By Tom Carey, TheKlaxon.com
Columbine, Virginia Tech and most recently the Fort Hood massacres have left police departments across America struggling to decide on what proper response protocols and tactics should be deployed in active shooter cases.
These questions have stirred debate among police officials for the better part of a decade as the public continues to [...]

By Brandon Glenn, MedCityNews.com
A state representative plans to introduce in early 2010 legislation that would increase the punishment for assaulting nurses in the workplace.
Rep. Denise Driehaus, D-Cincinnati, said she plans to introduce the legislation in January or early February, though many details remain to be worked out.
Last month, the newly elected president of the 8,800-member [...]

By Matt Snyders, CityPages.com
“Goddamn it!” says the founder and CEO of Avalon Security. He emerges from his office in Brooklyn Park wearing black pinstriped pants, matching vest, and an improbably broad grin. “I thought those guys would never hang up!”
Dan Seman is a busy man these days. Since 1982, he and his 30-plus employees have [...]

By Jamon Smith, Tuscaloosa News
The muddled chatter coming from the small radio strapped to a Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s hip ceased for a moment as a message — clear and precise — replaced it.
‘Shots fired! Shots fired!’ a voice on the radio repeated.
The deputy, wearing a bullet-proof vest under his shirt and a hard, [...]

By Martin Shipton, WhalesOnline.co.uk
Five managers at the office of the Auditor General for Wales have been subject to disciplinary or investigative action following bullying allegations made by staff, Plaid Cymru today said.
Leanne Wood, who has previously called for an investigation into the running of the Wales Audit Office (WAO) in Cardiff, was told that its [...]

By Cheryl Mercedes, WAFB.com
An expert explains why he thinks the number of incidents of workplace violence keep climbing. Research shows over 1.5 million workers are assaulted on the job now, which is nearly double the number of victims of attacks on the job from the year 2000.
Malcolm Douglas is a graduate of Cambridge University. He [...]

By Rupnarayan Das, merinews.com
One cannot deny the fact that office politics exist, and one cannot run away from it. From the first day of a person’s career to the last day in the office before he or she retires, office politics affects all irrespective of caste, creed, and religion. One’s performance at work, relationship [...]

By Monte Whaley, Sky-Hi Daily News
Nearly every college and university in the state bars students from having weapons on campus.
But at Colorado’s three largest institutions of higher learning, there are large caches of student-owned weaponry that would be the envy of many police departments.
“We have quite a variety on hand,” said Wendy Rich-Goldschmidt, police chief [...]

By Joseph L. Giacalone, The Klaxon
Emergency managers plan and prepare for hazards every day based on risk analysis and historical factors. These plans cover all hazards except fires and are designed to do three (3) things: (1) to anticipate the unknown, (2) provide a plan of action and (3) be able to return the organization [...]

By Juliana Keeping, AnnArbor.com
Michigan universities shouldn’t be able to pick and choose which constitutional amendments apply to them – and that includes the right to bear arms, a state senator from Monroe County says.
“Universities shouldn’t be allowed to choose what parts of the constitution they think are good enough for them or not,” said Sen. [...]