Secured Environments
'Secured Environments' is a police certification scheme; it is awarded to organisations that are able to show that they have adopted six key principles for protecting themselves against crime.
Upon registering organisations are guided through the process – once the auditor is satisfied that the Organisation has met or surpassed the 6 principles they are awarded the police approved 3 year accreditation of 'Secured Environments'.
The aim is to help organisations to think about their risks and how to make the best use of measures they already have
The six key principles are –
- A Secured Environments organisation and its leadership are committed to a secured environment
- A Secured Environments organisation understands the security risks it faces
- A Secured Environments organisation develops an effective response to reduce the risks to the organisation
- In a Secured Environments organisation security is managed
- A Secured Environments organisation effectively implements security
- In a Secured Environments organisation all crime prevention initiatives must be monitored, evaluated and fed back to the organisation’s leadership
Please see the Secured Environments website for more details.
Media Release: Bath and Bristol top the class for university campus safety (January 2009)
Bath and Bristol Universities can boast they have two of the safest university campuses in the UK – following the news they have both won a prestigious national security award.
The University of Bath and the University of Bristol are the first universities in the country to achieve the police-approved Secured Environments award.
Feedback from the panel who conducted the audit in Bath showed the University scored highly for its commitment to providing a secure environment and for the way its security team is managed and run.
Brian Schofield, Head of Security at Bath, said: "We are very proud to receive this national security award. We work very hard to ensure that all our staff and students can work, study and live in a safe and secure environment. This accreditation is just reward for all that effort and will further boost the University's standing both nationally and internationally as one of the safest places to study."
The University of Bath was reaccredited in 2011.