The UVA Shooting & the Crisis After the Crisis

The UVA Shooting & the Crisis After the Crisis

Five minutes or less – that’s how quickly 70% of active shooter incidents end, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Security and risk management leaders rightly focus most of their efforts on preventing and responding to active or potential threats –...
Pathway to Violence: Ignore the Signs at Your Own Peril

Pathway to Violence: Ignore the Signs at Your Own Peril

We see it time and time again. The warning signs are all there: social separation, erratic behavior, veiled or overt threats, and more. These warning signs are indicators that an individual may be on “the pathway to violence,” a trend of behavioral changes that often...
Don’t Try to Be a Hero – A Safer Approach to Stop Shoplifting

Don’t Try to Be a Hero – A Safer Approach to Stop Shoplifting

Increased stress and increased prices. It’s a volatile combination that has led, in part, to an increased incidence of shoplifting around the globe. In the United States alone, reports of shoplifting rose by more than 26% in 2022, according to Loss Prevention Magazine...

Thoughts on the 10-Year Anniversary of Sandy Hook

From TPOP’s Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer, William F. Flynn. On Dec. 14, 2012, I was attending a luncheon meeting of operational components at the US Department of Homeland Security. We all started receiving messages about a mass shooting at Sandy Hook...