Performing a proper school safety & security audit: Three crucial focal points
by Ariel Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP As school districts and college campuses across the nation enter the 2018-19 year, there are likely many important thoughts on the minds of students, faculty members, and parents alike. In wake of recent mass shooting...
Addressing three common school security myths
by Ariel Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP On its surface, the job of those specializing safety & security should be a simple one; to keep bad things from happening by securing an environment from accidental and/or intentional incidents that may cause injury,...
Security Magazine: In a Day’s Work – The Fight to End Workplace Violence
In Diane Ritchey’s recent piece for Security Magazine, Ariel Benjamin Mannes shares his thoughts on how corporations can effectively approach enterprise security.
Security Magazine: Las Vegas Lawsuit Raises Security Liability Questions
In his July 19, 2018 piece for Security Magazine, Ariel Benjamin Mannes analyzes the lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts in their effort to use a 9/11-based federal terrorism law as a liability shield from the tragic October, 2017 shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel &...
Security Magazine: Was the Capital Gazette Shooting a Reminder of Security Responsibility?
In this piece for Security Magazine, I discuss the recent Capital Gazette shooting and recently released FBI report on behavioral indicators for active shooter prevention and the workplace responsibility for safety & security of staff and stakeholders. Question...
DAILY CALLER: ARE MAYORS FUELING THE OPIOID CRISIS BY STIFLING ENFORCEMENT?
My latest piece The Daily Caller addresses the municipal policies that may be enabling addicts who are living in homeless encampments in many US cities by limiting law enforcement presence and arrests for drug offenses and quality of life crimes. What do you think...
Buffalo News Publishes Mannes’ Piece on School Security
On June 19, 2018 the Buffalo News published my piece; "The Risks of Oversimplifying the School Security Issue" on their Another Voice pages. If you haven't read this valuable analysis on school security in Security Magazine; it's important that you read it by clicking...
The Risks of Oversimplifying the School Security Issue
Thanks to Security Magazine for publishing my latest piece which unpacks and analyzes the issue of safety & security in America's schools; and why little has been done to actually secure them almost 20 years after the attacks at Columbine. Please click here to...
Daily Caller: THE DANGERS OF LABELING OPPONENTS AS ‘ENEMIES’
My latest piece the The Daily Caller discusses how it's become common to call someone with differing opinions an "enemy" in a breakdown in respectful discourse; and how this reflects a potentially dangerous trend that may be contributing to a rise in violent acts....
Addressing Homeless Encampments & the Opioid Crisis on the John Cardillo Show
With large homeless encampments presenting an increased risk to both public safety and public health in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle and Fort Lauderdale; is a return to “Broken Windows” policing necessary to provide the first step toward intervention...
Performing a proper school safety & security audit: Three crucial focal points
by Ariel Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP As school districts and college campuses across the nation enter the 2018-19 year, there are likely many important thoughts on the minds of students, faculty members, and parents alike. In wake of recent mass shooting...
Addressing three common school security myths
by Ariel Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP On its surface, the job of those specializing safety & security should be a simple one; to keep bad things from happening by securing an environment from accidental and/or intentional incidents that may cause injury,...
Security Magazine: In a Day’s Work – The Fight to End Workplace Violence
In Diane Ritchey’s recent piece for Security Magazine, Ariel Benjamin Mannes shares his thoughts on how corporations can effectively approach enterprise security.
Security Magazine: Las Vegas Lawsuit Raises Security Liability Questions
In his July 19, 2018 piece for Security Magazine, Ariel Benjamin Mannes analyzes the lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts in their effort to use a 9/11-based federal terrorism law as a liability shield from the tragic October, 2017 shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel &...
Security Magazine: Was the Capital Gazette Shooting a Reminder of Security Responsibility?
In this piece for Security Magazine, I discuss the recent Capital Gazette shooting and recently released FBI report on behavioral indicators for active shooter prevention and the workplace responsibility for safety & security of staff and stakeholders. Question...
DAILY CALLER: ARE MAYORS FUELING THE OPIOID CRISIS BY STIFLING ENFORCEMENT?
My latest piece The Daily Caller addresses the municipal policies that may be enabling addicts who are living in homeless encampments in many US cities by limiting law enforcement presence and arrests for drug offenses and quality of life crimes. What do you think...
Buffalo News Publishes Mannes’ Piece on School Security
On June 19, 2018 the Buffalo News published my piece; "The Risks of Oversimplifying the School Security Issue" on their Another Voice pages. If you haven't read this valuable analysis on school security in Security Magazine; it's important that you read it by clicking...
The Risks of Oversimplifying the School Security Issue
Thanks to Security Magazine for publishing my latest piece which unpacks and analyzes the issue of safety & security in America's schools; and why little has been done to actually secure them almost 20 years after the attacks at Columbine. Please click here to...
Daily Caller: THE DANGERS OF LABELING OPPONENTS AS ‘ENEMIES’
My latest piece the The Daily Caller discusses how it's become common to call someone with differing opinions an "enemy" in a breakdown in respectful discourse; and how this reflects a potentially dangerous trend that may be contributing to a rise in violent acts....
Addressing Homeless Encampments & the Opioid Crisis on the John Cardillo Show
With large homeless encampments presenting an increased risk to both public safety and public health in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle and Fort Lauderdale; is a return to “Broken Windows” policing necessary to provide the first step toward intervention...