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Despite the gravity of what security personnel potentially face each and every day, popular culture delights in depicting them in a comical light. Reality shows and films provide light-hearted fun and entertainment, but in no way personify the real world of security officers on the job.

Some Detroit neighborhoods are doing their part to keep crime under control.

The nation's estimated rate of both violent and property crime shot up last year after several years of decline.

Most everyone is familiar with the standard manned guard booth, in which a person sits and allows drivers in and out of a facility.

The labor union representing the Yale Police Department, condemned new administrative policy on police and security deployment, which they said jeopardizes student safety.

A person is more likely to get struck by lightening than shot while at a hospital, according to new research by Johns Hopkins.

Security officers must always be prepared and well equipped to handle an emergency, such as a shooting or violent incident on campus. Security staff must be trained to respond effectively, to evacuate affected areas and to notify staff and local authorities.

A former security officer at a U.S. consulate in China pleaded guilty to attempting to pass secrets about the building's security systems to a Chinese spy agency. 

Keeping pedestrians safe, protecting structures from accidental or intentional automobile crashes, and force protection (keeping employees and visitors from harm) have always been campus safety concerns.

The troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California has been slapped with a violation following a May security lapse.