Healthcare Security

Hospital security is unlike security in any other industry or field and is also more regulated. As such, the hospital security jobs in general can be demanding, frustrating, and exhausting at [...]

With the ongoing crisis where we have mass shootings at businesses and other places, one might ask what can be done about it. Some will blame the guns, others will be quick to claim racism before [...]

If you have, or plan on having armed security officers at your business, do you fully understand the risks and liability exposure that that will bring with it? Over the years I have stated in no [...]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a notice from the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (QSO-23-04-Hospitals) regarding Workplace Violence in Hospitals. Too [...]

There has been a trend that is becoming more common across the United States where people go out and test the responses of police officers, security officers, and business owners. They call [...]

Contract Security Increased Liability Risks You have heard me say before, that there are risks that many businesses face when they hire a security guard service to provide security officers to [...]

What is a Security Post Order? Post Orders are based on standard operating procedures (SOPs), which should be site specific. By specifying organizational expectations, SOPs help managers [...]

Through June 18th, it was reported that there have been 42 security officers murdered to-date in 2021. A total of 123 had been shot in that same period of time.  Compared to last year (2020) [...]

The healthcare accreditation agency, The Joint Commission, recently announced that they are making changes to the standards with regards to violence in the workplace. These new changes will [...]

There is an active movement to defund the police in some cities across the country. There is also the recent issue where qualified immunity was stripped from police officers in some states, and [...]