Even as we appreciate and applaud our healthcare professionals, most of us can do little more than watch as systems everywhere face the tremendous pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As businesses and governments enter a new era of workplace safety, two prerequisites are preparedness and the ability to pivot quickly.
- By Mark Robinton
- Feb 01, 2021
A 14-year-old boy in Florida has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after opening fire on deputies in Hardee County. The incident took place Nov. 26, in Wauchula, where the three deputies were sent to respond to a potential burglary.
Since June, protests have been happening across the United States. As civil disobedience increases, law enforcement agencies will prepare for the possibility of protests across the country. The potential continuation of political unrest means private security professionals must also be prepared with a plan that is tactically sound and protective of people and property.
- By Michael Morrison, Josh Hocieniec
- Nov 23, 2020
The NFL Players Association is looking into a complaint filed by New York Jets players about the presence of security cameras in the locker room at their training facility in Florham Park, N.J., a source close to the union confirmed to ESPN.
SoFi Stadium, home to the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers and future site of Super Bowl LVI, 2023 College Football Championship, and the 2028 Olympics, just got a little safer.
Interface Security Systems recently provided Thrive Restaurant Group, one of Applebee’s largest franchisees in the United States, with scalable network, communications and security services.
A television station security guard accused of fatally shooting a pro-police demonstrator following opposing rallies was charged Monday with second-degree murder, according to the Denver district court clerk’s office.
The Dover International Speedway’s high-banked, one-mile concrete oval race track is known as “The Monster Mile”.
- By Barbara Rizzatti
- Oct 06, 2020
Security a hospital campus is very different from protecting a typical commercial building.
- By Stephen Martorano
- Aug 07, 2020
Today, there is significant increase in the number of hospitals, clinics and outpatient centers that are being built or remodeled across the country, in part due to the rise in demand for healthcare from an aging population and more access to health insurance.
- By Jeff Elliott
- Aug 07, 2020
On so many levels, 9/11 drastically altered the event security landscape.
- By Corey Meredith
- Aug 07, 2020
Hospital safety and security is a series of if-then scenarios. If we can prevent patients from falling out of bed, then we can avoid serious, costly injuries.
- By Paul Baratta
- Jun 18, 2020
Looters armed with crowbars and baseball bats took aim at Chicago’s Mission South Shore marijuana dispensary during ongoing riots. The dispensary was supposed to be impenetrable.
An unidentified shooter has injured on security guard at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX, today. It has been determined that the shooting is terrorism related, according to the FBI.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 21, 2020
A number of companies are either adding new features in response to the COVID-19 threat or developing new systems to identify if individuals are obeying guidelines.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 19, 2020
Man on Austin runway killed as Southwest Airlines plane lands.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 14, 2020
Calvin Munerlyn, a guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, was killed after telling two customers to leave the store for refusing to follow a governor’s order to wear face coverings in public.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 06, 2020
The New York governor said that New York hospitals must prepare their own stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 05, 2020
Security companies are scrambling to hire guards and IT workers as businesses worry about break-ins to closed properties and cybersecurity issues associated with working remotely.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 17, 2020