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Developing a Church Security Ministry

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

ABLE TO IDENTIFY:• BIBLICAL• HISTORICAL• TVA• SLICING THE PIE• TOOLS• PICKING THE TEAM• TRAINING THE TEAM• PLAN IN ACTION

• BIBLICAL- ACTS 20:28- KEEP WATCH OVER YOURSELVES AND ALL THE FLOCK OF WHICH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MADE YOU OVERSEERS. BE SHEPHERDS OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHICH HE BOUGHT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD (NIV)

• HISTOICAL- DISCUSS RELATIVE CURRENT INCIDENTS HTTP://WATCHMANSECURITYCONSULTING.COM/TAG/CHURCH-SHOOTINGS/

• HTTP://WWW.CARLCHINN.COM/CHURCH_SECURITY_CONCEPTS.HTML

• TVA- THREAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT- MAPPING OUT THE CAMPUS

• SLICING THE PIE- DIVIDING THE CAMPUS INTO GRID SECTION

• TOOLS- IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB. (IT DOESN’T HAVE TO COST MUCH)

• PICKING THE TEAM- INTERVIEWING, PROFILING, AND BACKGROUND

• TRAINING THE TEAM- FEMA COURSES

• PLAN IN ACTION- TABLETOP EXERCISE

BIBLICALLY DIRECTED

Joshua 5:9- Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they will be called the children of GOD

• Speak on the importance of conflict resolution.

Acts 20:28- Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the holy spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of GOD, which he bought with his own blood (niv)

• We are directed first to keep watch over ourselves meaning that we are accountable to each other not only as brothers in Christ but as a Security team that trains together and watches over each other.

• Second we are to watch over the flock. Explain: Mission priority…self, life, property. The priority of life 1.Hostages/Victims 2.Innocent by-standers 3.Police/First Responders 4.Suspects/Subjects.

HISTORICAL

• ON JULY 27, 2008, A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED[2][3] FATAL SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES. MOTIVATED BY A DESIRE TO KILL LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS, GUNMAN JIM DAVID ADKISSON FIRED A SHOTGUN AT MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION DURING A YOUTH PERFORMANCE OF A MUSICAL, KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND WOUNDING SEVEN OTHERS.

HISTORICAL

• THE CHARLESTON CHURCH SHOOTING (ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHARLESTON CHURCH MASSACRE[6][7][8]) WAS A MASS SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE AT EMANUEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES, ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 17, 2015. DURING A PRAYER SERVICE, NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY A GUNMAN, INCLUDING THE SENIOR PASTOR, STATE SENATOR CLEMENTA C. PINCKNEY; A TENTH VICTIM SURVIVED. THE MORNING AFTER THE ATTACK, POLICE ARRESTED A SUSPECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS 21-YEAR-OLD DYLANN ROOF, IN SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA. ROOF LATER CONFESSED THAT HE COMMITTED THE SHOOTING IN HOPES OF IGNITING A RACE WAR.

TVA

• WHAT IS A TVA - THREAT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (SPEAK ON THE USE OF TVA’S IN CI, NISPOM, DOD….SHOW EXAMPLES)

• HOW TO CONDUCT A TVA (DEFINING THE AREA, BREAK DOWN THE EXPECTATIONS, USE REAL LIFE EXAMPLES)

• DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A CHURCH SECURITY PLAN? (WHEN WAS IT LAST REVIEWED, UPDATED, AND BY WHOM?)

• EVALUATING THE INFORMATION GATHERED (BREAK IT DOWN…AREA, EGRESSES, LINE OF SIGHT, OPERATIONAL THEATRE, PRIORITY OF LIFE)

• LESSONS LEARNED (COMMUNICATION, RESPONSE, RESOURCES, RESILIENCE)

SLICING THE PIE

• WHAT DOES IT MEAN? (“SLICING THE PIE” OR “PIEING” A CORNER IS THE TERM USED FOR A TECHNIQUE USED TO TRAVERSE A CORNER WHILE CLEARING A STRUCTURE OR WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND STRUCTURES/OBJECTS IN OR OUT OF DOORS.

• READING THE ROOM (PICK A COLOR, MAN, WOMAN, CHILD)

• THE GRID (BREAKING DONE THE INFO FROM THE TVA AND CAMPUS MAP INTO SMALLER BITS OF INFORMATION AND ASSIGNING INDIVIDUAL AREA DESIGNATIONS)

• EVALUATION (AGREEING ON THE INFORMATION AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT.)

TOOLS

ALARMS(DETECTION/WARNING)

WEDGES(BARRICADE)

BASEBALLS(DEFEND/FIGHT)

PICKING THE TEAM

• INTERVIEWING (SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE AN USHER, WORK WITH KIDS, VOLUNTEER? ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS)

• PROFILING (TRUST YOUR GUT PART 1, IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK…, BODY LANGUAGE, AGAIN……..ASK THE HARD QUESTIONS)

• BACKGROUND (ARE YOU DOING THEM? HOW TO DO A BACK GROUND……COUNTY, STATE, SEX OFFENDER, FREE V. PAID, USE YOUR LEOS)

• TRUST YOUR GUT (LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE, PRAY, AND TRUST YOUR GUT, ASK FOR HELP)

TRAINING THE TEAMONLINE TRAINING TRAIN EVERYBODY

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS• MRS. JONES• DIFFERENT LEVELS OF

TRAINING• KEEP IT FRESH• TTX- TABLE TOP EXERCISES• A.L.I.C.E.

USE YOUR LEOS

ICS SERIES – HTTP://WWW.TRAINING.FEMA.GOV/IS/CRSLIST.ASPX

YOU TUBE

PLAN IN ACTION

LET’S PUT IT TOGETHER WITH SCENARIOS AND AN EXERCISE.

CONTACT

JOSEPH DAGAMA CPO, FSO, CAS810 E 59TH STREET

DAVENPORT, IA 52807EMAIL: JOE.DAGAMA@USA.G4S.COM

CELL: 563-209-6814

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