Security Uncertainty in Regards to Individual Activities

Security

Uncertainty in regards to individual activities within a large student population is always a cause for concern. It is difficult to govern or even deter the questionable activities of a predominately young student population. This problem is exacerbated due to the rebellious nature of young students in regards to politics, social interactions, student programing and more. Public news often comes from universities with questionable activities such as fraternity hazing, supporting controversial leaders, and more. This behavior is what makes a university campus and atmosphere so unique relative to other educational venues. The university can foster these activities while being sensitive to others personal beliefs. Unforeseen circumstances are common place however on university campuses with such unique activities, beliefs, and behaviors. The magnitude and scope of these incidents often varies. As such, proper training is essential in alleviating the concerns garnered by unforeseen circumstances (Bruce, 2009).

To begin, it is very important to train all university personnel on proper protocol when an incident occurs. This is primarily true due to the often large and diverse backgrounds of college campus. What makes a college so unique can also be the reason for unforeseen circumstances to occur. As such, all viable personnel should be trained. The content of the training will be universal and apply to stakeholders. The training will occur twice a year in order to provide new hires with an opportunity to learn, while also reinforcing seasoned employees. The threats to university campuses are difficult to enumerate because there simply are so many. However, major occurrences often require similar action. As such, training will consist of many of the more know incidents occurring on student campuses. These events would include, bomb threats, cyber attacks, shootings, acts of terrorism, rapes, natural disasters, and drug and alcohol abuse. These incidents have occurred one time or another on university and college campuses. As such, there is a precedent on how to properly conduct oneself in the event of an occurrence. All key stakeholders should be trained in these areas. In regards to structure, my comprehensive plan would be simple and informative. I want any team member or individual with questions regarding appropriate action to easily read all the available sections of the document. I would also attempt to make the document succinct in an effort to avoid information overload. I believe this is important as it provides all individuals with a general understanding of the overall objective of the security plan. It also allows team members, to understand their own roles in responsibilities within the context of the larger procedure. Through this document, all stakeholder groups can avoid unnecessary confusion in regards to security threats and concerns.

The comprehensive security plan would also consist of various goals and benchmarks in order to hold all stakeholder groups involved accountable. This is again helpful in regards to PR as the university can acknowledge the progress and corrective actions being undertaken when an incident occurs. Furthermore, the comprehensive plan would include a contingency plan in the event of an unforeseen circumstance. This contingency plan would consist of emergency funding, in the event of unforeseen conditions such as a resident hall fire. Depending on location, natural disasters may occur the effect not only the resident facilities, but the university as whole. This can include tornado, hurricanes, fire, employee mal practice, and more. The comprehensive plan must account for these unforeseen circumstances to ensure that student and university property is not compromised. The comprehensive plan would also include human capital considerations as well. Employees, in regards to overall security, are vital to success. However, unforeseen circumstances often occur with very important, key personnel. The contingency plan would also account for an unforeseen event in key personnel's lives such as family emergencies, deaths, health issues and more. When a security issue does arise, their will be clear delineation as to who reports to whom. In the event of one of these circumstances occurring, a plan would be devised in order to transfer responsibilities to another comparable team member (OSPA, 2013). This plan would then be communicated to all stakeholder groups in order to verify any inconsistencies within the plan. The contents of the plan would include the following: