Shopping Center Security Plan to Prevent Teen Crowds and Fights

How to anticipate when large crowds might descend on a mall?

How to develop a security plan for teen crowd control?

How to plan for an emergency response to social disorder?

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Interview with Shopping Centers Today magazine.

Contributing Editor Steve McLinden.

Podcast Time Stamps:

[00:45] -- Shopping Center Security - Topic introduction crowd control.

[01:30] -- Thousands of youths descend on malls and cause violence.

[02:40] -- Interview with Shopping Centers Today Magazine Steve McLinden.

[05:15] -- How can shopping center security prevent crowd violence?

[06:00] -- What factors affect shopping center security and crowd violence?

[09:45] -- Is social media a cause of sudden teen crowds and mob violence?

[12:20] -- Mall managers must focus on anti-loitering rule enforcement.

[17:00] -- Shopping Center Security training on loitering behavior response.

[20:00] -- Mall managers must include a security and police response plan.

[21:05] -- Shopping Center Security curfew for teens has been tried and failed.

[26:15] -- Mall managers need more shopping center security plan training.

[28:20] -- The Shopping Center industry needs emphasis on security planning.

Disruptive teen behavior in malls causes good customers to stay away.Tweet This

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Play a video of the Kentucky incident.

Shopping Center Security Challenge of Crowd Control

Definition: Retail REIT - Shopping Center Real Estate Investment Trust.

Teens hanging out at malls is an old problem with a new twist.

Social media has driven large groups of teens to gather at malls.

A single Tweet or Facebook post can direct teens to a mall hot spot.

Social media is used to plan unorganized social disorder rallies.

Teens arrive quickly, like flash mobs, and overwhelm security and police.

Evaluate and then Execute a Comprehensive Security Plan

Evaluate trends in traffic patterns and prior incidents of violence.

Compare recent incidents and trends in similar malls in the region.

Evaluate mall procedures and responses by mall security and police.

Evaluate patterns of teen loitering by day, time, and location.

Partner with the police to develop a plan to enforce loitering and trespassing.

Being vigilant against known teen groups that loiter and disturb.

Issue and enforce trespass warnings against known troublemakers.

Strict loitering standards and enforcement prevent future incidents.

A comprehensive security plan needs to anticipate and respond to a crowd.

Monitor social media mentions that advocate social disorder at malls.

Seek training on how to anticipate and respond to teen disturbances.

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