Houses of Worship—Re-opening to the Community - DHS to Houses of Worship: Start Planning Now for Life after COVID-19 Crisis - The Federal Agency Also Warned That Security Plans Should Be Reviewed

    LEBANON, NJ, April 23, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The K Street Group has announced that is it prepared to assist its house of worship clients with a phased in re-opening of their facilities, once the COVid pandemic restrictions are relaxed.

According to Brian Harrell, Department of Homeland Security, "When you begin efforts to reconstitute services and welcome congregants back into your houses of worship, please also review your security plans and ensure procedures are in place to protect your facilities and visitors," Brian Harrell, assistant director for infrastructure security at DHS, wrote in a letter addressed to the faith-based community.

The K Street Group works with many Jewish Temples and Synagogues across the tri-state area in providing armed security and other ancillary support services on a regular basis. As a result of this ongoing crisis, K Street Group has designed a customized program that encompasses proactive security vigilance along with staff, visitor, clergy and student temperature screening, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.

Our Specials Operations Unit is ready to assist our clients in planning for a safe and secure re-opening of their facilities, as they realize they're face with radical changes to the everyday norm.

Effective immediately, The K Street Group is offering its clients the following support services as they prepare to re-engage their congregation, community stakeholders, early childhood care, and religious education needs.

• Proactive K9 Explosives Detection is available to conduct a thorough sweep of your facility and the surrounding property for any signs of improvised incendiary device placements while your house of worship was shut down.

• Temperature screening will be provided utilizing K Street Group certified EMT's, CMA's, CNA's and PCT's on a daily basis to assess staff, visitors, clergy and children for elevated body temperature. Our medical professionals are fully credentialed and comply with the federally mandated HIPPA guidelines when it comes to medical information and confidentiality.

The K Street Group is a licensed, bonded and insured risk mitigation and protective services firm based in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. We provide a broad portfolio of security support services; risk mitigation consulting, armed security, K9 explosives detection, crowd control/crowd management, private investigations, executive protection, business continuity, CCTV installation, mobile marked vehicle patrol, and special event security.

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