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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1110/p02s25-usmi.html
A great article in Christian Science Monitor on what the army knew about Malik Hasan at Fort Hood. Could an anonymous reporting system have helped to get this information from someone at Fort Hood who would have reported information if he/she would be anonymous. Something to think about.
workplace violence on the rise
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Here are 2 articles from todays news:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125778573103038929.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxn03b6DJnYl1OjFIjeWJ-XpKA9QD9BSEBBG0
Any suspicious behavior or threats need to be reported to the authorities. TipNow is an excellent way to do this as it is an anonymous sms based reporting system.
Has the glitter worn off of Twitter?
Friday, September 11th, 2009A recent survey, reported in BizReport and conducted by myYearbook, found the bloom is off the Twitter bush. Teens and young adults have so many ways to communicate already that Twitter is becoming just another ‘also ran!’ Facebook boasts an outrageous number of followers, but at a recent Aberdeen conference it was revealed that while the […]
What did you say?
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009New terms and descriptions come along every day. Between twittering, texting and slanging it requires a wordsmith of the first order to make sense of it all. Everyday new thumb saving shortcuts arise. But for the uninitiated they represent a new and expanding language. According to NetLingo, more than 2,000 abbreviations (instances of this new […]
7 Signs A Weapon Is Being Concealed
Monday, March 23rd, 2009http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/Articles/?ArticleID=47
Police arrest 8th grader for school shooting plot
Monday, March 23rd, 2009http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/News/?NewsID=2776
Campuses lack security personnel
Monday, March 23rd, 2009Campuses lack security personnel according to this article. The key is to also involve the stakeholders in the security of campuses.
http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/News/?NewsID=2782
Churches need emergency prevention/mitigation tools
Monday, March 9th, 2009Even Churches need security plans. Yesterday there was a shooting at a Church service in Illinois.
Here is a link to the article on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/09/church.security/index.html
Churches should also think about prevention and mitigation of emergencies. A tool like TipNow which is an text/email based anonymous tipline will be useful especially for Churches more than a few hundred […]
NIU shooting anniversary
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009Here is an article published by CNN on the Northern Illinois
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/13/niu.shooting.investigation/index.html
Mumbai Terror
Saturday, December 6th, 2008It was unbelievable to see the terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Comimg from Mumbai myself I was seeing the places like the CST station and Taj Hotel the places I had frequented when I lived in Bombay in carnage.
I think one of the lessons for businesses, schools, colleges, universities, hotels and cities is to gather intelligence […]