6 Church Security Tips
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Church Security Tips:
These 6 Church Security Tips will help you protect the children, congregation, Church’s reputation and finances, and more!
Church Background Checks
Church Security Equipment
Armed Church Security
Church Security Team
Church Safety Training
Church Security Plan
1. Church Background Checks:
Your Church should perform Background Checks of all of its employees and volunteers (of all ministries).
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One of the many reasons you should perform Background Checks is to know if there are any registered sex offenders applying to work or volunteer at your Church. Knowing this information can help you protect the children, and your Church’s reputation and finances.
You can learn more about Developing a Church Security Plan to Protect the Children's Ministry here!
2. Church Security Equipment:
Invest in Church Security Equipment, like surveillance cameras, and emergency medical supplies (e.g., Automated External Defibrillator).
3. Armed Church Security:
Hire an Armed Church Security Guard, especially while you navigate the terrain of establishing your own Church Security Team and drafting Church Security Plans whether or not volunteers can carry firearms.
4. Church Security Team:
Form a Church Security Team, if your Church doesn’t already have one. You’ll want to recruit members with military, police and/or medical experience. Each person should complete an application and undergo a background check. The best-case scenario would be to schedule at least one Armed Church Security Guard and medical responder at each service.
Once a Church Security Team is established, you’ll want equipment for communicating.
5. Church Safety Training:
Once you have established a Church Security Team, you’ll need to train them (e.g., a Child Safety Training is included with all Background Check Bundles at Protect My Ministry).
For more information about Church Safety Training, you can read How to Train a Church Security Team.
6. Church Security Plan:
Last but certainly not least, you’ll need to draft a Church Security Plan. Having a Church Security Plan, lets the Church Security Team know what is expected of them, and helps protect the Church Security Team from personal liability.
For more information read:
Why You Need Church Security Policy for Your Church Security Team and
The Best Way to Protect Your Church Security Team from Personal Liability!
As Benjamin Franklin said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Meaning it’s better to prevent a problem than to deal with it after it’s happened.
I pray these Church Security Tips help you protect the children, congregation, Church’s reputation and finances, and more!
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About the Author: Lori Corini is an attorney admitted to practice law in the state of New York, an NRA Pistol Instructor and Range Safety Officer, a NYS licensed armed guard, and Director of Safety and Security and a Board Member at her Church.
This blog post lists 6 Tips to Tighten Church Security! These tips include, completing background checks for all Church employees and volunteers, forming a Church Security team, having Church Security trainings (e.g. bleeding control training), having at least one Armed Security Officer, a medical response kit, Church Security Plans and other Church Security ideas! #churchsecurity #churchsecurityideas #churchsecuritytraining #medicalresponsekit #armedsecurityofficer #churchsecurityplans