Security officers have their work cut out for them whenever they witness threats or tense situations brewing with violence. Everyone looks up to security officers to defuse the threat and take control of the situation. Here are some steps trained security officers take to defuse...
The FBI reported that over 1.5 million burglaries occurred in 2015, with 28.4% of them affecting retail businesses. Other than the direct loss you suffer in a break-in, productivity in your company will be affected as time, energy, and resources are dedicated to the aftermath. Customers...
On the face of it, hiring security personnel can seem like just another expense for a business, but some industries cannot afford not to have them around. After all, they not only keep your premises safe and deter crimes, they also improve customer satisfaction by...
No Thank You, Mr. Grüber With the holidays fast approaching, our thoughts turn to those Christmas classics that brought the whole family together around the television. One such film is Die Hard, the action masterpiece about an Everyman trying to beat the bad guys and save...
The National Conversation It may seem strange to want to forecast any potential crime in the upcoming months, since so many disparate and unknowable factors can affect it, but that is exactly what criminologists and politicians do as the calendar rolls over each year. In a...
Looking After Number One In the unrelenting rat race that is life, we can often become sidetracked by hundreds of different cares throughout the day; lunch meetings, product demos, birthday parties, community service opportunities — an endless list of good and worthy causes call for our...
Help, As You Need It There’s a quote attributed to a famous TV performer who said, with a certain degree of self-deprecation, “my job isn’t that important; when there’s an emergency, no one ever shouts ‘quick, call an actor!’” As much as we love our entertainers,...
Protecting someone’s life, whether that be securing their person, their assets, or their business, is no small matter. People look to security companies to keep them safe from an ever-increasing number of threats and expect their bodyguards to be able to anticipate dangers of all...
Crime can strike anywhere. No matter how progressive a workplace is, with plenty of initiatives aimed at improving employees’ morale and productivity, or giving a shot in the arm to the general organizational health that ensures basic workplace privileges, a corporation can still be a...
The unhappy truth about failed relationships is that they can sometimes result in outcomes of prolonged hostility, even to the point of frequent fighting and/or stalking. While cold, hard data is hard to come by in terms of how many restraining orders are issued yearly...