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Office Building Security

Protecting an entire office building is one of the most ambitious tasks that anyone can
undertake. Metropolitan Security & Investigation is skilled at the task. Building owners and
manager that hire us to devise a security strategy care just as much about their tenants’
security as do the tenants themselves.

Controlling who has access to your building space is critical to protecting it. Our Access
Systems, whether Card Access or Biometric Readers, will insure that only authorized personnel
have access. We can empower any 24-hour security staff.

Running an office building brings many important responsibilities. One of the most important is
proper security management. Office building security is necessary in order to keep employees
and their belongings safe. Metropolitan Security & Investigations Officers will greatly reduce, if
not stop, vehicle break-ins and automotive theft. MSI security Services will provide expert
protection for your office building. Our security officers will keep your office building free from
vandalism and break-ins, and maintain employee and vehicle safety.

Office buildings are prime targets for vandalism and break-ins. Businesses with offices in an
office building are subject to computer equipment theft, while vandalism is always a problem
that must be dealt with. MSI provides professional office building security management to make
sure your building is not the next to be burglarized.
At the same time, our security officers will guard against vehicle break-ins and personal attacks.
Vehicles sitting in an unattended parking lot are subject to theft, and employees walking to their
cars on a dark evening can be attacked and mugged. Having a visible security officer presence
will make sure that your office building is safe, and keep employees feeling secure and
protected.

In addition to these services, our in–office security can help maintain the highest level of
security within your company. MSI officers professionally handle protecting sensitive data,
whether it is private client information, or confidential corporate documents. MSI ensures
employee and data safety with expert visitor control and employee control. Knights Protection
will keep your office safe, while keeping sensitive data fully secure.

MSI security services are geared toward ensuring that your office building will not be a target to
thieves and vandals. Businesses will feel safe in knowing that their expensive equipment will
not be stolen overnight. Their employees will feel the safety and security of being able to leave
work late in the evening and not fear an attack as they walk to their vehicles. Security officers
from MSI will keep your office building safe.

Metropolitan Security & Investigation tips for a safer environment:

. Be Alert

. Pay attention to who is in your work area. Know who belongs in your work area.

. Become familiar with people and faces who belong in your building. Watch out for a
suspicious looking person, the one who loiters in the area for no apparent purpose.

. Be particularly aware of the person you have seen loitering more than once.

. Challenge Strangers

. Make it a habit of politely asking strangers if you may help them find someone or
something. This technique can allow you to determine the individuals reason for
being in the area and will often deter or discourage potential criminals. Most
criminals ar opportunists. If the opportunity is not there or it is too difficult, they will
move on. The do not want to be spotted, especially by alert people who will report
and identify them.

. A polite offer of assistance will not offend customers, clients or others with a
legitimate reason to be on the premises.

. Watch For The Con Artist

. Keep purses, coats, and other valuables safely locked in a storage area or desk.
Most thieves know you keep your purse in the bottom drawer or that your wallet is
in the inner lining of your jacket. If no secure place for valuable exist and none can
be created, remove money, credit cards, and other valuable items from purses and
coats and keep them on your person. Reduce the amount of cash you carry and
don’t discuss how much you are carrying...someone may be listening.

Design Considerations:

•   Use gates and counters to separate clients from employees when appropriate.
These devices can prevent the potential thief from gaining access to areas where
cash is kept or desks are maintained and aid in defining public space for general
use.

•   Post signs to designate restricted areas. (For example: Private or Employees
Only)

•   Install an information desk and staff it during business hours. It should be in a
prominent location to assist customers and provide a minimum level of
surveillance at the main entrance or entrances to the building.

•   Create transition zones. These can be steps up or down, screened or partitioned
off areas, different levels of lighting or carpeting in a given space. These methods
indicate a change of usage from public to private.

•   Provide adequate staff. The most vulnerable times for office thefts are lunch hours
and near closing, especially on Fridays or holidays. It is important to have enough
personnel to provide adequate coverage during these times, to maintain proper
surveillance and to ensure that clients receive timely assistance and service.

General Security Checklist

1.     Stairwells should be lit and free from obstruction. Check for possible hidden
persons. Consider putting convex mirrors in stairwell corners to provide visibility
to blind corners.

2.     Storerooms should be checked for persons, then locked up.

3.      Restrooms should be well lit and locked if possible. Also check for concealed
persons.

4.      Windows and doors, both interior and exterior should be secured prior to closing.

5.      Alarm systems should be activated before closing.

6.      Key control is vital. Keep good records on who has keys. Engrave keys with "Do
not duplicate." Consider changing keys annually and after termination of
employees.

7.      Check control: log and stamp all checks "For deposit only."

8.      Property marking deters theft and aids in recovery. Engrave office property
with Engrave personal property with your Texas Drivers License Number. Be
sure to encase the number with the letters TX______DL to prevent the thief form
altering the number and thus hindering identification and recovery.

9.      Serial numbers should be recorded and maintained on all office equipment.

10.    Keep blank checks and check protectors in the safe or a locked drawer of filing
cabinet and check frequently.

11.    Opening and closing times are crucial. Whenever possible, have more than one
person open or close the business.

12.    Security policy: Conduct regular meetings on safety and security with your
employees to ensure police procedures are clear and understood.

13.    Report all crimes or suspicious circumstances. Call 9-1-1 and your supervisor.

14.    An alert and well-trained staff is the best line of defense against theft. Working
together, you can help prevent the losses associated with business theft.