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HARDENING PERIMETER


Step One for Venue Operators Seeking SAFETY Act Protection By Akmal Ali and Matt Nebel, P.E.


The SAFETY Act is rapidly becoming a household name among venue securi- ty operators across multiple industries. Nothing better illustrates this than the growing number of companies — such as the World Trade Center, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Madi- son Square Garden, LaGuardia Airport, George Washington Bridge, The South- ern Company, and Bloomberg — who have already made obtaining SAFETY Act coverage a primary element of their approach to risk management.


SAFETY Act, which stands for Support Anti-Terrorism by Foster-


 following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Their main objective: - ism by incentivizing the private sector to take preventative measures to deter and/or mitigate acts of terrorism. Recipients of SAFETY Act coverage receive powerful legal protections that limit or shield companies from third-party liability arising from acts of terrorism. - ly large third-party liability companies can face following an act of terrorism. An unfortunate circumstance that has occurred (all too frequent- ly) after a terrorist act is the inability of those who are wrongfully injured to recover from the perpetrators responsible for the injury. Terrorists, by the sheer nature of their modus operandi, make for bad defendants: they are either dead; they have no money/assets by which to pay for damages; or their money/assets are inaccessible. Therefore, companies who are likewise victims of an attack can often  the destructive nature of terrorist attacks, the third-party liability as-  


   -


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bat terrorism and provide them with third-party liability protections to encourage them and others to make investments to advance the   


 recipients a numerical cap on third-party liability arising out of an     from the same type of third-party claims. To make their case for qualifying for the SAFETY Act, compa-


nies must submit a SAFETY Act application to the U.S. Department   -  which resides in the Science and Technology Directorate of DHS, is responsible for administering this powerful program. The SAFETY - dations to the Undersecretary for the Science and Technology Di- rectorate, who has the ultimate responsibility for awarding SAFETY Act protections. - ful liability protections, it stands to reason that to earn either award,  taken proven steps to thwart terroristic threats. If you are a venue operator and want to seek SAFETY Act protection, there are several security measures you must deploy, but one of the most critical ele- ments is perimeter hardening. Given the rise of terrorist attacks incorporating vehicles, DHS has placed an increasing emphasis on understanding what steps ven- ue operators have taken to eliminate and/or mitigate such threats. Terrorist use of vehicles materializes in multiple ways, including ve- hicle-as-a-weapon/vehicle-ramming and vehicle-borne improvised  Each threat type brings unique challenges that must be met with a thoughtful and analytical approach. Although DHS understands that private sector companies do not have a limitless security bud-     associated risk those vulnerabilities present. As a venue owner or operator pursuing SAFETY Act, how do


you understand your facility’s vulnerabilities? A sound approach is to involve consultants who specialize in physical security and Anti-Ter- rorism Force Protection (AT/FP) assessments of facilities, which can include:


• Establishing Design Basis Threats (DBT) for vehicle-ramming and VBIED threats


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