The Diocese of Virginia encourages our churches to develop disaster preparedness plans that address natural disaster, facility risks, and violence against churches. The diocesan website provides a number of resources from agencies including Homeland Security and Episcopal Relief and Development. Your diocesan leadership team offers this short list of guidelines for your consideration as you develop plans related to violence against churches.
5 Ways to Improve the Safety and Security of Your Place of Worship or Community Spaces
Many people spend time in churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, gurdwaras or other places of worship and public spaces. People should feel safe when they gather to express their faith or serve their community.
As we continue to learn from faith and community leaders on how to improve the safety and security of these spaces, we identified five ways your community can get started today.
The opinions or conclusions of the authors reflected in the open source articles and resources is not endorsed and/or does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Virginia Fusion Center. The sources have been selected to provide you with event information to highlight available resources designed to improve public safety and reduce the probability of becoming a victim of a crime.
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