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ASIS: Offices create defensive challenges for active shooter preparation

​We can now add newspapers (or office spaces in general) to the long list of places that had formerly been thought of as unthinkable for attacks, but now must be examined as possibilities in terms of active shooter incidents. It seems more clear than ever that schools, churches, sports and concert arenas -- nearly everywhere [...]

By |2019-01-21T19:05:47-05:00January 21st, 2019|News|Comments Off on ASIS: Offices create defensive challenges for active shooter preparation

Teen armed with gun fires at police, kills himself at Indiana middle school

https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ By Katie Malafronte , CampusSafetyMagazine.com Richmond (Ind.) Community Schools received a tip Thursday morning saying an armed person was headed to the school with the intention of hurting someone. Police were immediately notified and able to stop the gunman, a 14-year-old boy, from harming anyone, reports CBS News. LIKE the IFPO on Facebook! Gunfire was exchanged [...]

By |2018-12-14T08:13:57-05:00December 14th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Teen armed with gun fires at police, kills himself at Indiana middle school

Minnesota security officer’s wound self-inflicted, not from ‘suspicious person’ as he reported

  From FOXNews U.S: A Minnesota college security guard who said he was shot by a suspicious person on campus Tuesday night was arrested Wednesday after reportedly admitting to police he shot himself. Brent Patrick Ahlers, 25, a security officer at St. Catherine University in St. Paul has been charged with “filing a false police [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:31:23-05:00September 15th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Minnesota security officer’s wound self-inflicted, not from ‘suspicious person’ as he reported

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