By Erin Kelly, The Arizona Republic When U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva plans big public events in his Southwest congressional district, he makes sure the local police know his schedule so they can send officers to provide extra security. The five-term Democratic congressman said that’s something he started doing just this year, at the urging of …
Tag Archive: Workplace security
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Jan 19 2011
Mass notification moving beyond government and schools
By Matt Wickenheiser, Security Director News At last year’s ASIS conference, a hot topic of discussion was making the workplace safe. There was talk about guns in the work environment and how to screen for that. And, said Mike Madden, national sales manager for Gamewell-FCI, there was a “sense of urgency” among large corporate clients …
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Oct 04 2010
Workplace Violence: Prevention Tips for Employers
Press Release from StockMarketsReview.com It’s a crime that shows up quite often in the news media—employees and other innocent victims being killed at the hands of robbers, coworkers, and customers during an ugly act of criminal violence. According to data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), workplace violence is the leading cause of …
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Jun 02 2010
Cutting Security Costs May Increase Risk
Press Release from iStockAnalyst.com Controllers trying to keep a lid on security costs will find the challenges greater and the stakes higher than in other functional areas. An organization that goes below a certain minimum security spending will find itself assuming a level of risk that it simply can’t live with. Statistics reveal that companies …
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