The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved plans and funding for security improvements to DART’s light rail and bus systems on Tuesday.
A new PSA from Sandy Hook Promise plays on familiar post-tragedy news reporting to show that gun violence can be prevented if people speak up about seeing the warning signs.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 12, 2017
Many U.S. transit authorities stepped up their own security Monday in the wake of the rush-hour pipe-bomb explosion on a subway platform in Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 12, 2017
The explosion happened around 7:30 a.m. Monday at the Port Authority bus and subway station in Midtown.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 11, 2017
Mecklenburg County, N.C., is working toward fixing its computer systems after refusing to pay a hacker who used ransomware to freeze dozens of local government servers.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 08, 2017
The clock is ticking on gift-buying this holiday season, but that’s no excuse not to do some research before you buy connected toys.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 06, 2017
The 300,000 person Fremont Festival of the Arts, one of the largest street festivals west of the Mississippi River and toted as California’s premiere art, wine and music festival, is no small undertaking. The threat of an attack is a real possibility.
Should more parishioners carry guns in church? Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says yes, because as he sees it: “This is going to happen again.”
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Dec 01, 2017
NYPD increased the security measures for this year’s Christmas tree lighting due to heightened vigilance in the wake of the truck attack in Tribeca in October.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 30, 2017
Police and a sheriff’s SWAT team raided the room and the suspect died shortly after being taken into custody.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 30, 2017
A California man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly piloted a drone over two NFL stadiums in an attempt to distribute “anti-media” pamphlets to the crowds below.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 29, 2017
Christmas markets in cities across Germany are increasing their security this holiday season after the deadly truck attack at a market in Berlin last December.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 28, 2017
A church in Michigan was closed Tuesday after its inclusion on a threat list that included multiple houses of worship.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 17, 2017
Two people are dead and two are injured after a shooting that took place Sunday night during a concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 14, 2017
As instances of mass shootings increase, particularly at “soft targets,” the interest in bulletproof products increases, with one Florida school now offering bulletproof backpack panels.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 13, 2017
This weekend’s Rock n' Rock Vegas Marathon is the first major event to take place on the Strip after the shooting last month, which left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 10, 2017
The mass shooting at a South Texas church during services Sunday has many churches across the country reevaluating their security.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 07, 2017
The incident, which took place in a small community about 40 miles outside of San Antonio, has been called the largest mass shooting in Texas history.
- By Jessica Davis
- Nov 06, 2017
Many professionals in the security industry today tend to use the word “turnstile” to refer to all security entrances, when, in fact, there are actually multiple types of entrances for different applications, industries and levels of security.
- By Greg Schreiber
- Nov 01, 2017
When a regional traffic management center in Washington state outgrew its building—as well as the size of its roadway monitoring system— the staff realized it was time not just for a physical upgrade, but a technological one, too
- By Kevin Christopherson
- Oct 01, 2017