Facility administrators in all community residential
facilities shall maintain written policies and procedures to ensure proper
supervision of the facility security equipment and keys.
005.01 Supervision of Security Equipment
All security equipment shall be stored in a secure but
readily accessible depository. Possession and use of weapons is prohibited in
the facility except in cases of emergencies.
005.01A All security equipment shall be kept
clean and in proper working order and available for immediate use. Defective
equipment shall be tagged and stored separately.
005.01B All security equipment shall be
inventoried at regular intervals to determine their condition. All equipment
shall be catalogued with proper documentation of their issuance and use. The
loss or misplacement of any equipment shall be reported immediately to the
facility administrator.
005.01C In
emergency situations, facility employees on duty shall use only the security
equipment approved by the facility administrator.
005.01D Facility employees authorized to use
security equipment shall be qualified in the safe and efficient use of devices
approved by the facility administrator.
005.02 Supervision of Facility Keys and tools
All facility keys and tools not issued to facility employees
shall be stored in a secure depository with controlled access. Keys and tools
shall be issued from a central control area by designated facility employees
according to a prescribed system.
005.02A All keys shall be labeled to
correspond with their respective locks. The identifying labels, the number of
keys available for each lock, and the location of the respective locks shall be
properly recorded. The issuance of keys to facility employees shall also be
properly documented. Facility employees should only possess those keys
officially issued to them.
005.02B
Keys not issued to facility employees should be stored in a manner that permits
easy determination of the presence or absence of keys.
005.02C Fire and other emergency keys shall
be readily accessible to the central control area to the designated facility
employees on duty.
005.02D The loss
or misplacement of facility keys shall be immediately reported to the facility
administrator.
