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? Interview with Shopping Centers Today magazine. Contributing Editor Steve McLinden. Podcast Time Stamps: -- Shopping Center Security - Topic introduction crowd control. -- Thousands of youths descend on malls and cause violence. -- Interview with Shopping Centers Today Magazine Steve McLinden. -- How can shopping center security prevent crowd violence? -- What factors affect shopping center security and crowd violence? -- Is social media a cause of sudden teen crowds and mob violence? -- Mall managers must focus on anti-loitering rule enforcement. -- Shopping Center Security training on loitering behavior response. -- Mall managers must include a security and police response plan. -- Shopping Center Security curfew for teens been tried and failed. -- Mall managers need more shopping center security plan training. -- Shopping Center industry needs emphasis on security planning. Play video of 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. Evalulate then Execute a Comprehensive Security Plan * Evaluate trends in traffic patterns and prior incidents of violence. * Compare recent incidents 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 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 know troublemakers. * Strict loitering standards and enforcement prevent future incidents. * Comprehensive security plan needs to anticipate and respond to crowd. * Monitor social media mentions that advocate social disorder at malls. * Seek training how to anticipate and respond to teen disturbances. * Crime School is influenced by feedback so contribute your ideas for future discussion. * Please share Crime School content on social media so others might benefit. * Help Crime School be discovered by leaving a 5-Star Rating & Review in iTunes. * Thank you for participating in Crime School and doing your part in making places safe. Connect with Chris McGoey and the Crime School community: Email          Twitter