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Arrests at Bonnaroo Festival drop by half, but citations up nearly 100%

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: MANCHESTER, Tenn. June 21 2019– Law enforcement overseeing the 18th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival said they arrested and cited 374 people during this year's festival, a significant increase from the previous year's numbers. While arrests were down by more than half, citations were up by more than 95%during the four-day music [...]

By |2019-06-21T10:00:22-04:00June 21st, 2019|News|Comments Off on Arrests at Bonnaroo Festival drop by half, but citations up nearly 100%

School security officer headbutted by man who smelled of weed at wrestling event

By Becky Metrick | bmetrick@pennlive.com PennLive.com A man was taken away from an East Pennsboro High School wrestling event after police said he became unruly, including assaulting a school resource officer. Lamont Maddox, 40, of Harrisburg, was asked to leave the school on March 10 after someone reported smelling like marijuana, East Pennsboro Township police said. [...]

By |2019-04-13T08:29:59-04:00April 13th, 2019|News|Comments Off on School security officer headbutted by man who smelled of weed at wrestling event

The fascinating world of event security: Ensuring fan safety during an age of uncertainty

By James A. DeMeo, M.S., adjunct instructor of event security at Tulane University and founder, president and CEO of USESC The tragedy coming out of the Las Vegas-Mandalay Bay mass shootings, a black swan event has event security leaders rethinking the playbook for properly safeguarding today’s confined spaces. The concept of an aerial assault prior to [...]

By |2019-04-10T06:10:28-04:00April 10th, 2019|News|Comments Off on The fascinating world of event security: Ensuring fan safety during an age of uncertainty

FBI: Paddock wanted infamy and influenced by bank robber dad

Natalie Neysa Alund and Cindy Watts, Nashville Tennessean The (FBI) report concludes Paddock's reasoning for the rampage remains a mystery after nearly 12 months of evidence-gathering by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department and the FBI, as well as study by agents and behavioral specialists. A retired postal service worker, accountant and real estate investor, Paddock owned [...]

By |2019-02-01T08:25:08-05:00February 1st, 2019|News|Comments Off on FBI: Paddock wanted infamy and influenced by bank robber dad

Let events shine while mitigating protests with proper security plan, experts say

Photo from Public News Service https://www.publicnewsservice.org BY Mark Deane and Frank Figliuzzi, SecurityMagazine.com Event security has evolved well beyond the standard uniformed officers, access control and incident response. Today’s event security professionals are strategists who use intelligence driven risk-based models to mitigate threats by identifying and addressing gaps and vulnerabilities. Successful event security [...]

By |2019-01-30T06:29:23-05:00January 30th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Let events shine while mitigating protests with proper security plan, experts say

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