As part of your assessment, consider situational factors that create or add to risk for your facility. Doing this at the outset may help focus your attention on related physical vulnerabilities during the walk-through.

Examples:

• Does your place of worship have valuable assets (money from offerings, valuable artifacts) onsite that could invite break-ins? Are emotion-laden activities (e.g., divorce workshops or domestic abuse counseling) conducted? Is there a public connection with controversial issues?
• Is your school or campus affected by a culture and climate that includes gang hostility, drug activity, alcohol abuse, or aggressive environments?
• Does the layout of your facility (e.g., sprawling, or integrated into an urban environment) make it difficult to control access?