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 …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
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31
2009
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Dec
31
2009
Ohio lawmaker to propose harsher penalties for assault of nurses in workplace
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 …
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Dec
30
2009
Avalon Security’s Dan Seman terminates workers of all collars
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 …
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Dec
29
2009
Sheriff’s Office practices for ‘active shooter’ scenario
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 …
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