July 4th Shootings: Children, Elderly Among Victims of Bloody Weekend
July 6, 2020 – In Breaking News – NEW YORK POST
A wave of gun violence swept through the nation over the holiday weekend, leaving dozens dead from coast-to-coast — with children...
Kneel if You Believe It is the Right Thing to Do
Guest OpEd By Thomas Egan, Security, Investigations and Law Enforcement Professional
In 1829, Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern police service, was credited with saying, in effect, ‘the police are the...
AUS Security Guard & Former Marine Saves 3yo from Burning Bldg (Video)
An off-duty Allied Universal security guard, Phillip Blanks, caught a three-year-old child who was dropped from a burning apartment in Phoenix last week.
As smoke and flames engulfed the apartment, Blanks saw...
Heroes Down: Two TX Police Officers Die in Ambush Shooting (Videos)
July 11, 2020 - In Breaking News - The Monitor
Standing down the street where two McAllen police officers were shot and killed, a visibly distraught Police Chief Victor Rodriguez was pained...
Raytheon Selects Orolia to Support US Missile Defense System (See Video)
Orolia, a world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), and Double Platinum Award Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has been chosen by Raytheon Missiles &...
‘ASTORS’ Champ EAGL Technology & Anixter Partner with Johnson Controls
EAGL Technology, the 2019 'ASTORS' Platinum Award Winner for Best Gunshot Detection Solution, and Anixter are partnering Johnson Controls to help customers better protect their facility occupants and streamline emergency response,...
Iris ID Partners with Securiport for Automated Airport Security Kiosks
Iris ID, a leading provider of iris recognition technology, and a Platinum Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program newly nominated to compete in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Program, has entered into an agreement to...
![Kurt Cofano was arrested with 30 improvised bombs along with numerous weapons, homemade detonators and chemicals used in making explosives in his vehicle. According to his criminal complaint, Cofano was arrested for possession of homemade bombs and in connection to online threats which included threatening to “blow up” the Treasury Department in Harrisburg, PA, and to “go to the CIA headquarters in [Washington] D.C. and take out as many [expletives] as I can before I get gunned down,” according to Whitehall Borough Police, who assisted in the case.](https://americansecuritytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/kurt-cofano-main-218x150.jpg "ALPR Aids in Capture of Domestic Terrorist with 30 Improvised Bombs")
ALPR Aids in Capture of Domestic Terrorist with 30 Improvised Bombs
Terrorism, both domestic and international, has become a menace of modern life in the United States; so much so that the 'Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), issued a brief...
TX Crash Kills 3 ‘Thin Blue Line’ LEMC Members, 9 Others Injured (Video)
July 19, 2020 – In Breaking News – ABC News
Three members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club were killed and nine others were critically injured when an alleged...
Attivo Networks Returns to Compete in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
Attivo Networks, a leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection, and a Platinum Winner in the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the company's ThreatDefend Platform with Informer UI,...
