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....
Common Active Shooter Traits and Behaviors

Common Active Shooter Traits and Behaviors

Do you want to prevent an active shooter event at your workplace? What anomalous behavior should your employees be looking for? To understand active shooters, it’s helpful to know the exact definition and goal of active shooters. Active shooter definition: an...
The Four-Step Verbal De-Escalation Process

The Four-Step Verbal De-Escalation Process

Do your employees work in a high-stress environment? Are they often confronted by customers, clients, or others in situations of conflict or hostility? Do they need verbal de-escalation skills? There are four steps to de-escalating a situation: Step 1: Recognize and...
4th Anniversary of Annapolis Mass Shooting

4th Anniversary of Annapolis Mass Shooting

Today marks four years since the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, MD, in which the suspect had issued threats against the newspaper prior to carrying out his attack, highlighting the importance of monitoring threats on social media. At...