Last week we addressed the regulatory requirement for Drills and Exercises, but there are more important reasons for conducting these. At a truly secure facility, the FSO must know the security strengths, weaknesses and vulnerabilities. In order to accomplish this, drills and exercises are used to test your FSP and test your personnel. A powerful way to uncover potential weaknesses is to conduct meaningful drills. Are there confusing or ineffective parts of your FSP? Are there post orders that are confusing to your security guards (PSDs)? Are there particular guards that need re-training or does the entire guard force need a training refresher? Frequent drills improve your FSP, strengthen the skills of your people, and make your facility more secure!

Next week we’ll address some tips & tricks for conducting drills.