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One Cop’s View on Policing in the U.S.
Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking about the state of Policing in the U.S. with Joe Smarro, a San Antonio police officer, former combat Marine, and proponent of policing reform and mental health education. Joe (and his partner) are the subjects of the eponymous HBO documentary Ernie and Joe. He is the CEO of…
Read MoreSECURITY AS A BUSINESS PRIORITY
Security as a business priority is changing. Many organizations today regard security as a vital resource for the success and sustainability of their business communities. The bottom line action item that this increased priority brings to governments and private organizations alike is the need to continuously evaluate and test security systems with the objective of…
Read MoreReality is Stranger than Fiction
Reality Winner who worked for Pluribus International at their offices in Georgia was arrested this week under the Espionage Act for sending a classified document to Intercept, a publication first created in 2014 as a platform to report on documents released by Edward Snowden. Ms. Winner faces one count of “gathering, transmitting or losing defense…
Read MoreWhen is an Attack a Terrorist Attack?
Does an attacker shouting ‘allahu akbar’ make it a terrorist attack? How many people have to die for it to be an act of terrorism? This week in downtown Fresno, California, Kori Ali Muhammad shot and killed three random people. Muhammad was already a suspect in the shooting of a security guard at a Fresno…
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 are two examples. One of our school security clients was conducting a lock down drill. Lock down procedures at that campus state that no…
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