National Sport Safety and Security Facility Compliance System

Sport Event Security Aware (SESA)

Introduction

The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) is committed to helping key personnel responsible for sport security management in planning, developing, and implementing highly effective sport event security management systems to:

* Identify and assess risk
* Identify and design training programs
* Customize and implement exercise programs
* Explore and recommend countermeasure improvement processes

Objectives

This system will help accomplish the following objectives:

* Help venues fulfill their moral and legal duty to protect spectators, officials, competitors, employees, the community, and the environment at the highest possible degree.
* Facilitate compliance with the contractual minimum security and safety standards obligations of the sanctioning body.
* Facilitate compliance with the regulatory requirements of municipal, county, state, and federal agencies.
* Enhance a facility’s ability to recover from financial losses, regulatory fines, loss of market share, damages to equipment or products, or business interruptions.
* Reduce exposure to civil or criminal liability in the event of an incident.
* Enhance a venue’s image and credibility with spectators, competitors, employees, suppliers, and the community.
* Serve as documentation that may reduce venue insurance premiums.

SESA Chart

 

For more information about the SESA process or about getting your venue certified, please contact Dr. Stacey Hall at 601-266-4616 or by email at NCS4@usm.edu