New York City is set to install more than 1,500 new permanent traffic bollards in public spaces around the city to help protect pedestrians and prevent against vehicular attacks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
- By Jessica Davis
- Jan 03, 2018
Stadium security has gotten a lot more complicated than apprehending seat jumpers, defusing confrontations and ejecting rowdy fans for imbibing one too many beers.
- By Mark McCormack
- Jan 01, 2018
As technologies and laws continue to evolve and more people move into urban centers, cities are looking for ways to become smarter — and safer.
- By Pota Kanavaros
- Jan 01, 2018
As we look back on these security events, think of how we can move forward to predict and prevent incidents like this in the future.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 21, 2017
The DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate “Securing Mobile Applications for First Responders” report said that security flaws were discovered on 32 of the 33 popular apps tested.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 20, 2017
The Transportation Security Administration announced Wednesday that it has been testing a new screening technology that can detect suicide vests in heavily populated “soft target” areas that lack official security screenings, such as subway stations.
- By Jessica Davis
- Dec 18, 2017
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