The 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 2008 Sri Lanka Marathon, and most recently, the 2013 Boston Marathon. What once might have been isolated incidents has now become a trend, as major sporting events become go-to targets for terrorist organizations.
State police in Virginia recorded and collected the whereabouts of potentially millions of people in an effort to monitor attendees at political rallies in 2008 and 2009, according to Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
An Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) poll found more than one in ten people have been hurt at a large sporting or music event in the last five years, while a third of people have experienced a crowd surge.
Take a look back at the London Olympics' security woes -- the successes, failures and lessons to be learned from the event's use of private security officers.
Aurora, Colorado. Penn State. The Indiana State Fair.
These recent tragedies were clearly driving the agendas of speakers and attendees at the 2012 National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans early last month. The conference, hosted by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4), tailored its speaker lineup around some of these recent issues – active shooter protocol, sexual misconduct policy and weather risk mitigation.
Has the industry lost its edge of vigilance? At MetLife Stadium, a record-breaking event with 90,000 Jews required a united effort and more than a little vigilance.
Moving away from the controversial "detention barn" used at the Belmont Stakes, officials from the New York SRWB are implementing four new security protocols for the $1 million Travers Stakes horse race.
Security officials for Kansas City have been studying other cities' event security efforts to build up a strong plan lest anything go awry at the MLB All-Star Game.
