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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 00:00

Secured by Design | Schools 2010

Secured by Design (SBD) is a police initiative owned by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). Secured by Design Schools is one of several guidance documents that aim to reduce crime in our built environment. ACPO SBD, the managing body that oversees the Secured by Design initiatives and ACPO’s Crime Prevention Design Group is continually evaluating the effectiveness of SBD and periodically amends the various SBD guides in response to research findings. This new guidance for schools incorporates several new and improved security standards that have been developed to address emerging criminal methods of attack.

64.4 In some circumstances, such as in a remote building with no surveillance over an external, unglazed door, it is recommended that a door viewer is installed between 1200mm and 1500mm from floor level (see also paragraph 64.5).

Secure vision panels

64.5 Where privacy is required, together with a degree of security, both external and internal doorsets can be fitted with a secure vision panel. Secure vision panels allow for the control of vision into a private area or room or for views of an outside area for the purpose of manual visual access control. They can be supplied to various security levels dependent upon the door in which they are installed (Note 64.3). A range of secure vision panels manufactured by SBD member companies can be found in the Members and Products section under ‘Vision panels’ and at this link: Secure vision panels

Note 64.3 Glazed secure vision panels have been independently assessed by the SBD Product Assessment Panel or have been tested as a component part of a doorset certificated to PAS 23 and PAS 24-1: 2007, LPS 1175, WCL 1 or WCL 2.