School Security
University Upheaval: Has Higher-Education Failed to Protect Students?
Universities have always had a reputation as places where curious minds with opposing viewpoints could coexist. These educational havens were intended to function not only as institutions of higher learning,…
Read MoreMission Improbable
Law Enforcement Overburdened? Dealing with the mentally ill, responding to student bullying at a school or looking for terrorists at the airport – are we asking our police to do…
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…
Read MoreSecurity Attitudes in Israel
In Israel, security policy and procedures are well integrated into the fabric of its society. This manifests in a couple ways: There is a full acceptance of the fact of…
Read MoreGuns in Israel
Some people have the idea that in Israel, gun laws are very liberal. In fact, the very opposite is true. There are strict requirements to gun acquisition and ownership. Gun…
Read MoreSimple – not Simplistic – Emergency Response Procedures
Simplistic ideas and procedures by their nature do not withstand reality tests. This is the case for many emergency lock-down procedures where unfortunately the essence of the SOP is to…
Read MoreThe Spirit of the Law
How can security personnel know what to do when doing the right thing contradicts the rules? After all, life is often complicated and things are rarely black and white. Here…
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