Concentric Security
Requires intruder to penetrate series of layers of security to reach protected asset
The Five D's of Security
• Deny
• Deter
• Delay
• Detect
• Defend
Federal Security Levels
• Level 1: Minimum (Physical barriers designed to impede)
• Level 2: Low (Physical barriers designed to impede/detect)
• Level 3: Medium (Measures designed to impede, detect, and assess)
• Level 4: High (Measures designed to impede, detect, and assess)
• Level 5: Very High (Measures to impede, detect, assess, and neutralize)
Commonly Used Physical Security Equipment
• X-Ray Machine
• Walk Through and Hand-Held Metal Detector
• Signs
• Belts/Stanchions
• Turnstiles
• IDs
Internal Physical Security Checkpoint Procedures
• Begin observing persons as they approach
, • Contact, give actual notice, check ID
• Screen with x-ray per training
• Screen with metal detector(s) per training
External Physical Security Checkpoint Procedures
• Observe vehicle as it approaches
• Contact, give notice, check ID per agency policy
• Visually search for items in plain view
• Direct vehicle to secondary inspection
• Driver exits, LE takes keys, begins search
TSA/FAA Common Strategy
• Level One: Verbal - Cabin crew intervention
• Level Two: Physical - Able-bodied passengers may assist
• Level Three: Life Threatening - LEO/FAM Intervention
• Level Four: Flight Deck Attack - LEO/FAM Intervention using all resources
Special Aircraft Jurisdiction of the U.S.
From when all doors close after boarding to when any door opens
Federal Good Samaritan Act
• Covers Fed LEOs acting reasonably to protect others or prevent escape
• Scoping statute only
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA)
• Limits liability for those (including LEOs) thwarting acts of air piracy/criminal
violence