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

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...
Addressing three common school security myths

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,...