Walmart Hires Off-Duty Officers to Protect Stores Across El Paso, Texas

November 14, 2019

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Walmart has been hiring off-duty officers across El Paso, Texas to improve its security.

Off-Duty Firefighter Prevents Potential Active Shooter at a Walmart in Springfield, MO

August 9, 2019

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The Springfield Police Department says it responded to a call of an active shooter at the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Missouri.

We Need to Focus More on Right of Boom

Charles B. McKenna

March 26, 2019

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In government parlance, Boom is the detonation of an explosive device, initially used in speaking of a nuclear bomb. Those steeped in disaster preparedness and response now speak in terms of “left of boom” and “right of boom.” Left of boom is the planning and preparation that goes into ensuring that a device never detonates and right of boom deals with responding to a disaster, generally the man-made type. Much of what organizations do is to address left of boom.

Georgia School Considering Keeping Police Rifles in School Office

September 5, 2013

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A school system in northern Georgia is considering a proposal that would allow district police to store rifles in school offices in case they’re needed to defend students in a school shooting, Fox News reports.

Security News -- Contract Guards

Bill Widens Opportunities for Police Security Contracts

July 2, 2012

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A new bill allows the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the Sacramento Police Department to bid on security contracts, especially for outfits supporting national security.

Detroit Police Department Aims to Prioritize 911 Calls

March 7, 2012

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The Detroit Police Department strives to direct emergency services more efficiently with prioritized 911 calls and their "virtual precinct" plan.

Passive vs. Active Video Surveillance at Yale University

This webinar will cover the design phase of the Yale Police Department’s existing radar layout at the Yale Bowl and the security challenges it has presented. It will also discuss the need to keep the historical nature of the Yale Bowl building in mind while designing a new surveillance system. In addition, the webinar will cover how the Yale public safety team is using the new surveillance system to identify a suspect to decide, in real time, whether or not to dispatch additional resources.

In this webinar, we’ll share quantitative, real-world pay and bill rate data from hundreds of security firms across the U.S. to identify common trends. We’ll review how companies price their services based on location, type of post, and the size of the firm.

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