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It is the protection officer's objective to be proactive in the protection of assets. To do this, they will use the knowledge and skills they have gained toward preventing incidents or crimes that may potentially cause losses. Notwithstanding protection efforts, incidents will occur and some of them will result in losses. Some incidents might merely require the recording of information in an incident report for investigation or statistical tracking. Some reporting may actually be a preventive measure, such as reporting nonfunctioning HVAC systems, lighting issues, hazardous conditions, or other conditions which may cause an incident. When an incident occurs, it is important that the scene is protected so that evidence is not damaged or lost. This chapter relates valuable information and skills required of the protection officer to manage a scene until expert and professional assistance arrives. ## WHAT IS AN INCIDENT? An incident is a loss-event occurrence of some type that in some way impacts an organization. This may be a loss (like stolen property) or something that happened that the organization wants tracked through reporting (like false alarms, suspicious activities, safety h

Author

Shepp, Dennis

Publisher

Elsevier Science & Technology

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780128177488