Introducing Security Cares, an initiative coming to Dallas September 27-28 as part of the ASIS International 63rdAnnual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2017). Security Cares is a community safety and security initiative designed to educate managers of small businesses and community institutions (churches, nonprofits, schools, clinics, museums, etc.) — places that traditionally have not considered themselves targets — about the [...]
Photo credit: (Photo courtesy bigstockphoto.com/sudok1)BY JOEL GRIFFIN ON JUL 20, 2017, SecurityInfoWatch Late last month, 45-year-old physician Henry Michael Bello walked into Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York where he used to work and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing a fellow doctor and wounding six other people. Following the shooting spree, police say Bello, who [...]
Police officers practice breaching, entering, and clearing an active shooter incident at an Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) facility in San Marcos, Texas on November 8, 2016.SPIKE JOHNSON BY SPIKE JOHNSON ON 6/18/17 AT 12:40 PM, NEWSWEEK “Police! We’re coming in!” Two cops yank open a warehouse door and rush inside, [...]
Violence in our society is attracting an increasing amount of media attention. It also gets attention in the law offices, human resources departments, security departments and first responder agencies. Violence is here to stay, and while a decidedly unappealing topic of conversation, it’s a conversation we must have. Terrorism isn’t going away and neither are [...]
By Mona Kazour (Patch Staff) - Patch.com, California, Palm Desert March 28, 2017 3:00 pm ET From the College of the Desert: College of the Desert’s (COD) Partnership and Community Education (PaCE) is offering fee-based, not for credit, Professional Security Officer Training. Find out how YOU can become a Certified Protection Officer with the IFPO! PaCE [...]
LYNN HULSEY ON MAR 9, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch Ohio has joined the nation's stampede to loosen gun laws in recent years, approving laws allowing open- and concealed-carry, adopting a lethal self-defense "Castle Doctrine" measure, and now letting people bring guns onto company parking lots. What comes next is unclear, but some gun rights advocates [...]
From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Charlotte NC Jan 1 2017 Rick McCann CEO Private Officer International As reported on December 21, 2016, traumatic deaths of security officers are on a steady rise and after in-depth research, Private Officer International determined that 84.7 percent were from traumatic injuries, namely gunshot wounds, stabbings and blunt force object assaults. January Special: [...]
A hospital in Detroit was fined for insufficient protections for staff members and patients Aug. 16. Pic from http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/ From ClickOnDetroit.com: DETROIT - A hospital in Midtown Detroit has been cited by state investigators for failing to maintain security. According to a new state investigation, Detroit Receiving Hospital has failed to protect staff [...]
Chris Hertig, former professor and IFPO board member. Preventing and Mitigating Violence Part 2 (“What happens there, comes here”) by Chris Hertig As Americans we often view the world as being limited to our immediate surroundings. Not always, only during waking hours! Historically, the US has had a strong history of isolationism in international [...]
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