“Protecting and securing
the communities
of God’s people
where they gather.”

We offer security consulting for Churches and Synagogues, security team development and training, security policy and procedure development and implementation, security system design and installation, and additional security and executive protection services for special events and ministerial tours.

Located in Denver Colorado, Houses of Worship Protective Services offers a team of consultants and professional security practitioners with a combined experience of many decades in the security, asset protection and executive protection fields.

Houses of Worship Protective Services is unique in the aspect that it specializes in providing security consultation and services to Houses of Worship. This is all we do, and because this is all we do, we have a unique understanding of what it takes to be effective in providing protective services in church and synagogue environments. Houses of Worship are very unique and specialized environments that create unique challenges for security and protective initiatives.

Guarding and protecting places of worship
is very well documented in the Bible:

“Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.

They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the LORD–the house called the Tent. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. Their brothers in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven–day periods.”
(1 Chronicles 9:21-25)

Have you considered these questions?

• Do you have a security plan?
  
  
• How are you going to handle an intentionally disruptive person in your service?
  
  
• How would you handle a situation involving an armed intruder in your Church or Synagogue?
  
  
• Do you have a “security” or “safety” team established?
  
  
• Do your ushers or Security/Safety team members understand the legal concept of “Reasonable Use of Force?”
  
  
• What is the potential liability involved with the concept of security in Houses of Worship?
  
  
• Do you understand that failing to provide for the security and safety of your members and guests on your premises could potentially put you in a position of exposure to liability?
  
  
• What security policies and procedures should be established and implemented for your “House of Worship?”
  
  
• Do you understand that proper security plan creation and implementation - security team planning, training and execution - and security policy and procedure implementation, will help you to dramatically reduce your exposure to the negative consequences of security incidents and the resulting liability?
  
  
• What security plan and/or precautions have you made for your children’s programs which may be separated from the main congressional worship location?
  
  
• Do you have a disaster plan (i.e. evacuation plan in case of fire, gas leak, etc; lock down plan in case of threat developing nearby your H.O.W.; protective plan in case of dangerous weather, etc.)?
  
  
• Do you have policies and procedures to address internal security concerns (i.e. background check policy and procedure for children’s program workers, confidential information/document policy and procedure to protect your organization’s confidential information and the information of your members)?

Houses of Worship Protective Services answers
and/or addresses these and many other questions for you, and will partner with you to develop:

• A customized security and safety plan
  
  
• A comprehensive security policy and procedure manual
  
  
• Help to select and train your security/safety team
  
  
• Design and install any desired security systems