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Audit your contract security vendor if your organization plans to retain the services of a security contractor. This would include the contractor’s competency, training, supervision, equipment, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Professional security practitioners have an obligation to research and fully comprehend what the laws are with concerns for workplace violence and a person’s right to possess a deadly weapon [...]

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 [...]

Did you know that Security Officers are involved in a Use of Force incidents every 3.44 hours, and that that there was nearly a 300% increase in security officer deaths in 2020, as compared to [...]

Well we just about made it through 2020!  This last year has been a challenge for everyone due to the pandemic. There have also been numerous issues, complaints and/or concerns with regards to [...]

There is no doubt that the police officers in our communities are an especially important resource that we can call on in the event of an emergency.  That being the case, what could possibly go [...]

The excessive use of force with regards to security officers is one of those subjects that can vary a lot, and result in severe injuries or even death. In most cases there will likely be civil [...]