IN-SITE: Keys to an Effective Site Safety and Security Program

By Gerald G. Doane

Safety and security at schools, places of employment, places of worship, businesses, nightclubs, venues, etc., all of which I call SITES, has been a topic in our consciousness in recent years because of the mass killings, most by gunfire, most by insiders, in every section of our country. Many, if not most of the killin

• Language: English
• Publisher: Code-4-Productions
• Release date: Dec 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781732482036

Gerald G. Doane

I began learning about safety and security after enlisting in the United States Marine Corps in 1957. During Boot Camp, one of our tasks was to learn, by rote, the Ten General Orders. These General Orders were the policies and procedures of the Marine Corps established for Marines while standing interior guard. Later in my Marine Corps career, I learned, as a Radio Telegraph Operator, much about information security. In 1963 I became a San Francisco Police Officer. As a State of California Peace Officer my principle job was to enforce the safety and security policies (laws) of the state, to protect life and property, and to keep the peace while respecting the rights of the individual citizen. In 1973 I was fully promoted to Sergeant and was assigned many tasks including writing and editing a two-volume manual of policy and procedure, teaching officer safety and security protocols, and managing training programs. In 1978 I transferred to the San Rafael Police Department where I was promoted to lieutenant and became a Watch Commander and leader of two special operational units. In 1980, I left law enforcement to manage the security policies of CrownZellerbach Corporation, a major multinational forest products corporation. While there, my job was to protect the assets of the corporation by managing the security policies established by the corporation's Board of Directors. This is when and where I managed the considerable safety and security policies of the corporation. In 1986 CrownZellerbach Corporation became controlled by outside interests who broke the corporation into parts and sold the parts to others. I retired and formed my independent investigation and security consulting firm. During the period 1980 to 1997, I was a member of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) and was a Certified Protection Professional (CPP). In 1997 I retired my business. My wife and I moved to Oregon and purchased a small farm. But I was not through with safety and security just yet. It seemed working our small farm was not enough stimulus in my life. So, I took a job with the Portland, Oregon Police Bureau (PPB) where I worked the front desk at Central Precinct on the night watch, and, worked our small farm during the day. At the PPB, I monitored site safety and security systems, assisted in citizen requests for police services, and performed administrative and support duties for our officers. Police work was still in my heart and brain. I retired from PPB in 2009. I did some volunteer work with the Central Cascades Fire and EMS (CCF&E) located in Crescent Lake, Oregon from about 2010 until 2013. I was an elected Director at Large to the department's Board of Directors. Both my wife and I were also volunteer firefighters at CCF&E until we left Oregon and returned to California. In addition to my work, I have extensive teaching experiences at The San Francisco Police Academy; City College of San Francisco; San Jose State University, Administration of Justice Bureau; Northwestern University, The Traffic Institute; The Canadian Police College. and other venues such as the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Hennepin County, Minnesota Police Chiefs Association. My academic career included attending Oklahoma State University; receiving an Associate of Arts degree from City College of San Francisco; receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Golden Gate University; receiving a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California; and, earning a Life Time California Community College Instructor Credential for Public Services and Administration/Police Science.

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