On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report on its critical incident review of the law enforcement response to the tragic school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The report provides a thorough description of the critical incident review that has taken place over the past 20 months. It is perhaps one of the most detailed reports on a school shooting incident. The full report can be found here: […]
Mass shootings in schools, houses of worship and retail/commercial/entertainment spaces tend to receive the most media attention. However, this may lead to a skewed perception of of what might be more correctly termed as “mass killing events.” Culling the data can be challenging, as can be getting up-to-the-minute data. Fortunately, a database maintained by a partnership with The Associated Press, Northeastern University and USA TODAY does much of the data collection and analysis. The Mass […]
The Texas House of Representatives’ Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting has released its Interim Report on the attack. The report can be found here. The Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center has also released its Response Assessment and Recommendations concerning the attack. ALERRT’s report can be found here.
Sadly, the US is experiencing a wave of gun violence. Whether the result of an uptick in shootings in big cities, or high-profile shootings such as those recently in the New York City subway system, Buffalo, NY or Uvalde, TX, all have common denominators: needless loss of life and suffering. This begs the questions: Could steps have been taken to mitigate the loss of life? If so, what are they? Is public access bleeding control […]
ASIS International, the premier global community of security practitioners, published Public Access Bleeding Control and the Standard of Care: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats on March 17, 2022 as an online exclusive to Security Management magazine. The article, co-authored by our team members, examines at the impact the widespread availability of public access bleeding control equipment and the related training could have on negligence actions. The article can be accessed here. More about ASIS […]
The U.S. Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, Global Trade and Investigations division recently announced that it has seized over 11 million counterfeit N95 respirators as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. The seizures were part of Operation Stolen Promise which targets COVID-19 related fraud. A description of that initiative can be found here: https://www.ice.gov/topics/operation-stolen-promise. N95 respirators offer the highest level of protection against infection and as such are in demand. The counterfeit respirators […]
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