Security?!

 

What is the purpose of security? According to dictionary.com is means

/siˈkyo͝oritē/

Noun

1. The state of being free from danger or threat.
2. The safety of a state or organization against criminal activity such as terrorism, theft, or espionage: “national security”

Think about this for a second. You live in an apartment complex that is not the safest place in the world but defiantly is not the worst. Just like many other places of living each has been hit some type of crime in their time. Despite the crime that has happened before and the off again on again, if there is even any security you still live there and no drastic measures have been made. Then all of a sudden you get notice from the property management stating all the new changes in security they will be making. You don’ t think too much of it for one of two reasons. One reason being they have said this time and time before and still nothing had changed. They talked about getting security but nothing happened. Reason two, if they are actually serious about this, then this must be a big deal and this security that will  be enforced and legit.

Sad to say this is something that I am currently experiencing with my place of living, and those were my thoughts. With a recent spike in burglaries in our complex management decided it, it would be best to add the change. Not a problem on my behalf this will actually be good for where I live. When the new plan was being implemented it was a little rough, it cause major traffic in the front entrance but that soon died down. At the station located in the front of the complex and there is where you check in with the security guard. If you live at the residence and have the up to date parking pass they wave you right in. If you are not a resident then you must state which building you are going to and the name of the person that lives there. With those type of questions you would think there would be a computer system to check on the information to make sure it was correct, write down notes, take a picture something. None of that is taking place here. It is so simple to tell someone where you are headed and they remember exactly without making some sort of note. With our complex being a busy college place it is in a nice location for a decent amount of traffic in and out. What is the purpose of that?

Knowing that it is that easy to get past the security does not make me feel any safer about what has been happening in the area. Another question that I ask myself pertaining to this security is what time would you come in and leave? You would think that the reason for getting security is to protect the area more so in the most common time frame. Most of the theft would take place between 3 am and 6 am. There have been many times that I have returned late to my apartment and the security be gone during those hours. That seems pretty pointless to me. I guess these are things that just make sense to me, I can’t imagine a property own not being able to figure these things out.

Oh well we just have to roll with the punches.

 

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