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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As with everything, the ways of private security are changing, and one of those changes involve adding K-9 teams to the security department. Security K-9 Teams For the most part, the use of K-9 [...]

There is no doubt that the healthcare systems in the larger cities that are experiencing riots and looting, are being affected. In some cases, the riots and looting are near the urban hospitals [...]

The news these days has been consumed with the tragic events unfolding in Minnesota, California and Tennessee.  Regardless of your opinions of the initial confrontation between the police [...]

Have you heard about the “slider” crimes? Although it is a criminal act that likely happens in many of the major cities, as well as some smaller cities, it is not a common name that most people [...]