By Joel Griffin Perhaps the most feared event for any security director is an act of workplace violence and, in particular, an active shooter scenario. One market that has seen its share of deadly workplace shootings is the healthcare industry. Last month, a maintenance worker at a Connecticut hospital allegedly shot two of his supervisors …
Tag Archive: Active shooters
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Feb 27 2012
Free Webinar: Active Shooter Incidents & Hospitals
When: March 8, 2012 – 1PM ET In this seminar, presented by Lisa Pryse, CHPA, CPP, president-elect of the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS), we’ll address best practices for prevention and response to active shooter incidents in hospital environments. Using guidelines developed by the IAHSS and the Joint Commission (JCAHO), this one-hour …
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Dec 12 2011
ASIS Posts Resources Online for Active Shooter Planning, Prevention and Response
Press Release from ASIS International ASIS International (ASIS), has posted a compilation of active shooter resources for security professionals to access on its website at http://www.asisonline.org. The dedicated Web page links to a series of news articles from Security Management magazine, reference collateral published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the New York …
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Nov 21 2011
Videos teach faculty, students how to react in campus shooting
By Shawn Raymundo, Statepress.com In an effort to further protect University staff and students from potential harm, ASU Police has posted safety-training videos through Blackboard, providing instructions on what to do during various emergency situations, including encountering a shooter on campus. “(The videos are) helpful and we just wanted to make them available to the …
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