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// 2021 Campus Safety Access Control & Lockdown Survey
ment buy-in are extremely challenging
or very challenging -- up from 18% in
2019 to 24% this year.
That being said " Policies supporting
our access control system(s) don't
exist or the ones we have need to be
upgraded " continues to be the biggest
thorn in the side of campus security
professionals. A third say this issue is
extremely or very challenging for them
(32% said the same thing in 2019). (See
chart below.)
Additionally, the maintenance and
configuration of locks and door hardware
continues to pose challenges to
this year's survey participants. There
is very little change in the answers
to both of these questions this year
compared to 2019 -- 44% this year for
maintenance compared to 42% two
years ago, and 36% now compared to
37% previously.
There has been significant improvement,
however, in training. Although
nearly half (48%) of this year's respondents
say " Students, staff, administrators
and teachers are not trained on
our access control policies or don't
follow our policies, " that's way better
than the 61% in 2019.
The same can't be said for doors
not having locks on them that should.
More than a third (37%) of this year's
respondents say that " Doors that
should have locks on them do not. "
That's up from 32% two years ago.
(See chart below.)
When it comes to access control
technology, more respondents this
year than in 2019 say they are experiencing
some challenges, although
those issues are only marginally or
somewhat challenging, rather than ▶▶
Has your campus/district/institution experienced any of the following
problems with its locks/door hardware in the past two years?
Yes
Our locks and door hardware have not been
properly maintained
Our locks and door hardware are not properly
configured for safety and security
Doors that should have locks on them do not
Students, staff, administrators and teachers
are not trained on our access control policies
or don't follow our policies (regarding things
like propping doors open, for example)
*Percentages might not add up to 100 due to rounding
ACCESS CONTROL, LOCK and LOCKDOWN POLICY & PERSONNEL ISSUES: Aside from cost/budget issues,
how significant have been the following challenges that you may have faced during the past two years?
*Percentages might not add up to 100 due to rounding
Extremely
challenging
Policies supporting our access
control system(s) don't exist or
the ones we have need to be
upgraded
We don't have enough staff
to operate our access control
system(s) and/or locks
Staff don't know how to effectively
manage our access control
system(s)
Support/buy-in from students,
faculty and/or staff is lagging
Support/buy-in from management/administration
is lagging
IT department buy-in/support
and cooperation lagging
14
11%
Very
challenging
22%
Somewhat
challenging
27%
Marginally
challenging
17%
Little or no
challenge
22%
I don't know
2%
No I don't know
44% 51%
36% 55%
37% 56%
48% 45%
6%
10%
7%
7%
9%
19%
28%
20%
22%
2%
9%
8%
9%
10%
20%
20%
19%
14%
24%
20%
25%
25%
24%
23%
20%
24%
26%
23%
25%
25%
2%
2%
3%
3%
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