Guarding our Students
Given the changing times as of late, many security providers have jumped on the “school security” bandwagon. Protecting students, staff, facilities, and providing a safe learning environment is not a new endeavor for Financial. Over the last decade, Financial has emerged as one of the leading security providers to the educational community. We work closely with our educational partners at conception, to develop the optimal security program to serve the specific facility we are partnering with. In addition to the traditional school day coverage, we execute some of the most effective programs for athletics, after school programs, and special events. As with any organization, budgeting is a major consideration. The Financial team has an excellent track record of fashioning the most efficient and cost effective security programs designed to comply with any budget. Financial’s groundbreaking methods of approaching educational security have developed into some of the most successful and sought after programs in the nation.
Financial offers the following value added services to our educational partners:
- Educational specific recruiting and training
- Layered supervision
- Frequent input meetings with staff
- True partnering with our client
- Versatile programs to confirm to every organization
- The most competitive rates in the industry
- Professional coverage of all athletic and afterschool programs
- $5,000,000.00 liability policy
It all begins with very stringent and integral recruiting practices that draw qualified individuals who have the capacity to perform in the sensitive environment of an educational facility. After exhaustive state, local and national background checks are complete, FBI fingerprint and 10 panel comprehensive drug tests are implemented. Financial utilizes a 6 module in-house training program that specifically targets the educational sector. Layered supervision, ongoing training, and frequent input meetings with staff, have all contributed to some of the foremost programs in the nation, and have virtually eliminated costly litigation usually associated with officers who are lacking the proper training and qualifications.
We are not just a vendor to our educational clients, but a true partner in every sense of the word. Over the years we have found that by getting involved with community activities, mentoring programs, fundraisers, etc. we gain the respect of the community and students. Case history has proven overwhelmingly, that a security program is much more successful with the cooperation and involvement of those closest to the organization. Financial currently serves educational clients in the public, charter, and private sectors. Our security programs provide a safe learning environment to tens of thousands of students every day. These segments include the most challenged urban settings with long histories of violence and gang activity to the most elite private schools with an entirely different set of issues. Our range of specific officers, uniforms, and style in which security is addressed, are all based solely on the individual needs of the organization we are partnering with. Performance metrics have been utilized to gauge improvement, effectiveness, efficiency, and appropriate levels of internal controls. The statistics for code of conduct violations, criminal activity, and exterior threats have been significantly reduced for literally every school we have partnered with over a one year period.