Exploring Security Best Practices For Amusement Parks and Attractions

15 Pages·2016·1.17 MB·English

by  Megan Keating

Exploring Security Best
Practices For Amusement
Parks and Attractions
Jason Freeman (moderator), Corporate Director of Safety, Security & Risk
Management Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Todd McGhee, Managing Partner/Co Founder, Protecting the Homeland
Innovations, LLC
Dan Rimmer, Director of Security, SeaWorld Orlando
Tim Shellenberger, Managing Director, Corporate Safety & Security, Hershey
Entertainment & Resorts Company
Security Layering
Tim Shellenberger, Managing Director, Corporate
Safety & Security
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company
Security Layering
Observe and Report Training:
• Pay Parking
• Parking Operations
• Transportation Operations
• Greeter Programs
• Front Gate Operations
Security Layering
Technology:
• Cameras
• Automated Gates
• Electronic Billboards
• Communication Systems
Security Layering
Law Enforcement Presence
:
• Internal
• External
Employee Entrances
:
• Verification of Employment Status
• Search
Intelligence Gathering
:
• Internal
• External
Extending Your Perimeter!
Counter Surveillance
Behavioral Detection/Observation
Dan Rimmer, Director of Security
SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment
Concepts
• Use the layered approach to security
• Engage people as early as possible once on your property – know your
neighbors too
• Have an “all risk” reduction mentality
- Safety
- Crime and Loss Prevention / Fraud
- Antiterrorism
• Look for Force Multipliers
- See Something, Say Something…
Best Practices
• Deploy Trained Behavioral Detection Officers (BDOs)
- Tools available through TSA and DHS
• Evaluate the Environment for Deployment
- Are there arrival “choke points” for focused screening ?;
queue lines for tickets/park entrance / drop off areas
- Perimeter weaknesses; lighting; walk-up access areas
- Know the “moments of truth” for your operation
Peak Arrival Times
Special Events
Peak In-Park Hours
• Engage Employees From Other Disciplines
- Parking; Tolls; Valet; Turnstiles; Greeters
Summary
Keys for Success
Objectives
Communication
Prevent crime; fraud, thefts
- Current threat/concerns
and terrorism
- Time sensitive
Supplement guest screening –
- Tools available
WTMD
(phones/cameras/radios)
Reduce $hrink – possible ROI
Awareness
Enhance safety and welfare
- Updated intelligence
(pets/people)
- What you are looking for
Harden your targets profile
Training
- Supported by leadership
- Targeted by discipline
Behavior Observation Skills
Todd McGhee, Managing Partner
Protecting the Homeland Innovations