from ASIS International 04/14/2010 – 04/15/2010 New Orleans, LA Decrease the odds of being a target. Proactive approaches to dealing with an ever-changing threat environment as well as rapid responses are in keeping with today’s best practices. Workplace violence is a priority for all security professionals. The most frightening and compelling element is an Active [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Press Release from marketwire.com AlliedBarton offers their top ten most popular Security Awareness Tips as podcasts at the company’s Security Resource Center at AlliedBarton.com and on iTunes. A “listen now” icon is adjacent to the PDF article link at the end of the tip. Active Shooter Emergency Planning – The threat of an active shooter [...]

By Jonathan Hunley, InsideNova.com After a shooter started firing in a building at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge campus last week, police rushed in to try to stop the violence. That, in and of itself, doesn’t seem like news. Seems like what they’re supposed to do. Thing is, though, years ago, the response would have [...]

By Contact Lindsey Meaux, lsureveille.com On April 16, 2007, the single-most deadly shooting in the U.S. occurred on the Virginia Tech campus, leaving 27 students, five professors and the shooter dead. More than two years later, LSU and several other universities have been assembling response plans officials hope they never have to use. Active shootings [...]

By Greg Kowalski, HometownLife.com Two gunmen burst into a classroom at Andover High School shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday and shot several students before they were brought down by a rain of bullets fired by Bloomfield Township police. But it could have been worse. Much, much worse. It could have been real. Instead, what staff, [...]

from ASIS International October 28th & 29th, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada Program #: 999 Sadly, the tragic news of late has pointed out that no business sector or work environment is immune to the possibility of an active shooter incident. They have taken place in workplaces, college/university settings, shopping malls, places of worship, and government [...]

By Jessica Cuffman, The Marion Star It was one of the worst scenarios law enforcement officers could imagine. At least one shooter was loose in the halls of Harding High School, and little was known except that he had a gun and he was using it. Four officers from different agencies arrived, and worked out [...]