An open environment, challenges with funding and many constituents to please: campus security directors and integrators share their challenges with securing these “communities within a community.”
They say that these are the “greatest years” of someone’s life. The college years, the time to figure out a career, make friends and use the valuable time and experiences as the launching pad in which one can continue those “great” years in their 20s, 30s and beyond.
Yet, because of the open nature of university and college campuses, they often can be hot spots for crime. What are security directors doing to secure these “communities within a community,” as they often refer to it? What’s working as far as effective solutions, and how can security directors secure more funding to get the job done?