Your crime prevention specialists - Harris Crime Prevention Services

Security Consultants, Specialists in CPTED and Designing Out Crime

Security and Crime Prevention

Based in Sydney, Harris Crime Prevention Services are independent specialist security consultants, safer by design consultants and risk assessment consultants for campus environments, e.g Health, Aged Care, Schools, Universities, distribution centres and infrastructure.

With clients across Australia, Harris Crime Prevention Services captures more than 30 years’ experience in security and crime prevention. We specialise in assisting campus-based organisations to achieve best practice in security management and crime prevention. Our approach is to provide holistic and integrated strategies, based on realistic risk assessments and reflecting the characteristics and constraints of the organisation. Our analysis and recommendations consider many important areas including workplace health and safety, environmental management compliance and emergency management.

We are specialists in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Management (CPTEM). We design out crime by using a CPTED + Engineering approach. Projects include shopping centres, mixed use, health, schools, entertainment precincts, wharves. Read more about that here.

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Draft Australian Standard AS 4485 Parts 1 and 2 – ‘Security for healthcare facilities’ is open for public comment

Part 1: ‘General Requirements’ and Part 2: ‘Procedures Guide’ The public comment period closes 19/06/2020 23:59. The original Standard was published in 1997, this Draft reflects substantial revision and updating. This is an important Standard for anyone responsible or involved in the security of people and property in healthcare facilities i.e. hospital, residential aged-care facility or other facility where...

School Safe – Managing Security From the Top

(Published in Independent Education Union Issue 1 Vol 47 – 2017) The School Environment There are two things about school environments – all schools for all ages, public and private – their dynamics are unique and that uniqueness is ever changing. Each day brings something new into the mix, staffing issues, student issues, the weather, engaging with neighbourhoods and...

Cash in Transit guidance material

In May 2013 Safe Work Australia released the ‘Guide for Handling and Transporting Cash”. In July 2014 an updated version was released: the ‘General Guide for Managing Cash-in-Transit Security Risks’. This guide provides valuable information for persons conducting ‘in-house’ cash-in-transit operations. The material includes: Guide: General guide for managing cash-in-transit security risks Guide: Handling and transporting cash Information sheet: Cash-in-transit...