Tag: Clery Act
Specifically Speaking with Jim Townzen, Security Risk Management Consultants
March 22, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—For Jim Townzen, PSP, CPP, it’s all about taking care of clients’ needs when it comes to physical security technology projects.
“I provide system design that supports the client's security goals and addresses any issue(s) that may have come from our risk/vulnerability and technology assessment,” Townzen told SSN.
Townzen has been in the security industry for over 28 years and been a consultant for eight years. He is currently a staff consultant...
Gamewell-FCI to hold MNS seminars
February 8, 2013SSN Staff
NORTHFORD, Conn.—Gamewell-FCI, Honeywell's fire alarm manufacturing division, plans to host a series of seminars aimed to educate engineers, facility managers and security directors on emergency management planning and response and the most effective use of mass notification technologies, according to a company statement.The half-day seminars, which include 4.0 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits for attendees, will walk participants through the initial emergency management planning...
Judge rules Virginia Tech did not violate Clery Act, waives fines
April 4, 2012Whit Richardson
WASHINGTON—In a decision that experts say could have far-reaching implications on campus security nationwide, an administrative law judge at the Department of Education has ruled that Virginia Tech was not in violation of the Clery Act for not sending a timely warning to the campus community in the early hours of the 2007 shooting that left 32 dead. The judge also dismissed a $55,000 civil penalty the DOE levied on Virginia Tech for the alleged violations.Following the Virginia Tech massacre...