Situational Awareness and Public Safety at the Superbowl
Entertainment-based security can be a “unique animal,” as it brings a specific set of challenges supplementing those that come standard with nearly all public safety scenarios -- and this boils down to a simple, yet crucial fact: attendees, in most cases, are both...
Exploring the “Run, Hide, Fight” Debate
In a previous blog, I explored the ways in which workplaces, educational institutions, and similar establishments can properly train their staff to handle violent threats. In this regard, many organizations have utilized free Department of Homeland Security resources...
What Can be Done About Fentanyl in 2019?
Earlier this month, federal health officials announced that fentanyl passed heroin as the deadliest drug in America. This development is equal parts disturbing and unsurprising, considering the accelerated pace at which the opioid crisis currently thrives. Pair this...
Recognition Technology Continues to Hurt Security, Not Help It
It is no secret that cognitive technology is changing countless industries worldwide, and in many cases, these changes have been objectively positive and constructive. However, as these technologies continue to become increasingly normalized aspect of our culture, the...
Preparing Your Workplace for an Active Shooter Crisis
In wake of an uptick in mass shooting events, many businesses and institutions have become forced to think more preemptively about how to keep themselves safe from such crises. As security loopholes continue to be exploited and safety culture continues to subsequently...
Digital Evidence Management in Public Safety: Three Considerations
With the world around us becoming increasingly digitized and video surveillance becoming more prevalent, security and law enforcement personnel have become faced with a growing level of digital evidence; in fact, some would suggest that effective investigations, loss...
What Does the Pittsburgh Shooting Mean for Religious Security?
Not even a week after the tragic Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that claimed 11 lives, the faith-based community and other gathering places have found themselves left with an almost unfathomable, but inevitably relevant question: “what if a shooting happens here next?”...
Passion and Control: Maintaining Public Safety in Times of Protest
The past few months have seen political and moral discourse reach dangerous new boiling points on a variety of fronts, and now, a series of suspicious devices have been sent to politically prominent people, congressional offices have been vandalized and increasing...
Behavior alteration: the first step to strong security
There are numerous key components that make up a functional security program, but arguably the most important one is a necessary alteration of behavior; which is the willingness of all parties involved to embrace new ways of thinking and acting to ensure that general...
Daily Caller: “FENTANYL — ESCALATING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EMERGENCY”
The following is excerpted from a Daily Caller article featuring Ariel Benjamin Mannes. The piece explores the opioid crisis and its growth from an unsettling trend into a national public safety emergency. "In October 2017, President Trump declared a “national health...
Situational Awareness and Public Safety at the Superbowl
Entertainment-based security can be a “unique animal,” as it brings a specific set of challenges supplementing those that come standard with nearly all public safety scenarios -- and this boils down to a simple, yet crucial fact: attendees, in most cases, are both...
Exploring the “Run, Hide, Fight” Debate
In a previous blog, I explored the ways in which workplaces, educational institutions, and similar establishments can properly train their staff to handle violent threats. In this regard, many organizations have utilized free Department of Homeland Security resources...
What Can be Done About Fentanyl in 2019?
Earlier this month, federal health officials announced that fentanyl passed heroin as the deadliest drug in America. This development is equal parts disturbing and unsurprising, considering the accelerated pace at which the opioid crisis currently thrives. Pair this...
Recognition Technology Continues to Hurt Security, Not Help It
It is no secret that cognitive technology is changing countless industries worldwide, and in many cases, these changes have been objectively positive and constructive. However, as these technologies continue to become increasingly normalized aspect of our culture, the...
Preparing Your Workplace for an Active Shooter Crisis
In wake of an uptick in mass shooting events, many businesses and institutions have become forced to think more preemptively about how to keep themselves safe from such crises. As security loopholes continue to be exploited and safety culture continues to subsequently...
Digital Evidence Management in Public Safety: Three Considerations
With the world around us becoming increasingly digitized and video surveillance becoming more prevalent, security and law enforcement personnel have become faced with a growing level of digital evidence; in fact, some would suggest that effective investigations, loss...
What Does the Pittsburgh Shooting Mean for Religious Security?
Not even a week after the tragic Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that claimed 11 lives, the faith-based community and other gathering places have found themselves left with an almost unfathomable, but inevitably relevant question: “what if a shooting happens here next?”...
Passion and Control: Maintaining Public Safety in Times of Protest
The past few months have seen political and moral discourse reach dangerous new boiling points on a variety of fronts, and now, a series of suspicious devices have been sent to politically prominent people, congressional offices have been vandalized and increasing...
Behavior alteration: the first step to strong security
There are numerous key components that make up a functional security program, but arguably the most important one is a necessary alteration of behavior; which is the willingness of all parties involved to embrace new ways of thinking and acting to ensure that general...
Daily Caller: “FENTANYL — ESCALATING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EMERGENCY”
The following is excerpted from a Daily Caller article featuring Ariel Benjamin Mannes. The piece explores the opioid crisis and its growth from an unsettling trend into a national public safety emergency. "In October 2017, President Trump declared a “national health...