young people Title IX, FERPA, HIPAA Trauma and Bias-Informed Response Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Gender Identity and Cultural Sensitivity Emergency Response Screening and Access Control Concierge-Level Customer Service Our Role as a School and Campus Ambassador Anti-Bullying/Anti-Hazing Additional and Ongoing Training Curriculum Custom-built monthly training plan On-demand distributed learning platform with over 1,500 courses to address areas of pressing community concern as they arise.

Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security Firm On average, what would an officer cost for 180 days Does not offer 180 days. Unarmed officer - $66,000/year Armed officer - $105,000/year Account manager/supervisor - $135,000/year Officers working after school events would be paid time and a half for all overtime hours. Does offer Evolv WDS but was unable to give a price.

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm Can you handle security for an entire school district (1 preschool, 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high school)? Absolutely. We have 700+ officers servicing 100+ clients in Central Ohio.

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm What school districts are you working with now? University Of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy 7 years Covenant House Schools - 11 years Youth Vision Charter Schools - 4 years Detroit Public Schools 11years Cornerstone Charter Schools - 8 years Cranbrook Educational Community 12 years Southfield Schools - 3 years Highland Park Schools 2 years Ecorse Schools 4 years Harper Woods Schools 4 years Dearborn Schools 3 years Washington Parks Schools 6 years Westwood Schools 9 years

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm How many security officers would you have for each site? This is dependent on the requirements of the district. Cruiser Academy and Elementary 1 officer Middle School 3 officer High School 5 officers

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm How many security officers would you have for each site? If Weapon Detection System is used: 2 officers for every station and 1 roving officer. Evolv Unit Cost - $42,377 per year for 4 yrs (Dual-lane Unit), we recommend 3 at the HS

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm What type of training do you provide for your officers? Strategies for Preventing and Diffusing Aggressive Behavior Behavior and Intervention Mental Conditioning Plan, Identify and Act Methods and Communication Non-Verbal Communications Personal Space The Reactionary Distance Eye Communications Gestures, Postures and Facial Expressions Signals to look for and understand

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm What type of training do you provide for your officers? Stage II:Emotional Confrontation a. RecognizingEmotionalConfrontation b. ManagingEmotionalConfrontation Stage III:PhysicalAggression a. RecognizingPhysicalAggression b. ManagingPhysicalAggression c. Cornering d. Diversions i. Diversions that can be used ii. Approaching e. Multiple Individuals i. Positioning Stages of Conflict & Management Conflict Stage I:Anxiety a. RecognizingAnxiety b. AnxietyTriggers c. Managingthe Individual sAnxiety d. Listening e. Five Levels of Listening f. EmpatheticListening g. SupportiveVerbalCommunications h. SupportiveVerbalCommunicationSkills i. Understanding your fearandpanic j. Fear andPanicCreate Dysfunction k. MindandBody Stress Feedback Loop l. How to break the Stress FeedbackLoop 1. 1. 2. 2.

Vendor C Unarmed Security Firm On average, what would an officer cost for 180 days Officers working after school events would be paid time and a half for all overtime hours. Consolidated bill rate to include Account Manager $29.47/hr. High School 160 hpw officer, 40 hpw Account Manager 180-day cost $212,184 Middle School 120 hpw 180-day cost $127,310 Elementary School 40 hpw 180-day cost $42,436 Preschool 40 hpw 180-day cost $42,436 Total cost: $424,366

Summary Vendor C has unarmed security officers and would use their de- escalation strategies if a student has a weapon. Screening would/could still be done for late students and parents coming into the office. Vendors B and C offer Evolv WDS. There is a question regarding creating a sally trap for screening students. Vendors A and B will not sign contracts for 180 days. Officers will be full time employees.

Trying to compare apples to apples Vendor A Armed Security $1,579,424/year - 16 officers Additional officers needed for WDS Vendor B Armed and Unarmed Security $330,000/year 9 officers Additional officers needed for WDS Vendor C Unarmed Security $424,366/180 days 9 officers

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