Why Pre-Incident Training is Important for First Responders in Active Shooter Incidents
In response to the shooting at Columbine, the U.S. Secret Service, in cooperation with the National Threat Assessment Center, released a Safe School Initiative report in 2002. The focus of the study was to examine what pre-incident indicators were exhibited by the shooter(s) prior to the event. The report hoped to offer guidance in preventing future incidents and possibly intervening before a shooter can act. Today, we continue to have active shooter incidents in the U.S. What has changed in the past 12 years with active shooter incidents and the response of the business and law enforcement community? The answer is nothing.
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Behavior Patterns that Can Indicate an Insider Threat
Improvements in technology have made it easier for organizations to identify the behavioral patterns that may indicate a malicious insider threat, but technology is just one component of an overall insider threat program. To detect insiders‘ actions before they do harm, Michael Gelles, a director with Deloitte Consulting LLP and a former NCIS chief psychologist, advises organizations to establish a series of threat indicators, such as policy violations, job performance difficulties, or disregard for rules, based on high-value assets they wish to protect. ―You‘re not looking for a specific behavior, but a pattern of behaviors that may indicate a potential insider threat.‖
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Active Shooter: Is Having a Plan Enough? Active shooter incidents continue to occur at an alarming rate. In fact, FBI studies indicate that since the Columbine incident in 1999, such incidents have steadily increased both in frequency and the number of victims involved.
The circumstances leading to the confrontation can vary significantly; and understanding how to react if confronted with an active shooter situation is critical. These decisions can quite literally mean the difference between life and death. If you are in harm‘s way, you will need to decide rapidly what the safest course of action is based on the scenario that is unfolding before you.
―You need to have a plan, and practice the plan,‖ says Jeremiah Hart, lead instructor and senior analyst at the Force Training Institute. ―Planning to have a plan is not a plan. There‘s a need for leadership. It‘s important that
we take the appropriate steps to ensure our people are prepared and put the plan in motion.‖
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Employee Termination Ends In Death Terminating an employee doesn‘t literally end in their death, but that‘s just what happened after an unexpected workplace altercation in Houston. Following alleged behaviour that saw employee Malcolm Bakari McCloud disrespect his supervisor in front of customers, the supervisor made the decision to terminate him. McCloud did not take news of his termination well, and after getting agitated began punching his accuser and threatening to kill him. As the dispute escalated, McCloud produced a screwdriver and tried to stab his manager. In defense, the manager stabbed McCloud with a pocketknife, causing him to die at the scene.
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Risk Terrain Modeling Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) is an approach to risk assessment whereby separate map layers representing the spatial influence of features of a landscape are created in a geographic information system (GIS). Then risk map layers of statistically validated features are combined to produce a composite ―risk terrain‖ map with values that account for the spatial influences of all features at every place throughout the landscape. Within the context of RTM, modeling refers to the process of attributing qualities of the real world to places throughout a landscape, and combining multiple landscapes together to produce a single composite map where the newly derived value of each place represents the compounded risk of that place. RTM offers a statistically valid way to articulate crime-prone areas at the micro‐level according to the spatial influence of many features of the landscape, such as bars, parks, schools, ATMs, or fast food restaurants. Risk values in a risk terrain model do not create absolute scenarios where crimes will ensue. They simply point to locations where, if the conditions are right, the risk of illegal behavior will be high.
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McDonald‟s Loses $27 Million Jury Verdict Over 2 Deaths
McDonald‟s Corp. (MCD) lost a $27 million jury v erdict in Texas over a claim that lax security at one of its restaurants led to the deaths of two teenagers, an award litigators say is unlikely to survive appeal. The victims in the case were Denton James Ward, 18, who
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