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Navy security forces perform a sweep of a building during an active shooter training exercise at Naval Air Station Key West during Exercise Citadel Shield. Exercise Citadel Shield-
Security Executives

Strategies to Reduce the Risk of an Active Shooter

Aug. 14, 2023
Active shooter incidents are on the rise, so organizations need to assess their risk levels
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Where many active shooter incidents have targeted schools, providing grants assistance to qualified educational institutions is something we can do as a community to ensure that funding is not a barrier to securing our schools against a very real threat.
Gunshot Detection

Gunshot Detection That Goes Beyond the Sensors

Aug. 8, 2023
Programs against gun violence help schools with tech funding and improve emergency response to active shooter events
Omnilert
The advancement of artificial intelligence and evolution of powerful surveillance camera software means cameras are no longer limited to forensic investigation of ‘what happened’ but becoming a centerpiece of preventative safety.
ISC West

ISC West Exhibitor Q&A: Omnilert

March 30, 2023
A conversation with company vice president of marketing, Mark Franken.
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The perpetrators behind hate crimes and even terrorist attacks against Jews come from across the political, religious, racial, and socio-economic spectrum.
Security Industry Services

Challenges in Protecting Jewish Sites from Hate Crimes

March 8, 2023
As violent attacks against Jewish sites increase a number of security response solutions are evolving in cities around the U.S.
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Views of multiple police cars parked at Norcross High School on Thursday, October 27, 2022. The school has increased police presence after a student was fatally shot near the campus.
School Security

3 ways to prevent school shootings, based on research

March 4, 2023
While much of the public discussion on preventing school shootings focuses on whether and how to limit people’s access to firearms, other important strategies are in play
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A group of students walking on the Michigan State University campus near the library on the first day of classes since the shooting on Feb. 20, 2023, in East Lansing, Michigan.
School Security

Michigan State beefs up security with classroom door locks, other measures after shooting

March 3, 2023
The measures include extending the period that buildings will require key card access, and more cameras in addition to the 2,000 security cameras already installed
(Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
A photo of Alexzandria Bell, 15, rests at the scene of a growing floral memorial to the victims of Monday's school shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Bell and teacher Jean Kuczka were killed, along with gunman Orlando Harris, in Monday's shooting.
School Security

Shooting at south St. Louis high school leaves teacher and teen killed. Suspect is dead.

Oct. 26, 2022
One survivor heard the shooter say he was "tired of everybody" in the school.
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At a protest outside LAUSD headquarters in June, a student holds a sign she made with a friend as she and other students called for an end to police officers on campuses.
School Security

Student activists don't support request by parents wanting more security in LA schools

Oct. 20, 2022
Students and groups in the Police Free LAUSD Coalition see those who don't side with them — including other students — as underinformed or misinformed
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Following a shooting that left four people injured at an ice cream shop across the street from Carl Schurz High School, Sandra Acebedo, left, hugs and greets Norma Rios Sierra, as Juliet De Jesus Alejandre, right, back to camera, is greeted and hugged by a parent of high school student Monica Espinoza, who was handing out flowers to students, parents and staff on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. .
Gunshot Detection

Nervous and somber, students at Chicago high school return to campus as more details about shooting emerge

Sept. 19, 2022
Witnesses told police they spotted a black Mercedes with tinted windows and a green license plate moments before the shooting
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A survey of nurses in 2020 documented an uptick in violence against hospital employees linked to the pandemic: 44% of nurses reported experiencing physical violence and 68% reported experiencing verbal abuse during the early days of the COVID pandemic.
Healthcare

The ugly epidemic of violence’ against healthcare workers must end says NC hospital exec

Aug. 24, 2022
According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 73% of workplace injuries in the healthcare setting are due to violence
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People walk through metal detectors to enter to Standridge Stadium on Aug. 19, 2022, in Carrollton, Texas.
School Security

Texas high school football games alter stadium security plans after Uvalde tragedy

Aug. 24, 2022
Dallas-area school leaders feel that the terrifying threat of gun violence is closer than ever to their districts