Office Security Service

If your office is a "front-line" office with direct "employee-to-customer" service, your office and building should be designed according to Security Service guidelines.

If your agency does not have security procedures in place, the head of your agency may want to ask our company to conduct a physical security survey to ensure that employees are working in a safe and secure environment.

Before requesting a security survey, your agency may want to do a "crime assessment" of the risks you and your coworkers may encounter in your workplace. Are your customers likely to experience high levels of stress or tension? Do members of the general public who come into the office tend to be argumentative? Have there been threats or incidents of violence involving the public in the past? Or have Federal employees themselves become violent or threatening?
Here are some general suggestions that may increase your security: