Surviving the Unthinkable: Drew's Active Shooter Experience & Cost-Effective Campus Security Solutions
May 30, 2024
In this episode of Security Heroes, host Lisa Falzone is joined by Drew Neckar, the Principal Consultant for healthcare security at CoSecure. They discuss how healthcare security has grown in strategic importance for organizations, Drew's experience with preventing an active shooter incident, and some strategies for how campuses can save money while improving their security.
healthcare security at CoSecure. Drew is a Certified Protection Professional with over two decades of security management experience, ranging from nightclubs to the Mayo Clinic. He previously founded the Security Advisors Consulting Group, and continues to serve as a security consultant.
Join them as they:
* Explore how healthcare security has evolved from "gates and guards" to enterprise-level risk management
* Address the spike in workplace violence post-COVID
* Dispel the myth that hospitals can't screen every single visitor
* Recount how Drew's team narrowly prevented an active shooter incident
* Discuss how campuses can save money while also improving security
* Explain how organizations need to balance empathy with security
* Reinforce the importance of understanding what your security does, and communicating that clearly.
And much more!