Background
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) is a holding company whose wholly owned subsidiaries produce International® brand commercial and military vehicles, MaxxForce® brand diesel engines, IC Bus brand school and commercial buses and Workhorse® brand chassis for motor homes and step vans. The company also provides truck and diesel engine parts, as well as financing services.
As Director of Global Security, Terry Lucier is responsible for conducting vulnerability assessments for all company locations.
Utilizing CAP Index Data
Lucier and his team have worked with CAP Index’s CRIMECAST reports for three years. Serving multiple purposes, the reports are utilized for site selection, rank and comparison of locations and to provide an overall risk rating for each Navistar facility.
The department also uses CAP Index’s statistical data to substantiate the need for various levels of security controls, such as access control and closed-circuit television (CCTV).
Results
Lucier notes that CAP Index data serves as the “last piece of the puzzle” in a comprehensive formula for developing the crime risk rating of each Navistar facility.
He says, “[CAP Index reports provide] the necessary information to objectively make decisions on the level of security required for a facility…and if a [location is deemed too] high risk, security is able to obtain the necessary funding to enhance security controls [and] protect the workforce and assets of the company.”