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    Fencing around schools provides several security benefits. It establishes a clear boundary between public and restricted areas, allows unauthorized persons to be identified sooner, and acts as a visual deterrent. Proper fencing also funnels visitors into controlled entrances where they can be monitored immediately. While fencing enhances security, it must be properly maintained to avoid damage and vandalism. The style of fencing chosen should balance security needs with allowing for natural surveillance of the school grounds. All security changes should comply with fire codes and disability access requirements.

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    Fencing around schools provides several security benefits. It establishes a clear boundary between public and restricted areas, allows unauthorized persons to be identified sooner, and acts as a visual deterrent. Proper fencing also funnels visitors into controlled entrances where they can be monitored immediately. While fencing enhances security, it must be properly maintained to avoid damage and vandalism. The style of fencing chosen should balance security needs with allowing for natural surveillance of the school grounds. All security changes should comply with fire codes and disability access requirements.

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    Fencing around schools provides several security benefits. It establishes a clear boundary between public and restricted areas, allows unauthorized persons to be identified sooner, and acts as a visual deterrent. Proper fencing also funnels visitors into controlled entrances where they can be monitored immediately. While fencing enhances security, it must be properly maintained to avoid damage and vandalism. The style of fencing chosen should balance security needs with allowing for natural surveillance of the school grounds. All security changes should comply with fire codes and disability access requirements.

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    Fencing around schools provides several security benefits. It establishes a clear boundary between public and restricted areas, allows unauthorized persons to be identified sooner, and acts as a visual deterrent. Proper fencing also funnels visitors into controlled entrances where they can be monitored immediately. While fencing enhances security, it must be properly maintained to avoid damage and vandalism. The style of fencing chosen should balance security needs with allowing for natural surveillance of the school grounds. All security changes should comply with fire codes and disability access requirements.

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    surveillance.

    If there is a well-defined perimeter, school


    faculty and law enforcement can easily identify where the
    NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY public is allowed and where they are not. This allows an
    unauthorized person to be identified sooner, potentially
    stopping a threat before it turns into a tragedy. Fencing
    also acts as a visual deterrent. Simply seeing a barrier on
    School Fencing the school grounds could stop an unauthorized person
    from entering. Finally, proper fencing can funnel visitors
    Recommendations into desired, controlled entrances. This increases the
    general security of the school because it forces visitors
    into an area where they will be met immediately by
    school faculty. This ensures that the school can control
    Fences, as defined in the U.S. Department of Homeland access onto school grounds. Fences can also protect
    Security’s K-12 School Security Survey, “are barriers students, specifically young children, from accidents.
    enclosing or bordering a school that are used to prevent They can stop a child from walking out into traffic or
    entrance, contain people to particular areas, or mark a potentially stop a car from hitting children on the school
    boundary”.1 grounds.

    Benefits Considerations
    According to Hanover Research’s findings on School Fencing should be properly maintained.2 A damaged
    Fencing, there are several benefits to schools having fence will not prevent unauthorized access to the school
    proper fencing.2 One of these benefits is ease of or school grounds. In addition, broken and damaged
    fencing easily becomes a target for vandalism and
    graffiti. The presence of this vandalism and graffiti can
    “diminish the respect accorded to school property”.2
    Consider choosing a style of fencing or barrier that
    enhances security. Fencing should preserve the ability
    for natural surveillance. A solid fence or concrete wall
    may be secure, but it removes the ability for natural
    surveillance both into and out of the school grounds.2
    Fencing fits in to the methodology of Crime Prevention
    through Environmental Design, also known as CPTED.2
    CPTED is “a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring
    criminal behavior through the built-in, social, and
    administrative environment”.3 CPTED incorporates
    aspects such as fencing, bushes and walls to help deter
    any kind of criminal behavior. Visual barriers around
    the perimeter of a school such as bushes and trees
    should be trimmed down so that security personnel and
    cameras can observe as much of the school property as
    possible. Increased surveillance alone can deter crime
    because of the higher chance of being caught.
    The style and amount of fencing needed depends greatly
    on factors such as; the layout of the school, the location
    of the school, and the location of the playground.2 It is
    important to take all of these factors in to consideration
    when putting up fencing or barriers around school
    property.
    It is recommended that all schools meet with their local
    Police and Fire Departments when making decisions
    about physical security. This can ensure that all physical
    security changes adhere to fire codes, ADA requirements
    and do not impair the ability of emergency services to
    respond to an incident.

    NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY

    References
    1 - Department of Homeland Security (DHS). K-12 School Security
    Survey (Rep.). (2018). Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved
    June, 2019.
    2 - Hanover Research. School Fencing: Benefits and Disadvantages
    (Rep.). (2013, November). Hanover Research. Retrieved June, 2019
    from http://www.wssca.org/Resources/Documents/School%20
    Fencing-%20Benefits%20and%20Disadvantages.pdf
    3 - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL). A
    Comprehensive Report on School Safety Technology (Rep.). (2016).
    Laurel, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
    Retrieved June, 2019, from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/
    grants/250274.pdf

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