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International Travel Training: How Employees Should Respond to a Mugging

“Oh C.R.A.P. I’m about to get mugged.”

December 12, 2017

When you travel abroad for business, there is a good chance you will be identified as a foreigner. Your highest risk is often not terrorism or espionage, but mugging or theft. What can you teach your employees to keep them alert and prepared?

Study Says Crime Rates Down in California

December 6, 2017

A study by the nonprofit Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice has found crime rates throughout California are down, yet are up slightly in L.A. County.

New Technology Fueling Transformation Across the Security Industry

December 5, 2017

A Capital One survey found that new technologies are transforming the way that executives view the security industry—from their market outlook, to competition, to future capital needs.

The Deadly Relationship Between Mass Shootings and Domestic Violence

Jim Sawyer

December 4, 2017

The sentinel challenge today for both Security Professionals and Crime Prevention Professionals is to develop strategies and procedures to prevent the next mass shooting.

Prescription Drug Abuse Increasingly Seen as a Major U.S. Public Health Problem

December 4, 2017

Americans’ concerns about prescription drug abuse have risen over the past four years, with some of largest increases coming among well-educated adults.

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Nailing Down the Right Lockdown Procedure for School Security

Schools contemplate the options amidst their overall security mix to keep students and staff safe.

Ed Finkel

December 1, 2017

As schools and districts contemplate the right mix of equipment, technology, training and policies and procedures to keep students and staff safe, the debate churns over how they should institute lockdown procedures for their buildings during an active shooter event.

Intelligent Security Demands Intelligent Design

Phil Aronson

December 1, 2017

As more IoT devices (sensors) are introduced, new services emerge that integrate them. Clients will see new approaches to optimizing their people, processes and technology architecture.

Legislation Introduced to Protect Mass Transit Systems from Attacks

November 29, 2017

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, Vice Ranking Member on the House Committee on Homeland Security, announced the Surface Transportation and Public Area Security Act of 2017.

3 Ways PSIM Can Help in Active Shooter Situations

Simon Morgan

November 28, 2017

No matter how many drills, practices and training exercises an enterprise runs through, nothing can truly prepare security staff for the chaos that results during a security incident such as an active shooter event, which, on average, can last for 12.5 minutes. Given this reality, it only makes sense for the security department to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for security staff and operators to follow in an active shooter or other crisis situation.

In Las Vegas, Body Cameras Reduced LVMPD’s Use of Force

November 27, 2017

Analysts from the nonprofit research organization CNA, working with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and researchers from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, have released new research on the impact of body-worn cameras (BWCs).