Run-Hide-Fight, Part 2: Knowing Your Exits

Run-Hide-Fight, Part 2: Knowing Your Exits

In Part 1 of Run-Hide-Fight, we discussed how to assess your available choices in an active shooter situation and why being prepared to run away from danger is your best bet to survive an incident. But how does one properly prepare, and what does a sound escape plan...
In The Event: How De-Escalation Training Can Aid Venue Security

In The Event: How De-Escalation Training Can Aid Venue Security

Americans are stressed. Whether it’s daily concerns about finances and family, or broader grievances about the state of the world, mental health is in decline. In some cases, these feelings are manifesting as violent acts in schools or in the workplace. But for...
Run-Hide-Fight, Part 1: Assessment and Avoidance

Run-Hide-Fight, Part 1: Assessment and Avoidance

Run. Hide. Fight. With active shooter scenarios and mass casualty events a near daily reality, you’ve probably become familiar with these three words. But what do they mean, and when is it appropriate to apply Run-Hide-Fight in the moment? In this multi-part series,...
Pay Now or Pay Later: The Cost of Workplace Violence

Pay Now or Pay Later: The Cost of Workplace Violence

It takes a lot to run a business. It takes even more to run one successfully. And on top of the daily challenges of simply meeting the bottom line, companies big and small face a laundry list of security threats that can affect that bottom line as well. Cyber...
School Violence: Learn the Signs and Take Action

School Violence: Learn the Signs and Take Action

Prepared for the new school year? Aside from new pens, pencils, bookbags, tablets and more, are you sure you, your kids, or your school are fully prepared? Sadly, with shootings now an annual reality in today’s America, back-to-school prep also means learning to...
Gate15 Interview with Bill Flynn

Gate15 Interview with Bill Flynn

In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with William (Bill) Flynn, a veteran law-enforcement and security expert specializing in homeland and national security policy and operations with a focus on critical infrastructure security and resilience....