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The Port of Seattle Commission has voted to ban the use of biometric technology for surveillance and security purposes by government and law enforcement on all its properties, which include the downtown port and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

The Harper College Police Department has joined the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Mobile Field Force (NIPAS). 

The police department of Rhode Island College is now one of 30-plus accredited police agencies in Rhode Island.

Security teams of all sectors face incidents of violence, anxiety, escalation and trauma during their careers. For a security leader, fostering a healthy workplace environment following trauma or helping managers and frontline security personnel navigate such incidents is particularly essential to healing, reducing turnover, and allowing everyone in the workplace to feel heard, respected and confident.

The first 90 days of a Chief Security Officer in an organization are critical for his/her success or failure in the new position. Successful individuals will be the ones who establish trusting relationships, learn the organizational culture, and lay the ground foundation for a security program.

After a basketball hero was killed via gunshot at a gas station last month, the Mayor of Gary, Indiana, Jerome Prince, has introduced "The Wallace Broadnax ordinance,” which would require a 24-hour armed security guard if a business has had a violent crime on its property in the last two years.