When it comes to managing sensitive equipment as a public safety officer, your firearms are some of the most high-risk assets you can leave improperly secured. While there’s been a lot of conversation in the media about how to use firearms responsibly, there are several best practices you can utilize to help ensure that they are only accessible to authorized personnel who are fully accountable for their use.
Hospitals can be dangerous places. From 2012 to 2014, healthcare institutions reported a 40 percent increase in violent crime, with more than 10,000 incidents mostly directed at employees.
The Transportation Security Administration is on track to see a record number of passengers bringing guns to U.S. airports this year, with a surge in gun collections at security checkpoints in July, according to the Washington Examiner.
Fifty percent of voters say that they are concerned that the government will go too far in restricting the rights of citizens to own guns, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
The number of passengers who tried, knowingly or not, to bring guns onto planes in their carry-on luggage nearly doubled in the past six years – from 976 in 2009 to 1,813 in the U.S. last year, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
