Digital Evidence Management in Public Safety: Three Considerations

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?

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?”...
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,...