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N.J. will need money to fund new anti-bullying law, council rules
The New Jersey Legislature must “put its money where its mouth is” to keep the New Jersey’s Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights in place. Read the article.
“It is-What-it Is” (What is It?)
Oh no, I said it, didn’t mean to say it, but I said it. My transgression was the sports cliché gone viral, “It is what it is”. Was I wrong? Was it inappropriate? I don’t think so! At a recent staff meeting a supervisor was presenting our annual incident statistics....
May I have the last four numbers of your SS#? No!
Don’t give out your social security number, not even the last four digits. Make the requester convince you that they absolutely need it and why. You’re only legally required to provide your social security number to banking institutions, employers and...
Security Guard Caught on Video Choking Deaf Man
The video shows the guard putting a choke hold on the shopper as a friend, who is also deaf, tries to communicate using sign language. Bystanders are heard saying, “you’re choking him,” and “he’s turning purple.” The man in the choke-hold also tries to communicate...
Measuring the Effectiveness of Crime Prevention Measures
How do you measure the absence of an event? Well, that was the question posed by a security management student today. For the sake of discussion consider the generally accepted standard response and blog-it-out! “Assessing the success of crime prevention...
Teamwork Remains The Competitive Edge!
In his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni offers a leadership fable that every management professional must read. Lencioni reminds us that , “Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage,...
“When Good People Do Bad Things”
I have almost forty years of law enforcement and security experience and it still amazes me, “When Good People Do Bad Things”! People, who appear normal and lead seemingly good lives, do bad things and sometimes commit unthinkable crimes. The Amish school shooting and...
NJDOE Releases Guidance on School Security Drills
http://www.njpsa.org/agr/news.cfm?newsid=844 The New Jersey Department of Education issued guidance July 14 on recently enacted legislation (P.L.2009, c.178 (A-3002 / S-2518), which requires schools to conduct one fire drill and one security drill monthly beginning...
Spectator Sports Safety & Security Conference
The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security – Annual Conference
The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety & Security (NCS4) in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and with cooperation from the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) developed a Sport Event Risk Management...
NJ School Security Drill Law
New Jersey’s School Security Drill Law will take effect on November 1, 2010! “Pursuant to 18A:41-1, every principal of a school of two or more rooms, or of a school of one room, when located above the first story of a building, shall have at least one fire...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
Who will guard the guards? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal, which is literally translated as “Who will guard the guards themselves?” Also sometimes rendered as “Who watches the watchmen?”, the phrase...
The Meaning of To Kill a Mockingbird
That phrase comes from the book To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and it literally means to kill a mockingbird. In the book, Atticus Finch tells his daughter Scout that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all it does is sing for people to enjoy and it never...
Sport Security Watch Issue 25 – April 5th, 2010
This week’s issue of Sport Security Watch is available by clicking on the link below: Sport Security Watch Issue 25 – April 5th, 2010
“Not the Usual Suspects”:A Study of Factors Reducing the Effectiveness of CCTV
Recommended Reading: The April 2010 edition of the Security Journal, No.23 contains interesting research regarding the effectiveness claims of CCTV in reducing crime.
Sport Security Watch Issue 22 Available
Today’s issue of Sport Security Watch is available by clicking on the link below: Sport Security Watch Issue 22 – February 22nd, 2010 If your e-mail client does not support the above link, please copy and paste the following URL into your web browser’s address...
National Campus Safety and Security Project Survey
Attached please find a recent campus security survey that came out in the early fall of this year, the survey provides some very interesting information, and covers a diverse group of responses from 342 Institutions including small community schools up to the largest...
Building Partnerships to Reduce Hazard Risks
Building Partnerships to Reduce Hazard Risks Tips for Community Officials, Colleges and Universities (FEMA L-265 / March 2005) From the FEMA site http://www.fema.gov/institution/collegebrochure.shtm Institutions of higher learning and their surrounding communities...
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