Help For Churches: Business Security

By Mark Mahaffey


You may find it hard to believe, but churches are not exempt from being the victims of crime. This means that church should have a strong business security plan in place so they can protect themselves. Of course, this will require budgeting enough money to have high quality security measures in place.

One of the first things a church should do to lessen the chances of being vandalized is to install video surveillance cameras in the building. This is a great way to begin working on the business security system. Put these cameras both inside and outside the church. The feed from these cameras can be sent to a monitoring company.

Placing glass break sensors on windows and doors is also a good idea. These will sound an alarm when disturbed, so anyone trying to break in by smashing glass will trigger it. This may be all that is needed to scare away someone trying to vandalize your church building.

Having good lighting is a part of a good business security system. Crooks like to do their work when no one can catch them, and often this means doing it at night under the cover of darkness. The more light you can have around your building, the better. Place security lights in parking areas, around doors and windows and at the entrance to your property.

For the more sensitive areas of the church building, such as where expensive equipment is stored, consider using access control. You can't trust people just because they are members of your church. You may have people within your congregation that would try to steal from the church. Protect sensitive areas with access control.

Deadbolts may not see like a very fancy part of a business security plan, but they are. If you can keep someone from breaking into the building, you have done a lot! Deadbolts can make it very difficult for a criminal to break in.




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