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Volume 13 been implementing ordinances that require buildings and neighborhoods to meet CPTED principles. Couldn’t the same hold true for anti- terrorism (AT) strategies? 5 Key Antiterrorism Categories That said, I think we could reduce these antiter- rorism (AT) principles into five general catego- ries; • Maximize stand-off distances • Reduce flying debris hazard • Prevent progressive collapse • Limit airborne contamination, and • Provide mass notification I admit there would be additional costs involved in implementing these concepts, but those costs can be greatly reduced if they were incorporated during the design phase, instead of being added at the end of a project, as currently is the normal process for including security features in a proj- ect. I’m not advocating that all buildings should be built to a new higher standard, a standard that reduces the effects of terrorist attack and in par- ticular, active shooter incidents and vehicle borne improvised explosive devices, but I do think that buildings that have high population densities, i.e., government offices, nightclubs, public build- ings, shopping malls, theaters, etc., above a cer- tain population density threshold should. Unfortunately, there have been far too many ter- rorist attacks around-the-world – shouldn’t we have learned something from them? June 2017 Edition About the Author Doug Haines, owner of Haines Security Solu- tions, LLC (HSS), is a United States Air Force veteran with over 45 years of law enforcement and security related experience, which includes teaching building design principles to architects, engineers, facility managers, planners, and se- curity professionals. Doug Haines, Owner of Haines Security Solutions HSS specializes in conducting quantitative risk and vulnerability assessments of federal, state and local facilities worldwide and other security related consulting services. HSS also develops security criteria, conducts entry control point and security forces manpower studies, drinking water systems and critical ener- gy infrastructure risk/vulnerability assessments, and develops, plans and conducts table-top and full scale antiterrorism, force-on-force, emergen- cy response and disaster preparedness exercis- es. Would you like to advertise in our next digital magazine addition? Contact our lead Ad rep at [email protected] or call 646.450.6027 (Learn About Haines Security, courtesy of Security Engineer- ing and YouTube) 22