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Security Planning by Industry
A security program is only as good as the plan behind it. These playbooks lay out, property type by property type, what the risk actually looks like, how to phase a program from assessment through measurement, what a post order should specify so an officer knows exactly what to do, and what an owner or board should be reading in a report every month.
Use the /toolkits hub for the RFP language, budget worksheets, and board-approval materials referenced here, and the /tools hub to estimate coverage hours and cost before committing to a staffing plan.
PPO #122730Residential & community
HOAs, master-planned communities, and apartment properties.
- HOA & Community Security Plan: A Board's Working PlaybookAn HOA security plan should assess common-area and perimeter risk first, harden access points (gates, mailrooms, pool/amenity areas) before adding patrol hours, then set a patrol schedule matched to actual incident timing rather than a flat nightly visit — and hold the vendor to a written monthly report the board reviews at every meeting.Read
- Apartment Community Security Plan: Risk, Staffing & ReportingAn apartment community plan should assess break-in and parking-crime patterns by building, harden entry points (perimeter gates, breezeway doors, package rooms) before adding hours, staff patrol frequency to match late-night and weekend risk, and require weekly incident summaries plus an immediate-notification policy for break-ins and violent incidents.Read
Commercial & retail
Shopping centers, medical offices, and other commercial tenants.
- Retail & Shopping Center Security Plan: Shrink, Loitering & AccessA shopping center security plan should assess loitering, shrink, and parking-lot incident patterns by tenant and time of day, harden common-area access and lighting before scaling patrol hours, staff visible patrol during peak-risk hours (closing, evenings, weekends), and give property management and anchor tenants a shared monthly incident report.Read
- Medical Office & Clinic Security PlanA medical office or clinic plan should assess patient/visitor conflict risk and after-hours access to controlled substances or equipment, harden pharmacy and supply storage plus parking-lot lighting before adding patrol hours, staff coverage around the highest-conflict hours (walk-in and urgent-care windows) and after closing, and require an incident report reviewed by the practice administrator.Read
- Church & Nonprofit Facility Security PlanA church or nonprofit facility plan should assess service-time and event-time crowd and parking risk plus after-hours property vulnerability, harden entry-point access and lighting before adding patrol hours, staff visible presence during services and large events rather than routine daytime coverage, and give leadership a simple monthly report they can present to the board or congregation.Read
- Cannabis & High-Value Retail Security PlanA cannabis or high-value retail plan must first meet state and local license security conditions (cameras, alarm, guard requirements where mandated), then harden cash-handling and entry-vestibule control, staff coverage during open hours and cash pickups/deliveries specifically, and maintain the compliance-grade logging that licensing inspections and insurers expect.Read
Industrial, construction & events
Construction sites, industrial parks, storage, and one-off events.
- Construction Site Security Plan: Materials, Equipment & Access ControlA construction site plan should assess theft risk by project phase (materials-heavy framing, copper/fixture-heavy finish work, idle equipment overnight), harden perimeter fencing and equipment immobilization before adding patrol hours, staff overnight and weekend coverage matched to the highest-value phase, and require nightly reports the superintendent reviews before the next shift starts.Read
- Industrial Park & Warehouse Security PlanAn industrial park or warehouse plan should assess dock, yard, and perimeter risk (cargo theft, trespass, illegal dumping), harden gate and dock access control before adding patrol hours, staff coverage around shift changes and off-hours when docks sit unattended, and require a shift-by-shift report reviewed by the site or facilities manager.Read
- Self-Storage Facility Security PlanA self-storage plan should assess unit break-in and gate-tailgating risk, harden gate access control and unit-row lighting before adding patrol hours, staff overnight checks weighted to the hours the office is unstaffed, and require a nightly exception report reviewed by the facility manager.Read
- Special Event Security Plan: One-Time & Recurring EventsAn event security plan should assess crowd size, alcohol service, and access-point count before setting staffing, harden entry/exit control and lighting before the event day, staff a ratio scaled to attendance and risk level rather than a flat headcount, and require an incident log the organizer signs off on before and after the event.Read
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