The devastating hurricanes and wildfires of 2017 reminded the nation of the importance of preparing for disasters. Often, we will be the first ones in our communities to take action after a disaster strikes and before first responders arrive, so it is important to prepare in advance to help yourself and your community. (Image courtesy of Getty via National VOAD & Twitter)

Get Involved – September is National Preparedness Month (Multi-Video)

National Preparedness Month (NPM), recognized each September, provides an opportunity to remind us that we all must prepare ourselves and our communities now and throughout the year. This NPM will focus on...
These proposed educational awareness initiatives will provide employees the information necessary to better cope with professional and personal challenges, and behavioral wrong turns that may lead to suicide.

Proactive 10 Step Suicide Reduction Program for Law Enforcement

By Vincent J. McNally, MPS Suicide is a major issue of concern within law enforcement, and with the extreme level of scrutiny thrust daily upon Police Departments they need to utilize all...
When pursuing Bellevue University’s Security Management degree online or in-class, you will focus on the areas of expertise considered to be critical to management and the security field.

Bellevue University Goes for Hat Trick in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

International and domestic security threats are rapidly evolving resulting in a variety of risks and vulnerabilities for citizens and organizations. This reality has resulted in rapid expansion of careers in security management...
The Interagency Security Committee (ISC) was created following the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building to address continuing government-wide security for federal facilities.

FedRMPTP Takes Home the Gold in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Risk Management Process Training Program (FedRMPTP), has been selected as a 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award...
What followed the 9/11 Terror Attacks would become the largest investigation in FBI history, code-named PENTTBOM. The attack and crash sites were also the largest crime scenes in the Bureau’s history. (Courtesy of the FBI)

Inside the FBI Investigation & First Responder 9/11-Related Illnesses

By the FBI On the morning of September 11, 2001,19 members of al Qaeda hijacked four domestic airliners, leading to the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. What followed would become the largest investigation...
Learn to recognize telltale signs of an evolving threat, and become empowered to take effective action without hesitation.

Got Preparedness? Preparedness Without Paranoia is Key (Multi-Video)

Today, 'active shooter' incidents are at the top of everyone's mind in American. We are hard pressed to make it through a day without media outlets describing graphic details of the most...
In a near worst-case scenario, a new, lethal and highly infectious flu virus would break out in a crowded, unprepared megacity that lacks public health infrastructure, according to Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Heath. Such a fast-moving virus could burst from a city and catch a ride with international travelers before public health officials realize what is happening.

100 Years Ago, Influenza Killed 50M People. Could it Happen Today?

By Doyle Rice, USA TODAY One hundred years ago, death came with astonishing speed and horrifying agony. Some influenza patients admitted to a Boston hospital in the morning of October 1918 would be dead by the...
This new publication is a high-level technical document meant to provide the foundation for a planned series of publications on more specific aspects of blockchain, intended to help readers understand how blockchain technology works. (Courtesy of NIST)

NIST Releases Blockchain Technology Foundational Overview (Learn More)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially released the publication NISTIR 8202, Blockchain Technology Overview. Blockchains are tamper evident and tamper resistant digital ledgers implemented in a distributed fashion (i.e., without a...
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), is a nationwide Justice Department program committed to reducing gun and gang crime by networking existing local programs that target gun crime and supporting those efforts with training and funding.

Over $30M to Project Safe Neighbor-hoods & Combat Violent Crime

The reinvigoration of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts across the country, has been commemorated by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Towards that end,...
Both violent crime and property crime declined in 2017 when compared with 2016 data, according to the FBI’s annual crime statistics released today. (Courtesy of the FBI)

FBI 2017 Crime Statistics Available in Crime Data Explorer (See Video)

After two consecutive years of increases, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 0.2 percent in 2017 when compared with 2016 data, according to the FBI's recently released...