[Imc] twisted locks, twisted security

[Bob Cook]

Hmmm. Every time that I've locked the imc's front door from the inside
I've been able to open it...

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 04:48:41PM -0500, Clint Popetz wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 03:31:37PM -0600, Sehvilla wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The UCIMC's sense of security seems as twisted as the broken lock on the
> > door. While Steering Committee is taking serious steps to protect the
> > UCIMC's equipment, sensibly regulating the equipment usage policy, it
> > defends the silly idea that volunteers shouldn't keep the IMC door locked,
> > no matter what, because the IMC must be open to everyone. Many of the
> > volunteers at the IMC will not feel safe using the UC-IMC space unless
> > they are able to lock the door behind themselves. THE IMC IS NOT OPEN TO
> > EVERYONE IF ITS VOLUNTEERS/PRODUCERS CAN'T WORK THERE SAFELY! 
> > It has been suggested that a volunteer could avoid security problems by
> > working in the production room with the door locked. Some IMCistas feel
> > like this is a solution, but it probably won't resolve the security
> > concerns of most concerned volunteers. How is the volunteer to staff the
> > IMC effectively, if they're locked in the production room? 
> 
> Similarly, how could they possibly staff the IMC effectively if the
> front door is locked?  I think the point of the suggestion to lock the 
> production room door was not to provide safety while staffing, but
> rather later at night.
> 
> > What will they
> > do if a person comes up and knocks on the production room door and asks
> > for help with something? 
> 
> Use common sense and their own feeling of personally safety to decide
> how to act?
> 
> > Yes, the production room has a phone - if someone
> > is disrupting the IMC, the volunteer who is locked in the production room
> > can call 911. But if an attacker wants to hurt someone who's working in
> > the production room, the deadbolt on the production-room door offers
> > little protection to the volunteer. 
> 
> The production room deadbolt is actually a much more secure lock than
> that on the front door.
> 
> > They're far away from the front door,
> > and they're blocked, visually and acoustically, from anyone passing-by on
> > the street. The production room is full of windows. Three of these windows
> > are just large sheets of glass. What's stopping an attacker from breaking
> > a window to attack someone in the production room? No one can hear them
> > from the street. What protection does the IMC volunteer have in that
> > situation? 
> 
> Ditto for an attacker approaching the front door, no?
> 
> 
> No amount of locks/procedures/safeguards can make someone feel safe
> in any situation.  The suggestions that have been made by the steering
> committee and others have been an attempt to balance the needs of
> individuals using the space late at night without allowing the space
> to be monopolized, which is essentially what happens when the door is
> locked from the inside.
> 
> My suggestion would be: if you don't feel safe working at the IMC late
> at night without locking everyone else out, then use the buddy system
> and/or come in to work during hours when others are present.  Safety
> in numbers...
> 
> 				-Clint
> 
> 
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