Active Shooters
Training can be Fatal
In security, training is not the same thing as conditioning, and in the event of a violent attack – the difference can result in lost lives. In the case of…
Read MoreAccessing Federal Funding to Mitigate Nonprofit Threat Vulnerabilities
Guest Post by Robert B. Goldberg Congress appropriated $305 million in December for this year’s (FY 2023) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). This constituted a…
Read MoreSeeking Engagement at all Costs
The only way to win against active shooters. Make no mistake, we are at war here on U.S. soil. We are engaged in a battle against active shooters. There’s been…
Read More$73M Remington Settlement
Families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre won a $73 million settlement with Remington Arms, last week. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, enacted in 2005…
Read MoreHarden your Targets
Hardening a target is a critical part of effective security. Its importance in mitigating potential crime and threats cannot be underestimated. How easy or difficult a target is both to…
Read MoreGun Detection Technology
Security professionals are always looking for ways to prevent crime and attacks from happening, particularly mass shootings. Since 9/11, we have endured terrorist attacks and active shooter attacks (similar insofar…
Read MoreDuty to Protect
To what extent is a business obligated to provide security for its customers? And to what extent does security influence which businesses a customer choses to frequent? These questions are…
Read MoreRamming is on the Rise
Over the course of only a few weeks, there have been at least 50 vehicle ramming attacks in the U.S. This method of using a vehicle be it a car,…
Read MoreG4S Pulse Club Case Ruling
It’s been almost three years since the shooting attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in June 2016. The gunman Omar Seddique Mateen was employed as an armed security…
Read MoreSixteen Years of Predictive Profiling
Back in 2002, I was driving with a colleague to see a client in Palmdale, California, a couple hours’ drive outside of Los Angeles. This was only a few months…
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