Hospitality, Hotel and Motel
Hospitality environments are porous facilities that have a myriad of concerns, from break-ins to sexual assaults, staff work alone conditions, VIP security, homelessness, theft, robbery, negligent hiring and higher threats relating to terrorism.
How I add value
I have worked and am familiar with many hotel security brand /flag requirements.
I have directed design, developed security systems, and conducted many assessments for several hotels.
If so, please direct your browser to my employer's website to learn more about thought leadership and value that I can provide during the day.
Services such as
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Benchmarking
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Outsourcing
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Training
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Security, threat, and vulnerability assessments
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Technical analysis
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Workplace violence assessments
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Control center design
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Comprehensive security and telecommunications systems design
Have questions?
What does an expert witness do?
Once retained, a premise liability/security expert witness is obligated to truthfully and with integrity review, advise, investigate elements of the case, discover new information and provide direction. When requested to do so, the expert, based on the information received, will author their opinion in a report or verbally in a deposition or trial.
What qualities do I need in an expert witness?
A security expert should love what they do, have attention to detail, excellent written and oral communications skills. Presentations and article or book contributions or authorship will typically evidence this. They should have recent or current experience in the area they are being retained.
When should I hire an expert witness?
Ideally, as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the more chance that environmental conditions will change at the site where the loss occurred. Complicated negligence, premise liability cases should necessitate the immediate engagement of an expert witness. The purpose is to assist with validating information and or help obtain new information. Alternatively, a subject matter security expert should be engaged if opposing council discloses they have retained an opposing security expert.
Where do you practice your security expert witness work?
I work all over the United States, but am based in Chicago, Illinois.
My expert wants to conduct a site visit. Do expert witnesses really need to do a site visit?
The opposing counsel will always ask "have you visited the site", and "how can you render an opinion for something you have never seen". So, the answer is ideally, as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the more chance that environmental conditions will change at the site where the loss occurred. The International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) has a guideline that addresses forensic methodologies. Get it here
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