Robert A. Gardner, CPP

Public Sector Consulting Services Facility Security ♦ Community Safety Programs ♦ Crime Prevention Through Envirommental Design The security of our public facilities is crucial to the open and effective functioning of government. In recent years, attacks on public facilities and workers by terrorists, anarchists, disgruntled citizens, unstable employees and plain old fashioned criminals has generated an increased interest in public sector security. As a Board Certified security professional with considerable public sector experience, I can be a significant resource to public agencies looking to evaluate and improve their facility security. I am a security consultant, former corporate security manager, and police crime prevention specialist with more than 40 years of training and experience in evaluating, developing, and managing security and crime prevention programs. For 25 of those years I served as both a private sector security consultant and a public sector Peace Officer advising "America's Safest City" on crime prevention issues, architectural/environmental security, workplace violence, physical security and private security matters. As a Police Crime Prevention Specialist I provided technical guidance and advice to public officials and government executives in security awareness, the recognition and reduction of crime risks, and the implementation of security and crime prevention measures. I advised the City's Planning Department, Planning Commission and City Council on crime prevention and architectural/environmental security; managed the City's Building Security Ordinance and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design programs; conducted design review and plan checks for building projects in the City; wrote the City's Security Alarm Ordinance; served as Police Department liaison to Private Security Industry, acted as a City Emergency Services Coordinator; supervised the City's Police Department Crime Prevention, Training, Special Enforcement, K-9, and Detective Units; served as a Police Media Relations Officer. The following is a representative sample of government public benefit organizations, institutions, and entities to which assistance has been provided: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library · State of California Office of the Inspector General · State of Nevada Capitol Police · State of Nevada Office of the Governor · State of Nevada Capitol Building · State of Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety · Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services · State of Nevada Welfare Division · State of Nevada Division of Child and Family Services · Offices of a California State Senator · Ventura County Commission on Human Concerns · Carpinteria Unified School District · Corona-Norco Unified School District · Westfield Acres Public Housing · Simi Valley Police Foundation · Ventura County Fire Department · NASA/JPL Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex · City Of Thousand Oaks, CA: City Hall / Civic Arts Plaza / Municipal Services Center / Kavli Theater · Daggett, CA Community Services District · Daggett Desert Museum · Oakland Temescal/Telegraph Business Improvement District · Sonoma County, CA · Ventura Regional Sanitation District "America's Safest City" - City of Simi Valley, CA: City Hall, City Council, City Manager’s Office, Planning Commission, Cultural Arts Center, Planning Department, Department of Building & Safety, Public Works, Police Department, Risk Management, Office of Emergency Services. Conducted security and public safety design reviews of several hundred development and redevelopment projects including master planned communities, commercial and office parks, shopping centers, community parks and golf courses, single and multi-family residences, estate homes, and public building projects. Conducted more than 1000 residential, commercial and government facility security reviews. Comprehensive Security Appraisal Security Adequacy Evaluation Facility Vulnerability Assessment Security Force Effectiveness Security Related Architectural, Landscape & Lighting Design Review Development Advisory & Plan Check Services Security Vendor Quality Assurance Audits Security Planning Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Building Security & Alarm Ordinance Development Security Policy & Procedure Development Crime Prevention Program Design Workplace Violence Prevention Liability Avoidance Counseling Crisis Media Relations Management Services Selection and Supervision of Security Service Providers Policy and Procedure Implementation Security Awareness Programs Security Proposal Review Periodic Site Inspections Expert Testimony Licenses & Certifications "Board Certified In Security Management" Certified Protection Professional (CPP) Certified Security Professional (CSP) California Private Investigator License # PI 6477 California Private Patrol Operator License # PPO 10770 Nevada Security Consultant/PI License # 852 Nevada Private Patrol License # 852 Arizona Private Investigator License # 1003680 CA/NV/AZ Concealed Weapon Authorization California Advanced & Supervisory Peace Officer Certification National WMD Standardized Awareness Authorized Trainer Crime-Free Multi-Housing Instructor Risk Assessment Methodology Certification California Lifetime Teaching Credential Police Firearms Instructor Certification Professional Affiliations American Society for Industrial Security California Association of Licensed Investigator Nevada Society of Professional Investigators International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners California Crime Prevention Officers Association International CPTED Association California Design Out Crime Association California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards & Associates Licensed & Insured I am in full compliance with the laws of every state in which I do business. I am also fully insured with both general business and errors and omissions coverage. For Public Agencies in Nevada Nevada law requires that anyone who provides security consulting or investigative services within the State be licensed by the Nevada Private Investigators Licensing Board (NRS 648.060). In recent years there have been a number of instances where State and local public agencies released RFP's for security consulting services which did not require consultants to be licensed. Those embarrassed agencies where forced to revise their qualification requirements and amend the RFP's. To verify a license or obtain more information, call the Nevada Private Investigators Licensing Board at 775-687-3223. Copyright © Robert A. Gardner, CPP 2011	Home Office California Branch Offices Nevada Arizona Contact Me Home Page

Public Sector Consulting Services

Facility Security ♦ Community Safety Programs ♦ Crime Prevention Through Envirommental Design

The security of our public facilities is crucial to the open and effective functioning of government. In recent years, attacks on public facilities and workers by terrorists, anarchists, disgruntled citizens, unstable employees and plain old fashioned criminals has generated an increased interest in public sector security.

As a Board Certified security professional with considerable public sector experience, I can be a significant resource to public agencies looking to evaluate and improve their facility security.

I am a security consultant, former corporate security manager, and police crime prevention specialist with more than 40 years of training and experience in evaluating, developing, and managing security and crime prevention programs. For 25 of those years I served as both a private sector security consultant and a public sector Peace Officer advising "America's Safest City" on crime prevention issues, architectural/environmental security, workplace violence, physical security and private security matters.

As a Police Crime Prevention Specialist I provided technical guidance and advice to public officials and government executives in security awareness, the recognition and reduction of crime risks, and the implementation of security and crime prevention measures. I advised the City's Planning Department, Planning Commission and City Council on crime prevention and architectural/environmental security; managed the City's Building Security Ordinance and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design programs; conducted design review and plan checks for building projects in the City; wrote the City's Security Alarm Ordinance; served as Police Department liaison to Private Security Industry, acted as a City Emergency Services Coordinator; supervised the City's Police Department Crime Prevention, Training, Special Enforcement, K-9, and Detective Units; served as a Police Media Relations Officer.

The following is a representative sample of government public benefit organizations, institutions, and entities to which assistance has been provided:

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library · State of California Office of the Inspector General · State of Nevada Capitol Police · State of Nevada Office of the Governor · State of Nevada Capitol Building · State of Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety · Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services · State of Nevada Welfare Division · State of Nevada Division of Child and Family Services · Offices of a California State Senator · Ventura County Commission on Human Concerns · Carpinteria Unified School District · Corona-Norco Unified School District · Westfield Acres Public Housing · Simi Valley Police Foundation · Ventura County Fire Department · NASA/JPL Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex · City Of Thousand Oaks, CA: City Hall / Civic Arts Plaza / Municipal Services Center / Kavli Theater · Daggett, CA Community Services District · Daggett Desert Museum · Oakland Temescal/Telegraph Business Improvement District · Sonoma County, CA · Ventura Regional Sanitation District

"America's Safest City" - City of Simi Valley, CA: City Hall, City Council, City Manager’s Office, Planning Commission, Cultural Arts Center, Planning Department, Department of Building & Safety, Public Works, Police Department, Risk Management, Office of Emergency Services. Conducted security and public safety design reviews of several hundred development and redevelopment projects including master planned communities, commercial and office parks, shopping centers, community parks and golf courses, single and multi-family residences, estate homes, and public building projects. Conducted more than 1000 residential, commercial and government facility security reviews.

Comprehensive Security Appraisal

Security Adequacy Evaluation
Facility Vulnerability Assessment
Security Force Effectiveness
Security Related Architectural, Landscape & Lighting Design Review
Development Advisory & Plan Check Services
Security Vendor Quality Assurance Audits

Security Planning

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Building Security & Alarm Ordinance Development
Security Policy & Procedure Development
Crime Prevention Program Design
Workplace Violence Prevention

Liability Avoidance Counseling
Crisis Media Relations

Management Services

Selection and Supervision of Security Service Providers
Policy and Procedure Implementation
Security Awareness Programs
Security Proposal Review
Periodic Site Inspections
Expert Testimony

Licenses & Certifications

"Board Certified In Security Management"
Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
Certified Security Professional (CSP)
California Private Investigator License # PI 6477
California Private Patrol Operator License # PPO 10770
Nevada Security Consultant/PI License # 852
Nevada Private Patrol License # 852
Arizona Private Investigator License # 1003680
CA/NV/AZ Concealed Weapon Authorization
California Advanced & Supervisory Peace Officer Certification
National WMD Standardized Awareness Authorized Trainer
Crime-Free Multi-Housing Instructor
Risk Assessment Methodology Certification
California Lifetime Teaching Credential
Police Firearms Instructor Certification

Professional Affiliations

American Society for Industrial Security
California Association of Licensed Investigator
Nevada Society of Professional Investigators
International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners
California Crime Prevention Officers Association
International CPTED Association
California Design Out Crime Association
California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards & Associates

Licensed & Insured

I am in full compliance with the laws of every state in which I do business. I am also fully insured with both general business and errors and omissions coverage.

For Public Agencies in Nevada

Nevada law requires that anyone who provides security consulting or investigative services within the State be licensed by the Nevada Private Investigators Licensing Board (NRS 648.060). In recent years there have been a number of instances where State and local public agencies released RFP's for security consulting services which did not require consultants to be licensed. Those embarrassed agencies where forced to revise their qualification requirements and amend the RFP's.

To verify a license or obtain more information, call the Nevada Private Investigators Licensing Board at 775-687-3223.