security in your workplace

[ktwlpn]

Do you have any? I am in a large LTC-we do not enforce real visiting hours as it is the resident's home but the entrances are locked at 8pm and visitors after that time must ring the door bell to be let in by security.......Security is a crew of middle aged to elderly men-one per shift...they can only stand by and watch or call 911 in a real emergency...Visitors can come in through several entrances during the day and do not sign in...We have a maintenance crew 8am to 4pm and we can call them in an emergency but there is no policy covering the procedure or their training...How common is it to have an untold number of people wandering in your facility at any given time? Do you feel safe? Is your administration concerned and do you feel that they are protecting you?

[researchrabbit]

I had to utilize security twice when I worked at KU (once for a stalker incident and once with threats of physical harm by my ex). Both times they came through quickly and safely and took care of the situation so it did not recur. I was impressed.

Now that I am at a different university, security seems much more lax; partly that is because the buildings are separate instead of one huge complex (so the security people are spread thinner). But security here seems to be more into giving parking tickets than responding to difficult situations.