Although it may not be possible to stop an active shooter from being an active shooter, it is possible to lower the number of casualties by reducing the danger to which potential victims may be exposed. In an excerpt from a New York Police Department active shootings analysis; “Research has determined that [shooting an assailant] [...]
At the end of the day which of us doesn’t look forward to coming home? It’s the one place where your surroundings are the most familiar; you spend the majority of your off hours, wake up in the morning after a restful sleep, and immerse yourself in the things that mean the most to you. [...]
In the world of threat management and protection there are three ways to handle a threat as it develops form a potential threat to an actual physical attack—listed in preferred order: threat avoidance, threat mitigation and threat defense. For example if you couldn’t avoid verbal argument with someone and they started to raise their voice, [...]
