A good safety plan protects your customers, employees and business.

Here are ideas to think about. Not all questions may apply to your business. Answer all that are relevant. 

Staff

• Contracted security employees
• Trained, uniformed staff
• Managers and supervisors
• Cross-trained bartenders, hosts or servers

Scheduling

• Days
• Hours
• Summer vs. winter
• Special events at your business or in the city

Duties 

• Inside
• Outside
• Frequency of rounds

Plan

• Respectful enforcement
• Escorting off the premises
• Working in teams

Disorderly customers

• Rounds
• Dedicated parking lot security staff
• Loitering
• No-admittance List
• Illegal behaviors
• Criminal activity

Outside areas

• Security cameras
• Lights
• Enclosures

Valet services

• Contracted or in-house

Partnership with the local precinct

• Reporting procedures for incidents, minor and serious

Exit strategies

• Weeknights
• Weekends
• Special events
• Emergencies

Closing time

• Escorts
• Parking lot monitoring
• Traffic management
• Protecting customers

Large crowds

• Party buses
• Pedal pubs

Check your safety plan a few times each year. Talk to your employees about policies, incidents and updates.