An effective Threat Vulnerability Risk Assessment (TVRA) is the first step in developing a valuable school security program, identifying the security risks a particular school faces and ensures that a physical security program is designed to combat those risks, providing a roadmap that can be used to refine or develop a properly integrated safety and security program. 

True Security Design Takes Home the Gold in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards

True Security Design, LLC, a leading school security consulting and training firm headquartered in Bay Shore, NY, was recently recognized as the 2018 Gold Award Winner of the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland...
BioWatch hosts regular training exercises across jurisdictions to equip public and private sector partners with the guidance, tools, and expertise to develop response plans to address worst-case scenarios.

2018 Top Health Threats: Opioids, Outbreaks, AFM & More (Multi-Video)

U.S. overdose death rates linked to synthetic opioids, likely from illicitly manufactured fentanyl (IMF), increased more than 45 percent from 2016 to 2017 while death rates from heroin and prescription opioids...
“It’s crucial to understand that what may look to be the harmless movement of money from place to place is anything but harmless.” James Abbot, special agent, FBI Money Laundering, Forfeiture, and Bank Fraud Unit (Courtesy of the FBI)

FBI: Are You a Money Mule? What is it & How to Protect Yourself...

By the FBI The ask comes through a job posting or from someone you meet online. It seems simple and harmless enough: provide your bank account information and allow money transfers to...
Police/SWAT, fire, HAZMAT, EMS, Bomb Squad (HDS/EOD) technicians, K9 teams, and specialized members of the military, can benefit from the BRAVO-3 conference being held in Daytona Beach, Fl., March 4-6, 2019, which will be taught by some of the most world prominent and highly respected authorities in their fields. (Courtesy of Tripwire Operations Group)

Tripwire to Host BRAVO-3 Training Conference in Daytona (Multi-Video)

Operating under the simple belief that the most highly trained professionals create a more secure America, Tripwire Operations Group, is a tactical security and training academy offering essential resources and instruction...
Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH) offers a variety of training opportunities and sessions which are metric-based, in compliance with national level standards and guidance and a suite of audit-ready analytic tools for use by training managers and HR professionals.

G.O.T. Preparedness? Active Threat Training to Improve Survival Outcome

By Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH) Today “active shooter” is top of mind for Americans - it is a threat that is real, pervasive, and debilitating, leaving countless lives encumbered by uncertainty and...
The rugged, pager-sized FLIR identiFINDER R200-GN SPRD is designed to detect and identify neutrons, in addition to gamma radiation, allowing front-line responders to quickly determine whether there is a true radiation threat for safe, informed decision making.

How to Develop a Radiation Detection Deployment Plan (Multi-Video)

By Kevin Buxton, Director of Business Development at FLIR Systems Radiation is one of the most dangerous threats to responders. You can’t see it, smell it or hear it. It could be...
DE-ESCALATE WITH CONFIDENCE New Rapid Arc technology outperforms all previous CEWs - even in instances of narrow probe spreads - and Adaptive Cross Connect enables full incapacitation even at close range. (Courtesy of AXON)

FL LEO’s Adopt New TASER 7 to Protect Their Communities (Video)

New significant orders were placed for TASER 7 Conducted Energy Weapons (CEWs) from Axon, a global leader in connected public safety technologies. The TASER 7 is the most effective TASER weapon yet,...
Given the administration’s prioritization of terrorism prevention, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted a comprehensive review of its terrorism prevention programs, both internally and with the assistance of an external review by the RAND Corporation. (Courtesy of Twitter and the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community)

Terrorism Prevention Programs Need to be Stronger to be Effective (Video)

National capabilities for terrorism prevention, meaning options other than traditional law-enforcement action to respond to the risk of individual radicalization to violence, are relatively limited, with most relying on local or...
A slump in the number of special agent applicants—from a peak of 68,500 in 2009 to 11,500 in the year that ended in September—has forced the nation’s top law enforcement agency to overhaul its recruitment, increase its outreach, target women and minorities and relax some eligibility requirements, interviews and data show.

FBI’s Most Wanted: Seeks More Applicants for Special Agents

In Breaking News – The Wall Street Journal Few law enforcement jobs are more coveted than the FBI’s special agent positions, but the tightest labor market in decades is forcing the bureau...
Researchers designed a communication intervention strategy1 to increase post-fire decontamination behaviors in a group of firefighters. Here’s what happened. (Courtesy of the U.S. Fire Administration)

Firefighter Decon Challenges? Try a Communication Intervention (Videos)

By the U.S. Fire Administration Routine firefighting can expose firefighters to substantial cancer risk. A study in 2015 estimated that firefighters have a 14 percent increased lifetime cancer risk compared to the general public. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFzP1rQJWSQ (See processes...