SHOULD MANAGEMENT INVEST IN ELECTRONIC SECURITY

• NCJ Number: 16754
• Journal: Security World Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 30-31,33
• Author(s): S ASTOR
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Security World Publishing Co, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRE-PURCHASE APPRAISAL OF OFTEN OVERLOOKED COST AND PERSONNEL FACTORS IMPORTANT IN LONG RANGE SUCCESS OF ELECTRONIC SECURITY INSTALLATIONS IS DISCUSSED.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT INVESTMENT IN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT IS USELESS WITHOUT PROPER MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL TO USE THE EQUIPMENT. SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE INCLUDING CONSIDERING MANPOWER AND OTHER PERIPHERAL COSTS OF THE OPERATION OF A SECURITY SYSTEM AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNICATING THE OPERATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECURITY SYSTEM FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.