Hospital Liability for Patients’ Belongings
Did you know that your organization is liable for the safekeeping and management of the personal belongings of your patients? The fact is you are probably on the hook even if you have them sign a [...]
HIPAA Security Compliance for Vendors and Suppliers
We all know to what extent our employers go to insure compliance with HIPAA, and yet there are almost daily breaches of Protected Health Information (PHI) somewhere in the country. It has been [...]
Hospital Security Is Important
Be forewarned, if you have not been to an emergency room in several years times have changed and violence in hospitals has been on the rise for years. Hospital Security Risks Hospitals used to be [...]
By John White
In Blog Postings, Education, Healthcare Security, Hospitality, Places of Worship, Retail Security-Loss Prevention, Transportation, Uncategorized
Posted Security Expert Warns About Keypad Door Locks
Many homeowners are installing keypad door locks on their homes so that they can give someone a code verses a key that can be lost. This can be very useful for children that often lose keys, or [...]
By John White
In Blog Postings, Education, Healthcare Security, Hospitality, Places of Worship, Retail Security-Loss Prevention, Transportation, Uncategorized
Posted Background Checks Coming Up Short
Anyone in the management field knows the basic processes of performing background checks on prospective employees. Depending on who you speak with, it is either an easy process or complicated. [...]
By John White
Posted Security Consultant Offers Business Security Tips
Businesses need to have firm policies on how employees will deal with aggressive customers. Workplace Violence in Retail Violence in the retail sector has increased. In the past the most a [...]
Security’s Role in Morgue Operations
Is it a role of healthcare security officers to handle the remains of deceased patients (i.e. transporting to the morgue, facilitating the transfer of the remains to mortuary services)? Often [...]
Forensic Patients – Who is Watching Them
In the days of budget cuts and staff reductions for many law enforcement agencies you will often find them contracting out the service of guarding forensic patients. This is not new as most [...]
By John White
In Blog Postings, Education, Healthcare Security, Hospitality, Places of Worship, Retail Security-Loss Prevention, Transportation, Uncategorized
Posted Over 1,000 Lawsuits Have Been Filed Against Private Security in 2011
According to PrivateOfficer.com private security officers, contract and/or proprietary have been named in over 1,000 civil suits so far this year (2011). By far the most cases were filed for [...]
By John White
In Blog Postings, Education, Healthcare Security, Hospitality, Places of Worship, Retail Security-Loss Prevention, Transportation, Uncategorized
Posted Ballistic Stab Vests
Do you own a ballistic (bullet resistant) or stab vest? Does your staff wear them? Did you know that vests have a shelf life? Security Officer Ballistic Vests If you own one, or your staff wears [...]
