Negligent security is the failure to provide security that is at least as good as a reasonably prudent business owner/property owner would provide in similar circumstances.

Negligent security can occur when a property owner or operator fails to provide adequate security measures to protect visitors, employees, or residents from foreseeable harm, such as by failing to install proper lighting, surveillance cameras, or secure entryways.

A property owner or property occupier can be responsible for physical injuries that a customer or other invitee sustains on their premises if that property owner/occupier “fails to exercise ordinary care to protect them against the danger”. Ordinary care may include a proactive obligation to take appropriate security measures.

Businesses and property owners have a basic responsibility to keep the people who are on their premises safe. Among other things, this responsibility includes a duty to take adequate security precautions. When companies fail to provide security, they may be legally liable for a third-party criminal attack.

A negligent security claim requires a comprehensive investigation. Some examples of security flaw that could be negligent security include:

• Outdated or ineffective physical security measures
• Broken door locks or damaged keycard readers
• lack of trained security guards/personnel
• No lighting, especially in stairwells or parking lots
• Failure to adequately screen at entrances or secure entryways
• Failure to install surveillance cameras

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