The Issue
Recently a 2-year old boy was grabbed, pulled into a lagoon, and killed by an alligator at Disney Resort (McLaughlin et al. 5). This was not the first attack by an alligator reported at this resort. Recent reports have indicated that security at this resort is compromised and visitors are prone to alligator attacks, especially when walking within the park. It was also reported that no proper guidance and security warnings are informing the visitors of the dangers posed by these alligators.
As such, most of the visitors fail to take precautions and therefore get easily attacks. In the past, some visitors have reported serious injuries from these alligators (Kinsey and Kafer 44). However, the recent case where a child was grabbed from its parents and subsequently killed by an alligator sent a shockwave to the entire fraternity of Disney Resort. The management, workers, visitors, and government authorities are all concerned about this issue as they try to think of the best way of addressing this security threat (Wang, Albanese, and Jajodia 71). Given that Disney resorts are very popular among children and adults, it is necessary to find a solution to this problem.
Planned Action
The primary objective of this project is to eliminate the problem of alligator attacks within Disney Resorts. At this resort, there are numerous other animals besides alligators, and they attract so many people who want to come and see them in their natural habitats. As such, the alligators will not be eliminated. The best plan would be to increase security within the park.
All the alligators will be confined within a given location and proper signage put strategically to inform the public about the presence of various animals, including the alligators, and the dangers they pose. It will also be necessary to deploy more emergence response teams and security officers, especially in areas where these alligators pose a security threat to the public. For all the visitors getting into the park, there will be a guide that will be used to guide them when they are staying at the resort.
How to Execute the Plan
To achieve the set objectives, there are a series of activities that will be conducted. As suggested above, all customers coming to the park will be informed of the presence of dangerous alligators at specific spots within the park. They will be warned accordingly so that they can avoid such areas. There will also be screens strategically located within the park reminding the visitors of the dangerous alligators and how to stay safe.
The videos will target both parents and children. Given that children like playing a lot when at this resort, the playgrounds will have improved security. The resort will ensure that the games they play do not expose them to any form of security threat. The management of the park will install CCTV cameras and hire more security and emergence response officers who will be patrolling the park regularly to ensure the safety of the visitors.
Resources Needed for the Project
To achieve the above objectives, the management of Disney Resort will need to set aside resources for implementation. As mentioned above, the security measures needed involve installing CCTV cameras within the park, especially in dangerous spots where alligator attacks are common. Purchasing and installing these Bluetooth wireless cameras will cost about $ 450,000.
The screens and signage will also be installed at strategic positions to warn and inform the visitors about the dangers posed by the alligators and other dangerous animals within the resort. The installation of these screens and signage is estimated to cost about $ 350,000. It was established that the security officers within the resort are not adequate based on what they are expected to do. The emergency response team is also insufficient and this explains why the child grabbed from its parents was never rescued despite the screams from the parents.
It will be necessary to hire more security officers. The human resource manager at Disney resort will be forced to increase the size of the current human resource (Copeland 112). Some specific people should be hired. The first group will be well-trained rangers who can deal with an animal attack within the park. These rangers will need equipment to facilitate their work. They will need specially designed vehicles that can allow them to move with speed and conduct rescues in cases of attack.
They also need weapons to counter these animals in case their own lives are threatened. They will also have communication gadgets that will allow them to monitor events in the park and coordinate rescue efforts. The second group will be a team of paramedics. These paramedics will be expected to respond to cases of emergency in case anyone is accidentally attacked. They will need fully equipped ambulances that can enable them to protect the lives of the victims and rush them to the nearest hospital for specialized care. The two teams will have communication gadgets making it possible for the security officers to reach out to the paramedics in cases of emergency.
Works Cited
Copeland, Casie. Dancing in the Dark: Divergent Approaches to Improving Security and Justice in South Sudan. Hoboken: Wiley, 2015. Print.
Kinsey, Leonard, and Jeffrey Kafer. The Dark Side of Disney. Old Saybrook: Tantor Media, 2012. Print.
McLaughlin, Eliot, Joshua Berlinger, Ashley Fantz and Steve Almasy. “Disney gator attack: 2-year-old boy found dead.” CNN News 16 June 2016.
Wang, Lingyu, Massimiliano Albanese, and Sushil Jajodia. Network Hardening: An Automated Approach to Improving Network Security. New York: Cengage, 2014. Print.