In the news

Some news stories contain clear signals and indicators that, with the tools and skills of a threat management professional, would have given insight and information that may have changed the outcome dramatically and positively. Other stories are of general threat management interest.

February 2010 - Guns in the workplace - The Indiana General Assembly appears poised to pass a law allowing employees to bring guns onto work property, even if the employer objects.

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January 2010 - Workplace violence

Police searching for answers in UPS shooting | Read more |

Gunman believed dead after killing three at St. Louis workplace | Read more |

Nine lives lost in two weeks - "18 to 27 Oregonians are killed each year as a result of domestic violence; one in 10 Oregon women has been physically or sexually assaulted in the last five years; more than one third of domestic violence assaults are witnessed by children; and one in six Oregon women has survived forcible rape in her lifetime..."

About Tameka, Teresa and Varsha and their children...

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Hate groups mushroom - The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups and works to limit their activities, reports that in the U. S.  between 2000 and 2008, the number of hate groups has increased from 602 to 926.

"Mark Potok, director of the center's Intelligence Project, said the lone attacker is an extension of the 'leaderless resistance' concept of activism advocated by white supremacist Louis Beam.

Potok cites the attack by James von Brunn, an elderly white supremacist charged with fatally shooting black security guard Stephen Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June. That attack came 10 days after abortion provider George Tiller was shot to death at his church. "No one in the world would have expected an 88-year-old man would do that," Potok said of von Brunn..."

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Authorities prep for school gunman scene - It was one of the worst scenarios law enforcement officers could imagine.

At least one shooter was loose in the halls of Harding High School, and little was known except that he had a gun and he was using it.

Four officers from different agencies arrived, and worked out a plan to eliminate the threat.

This time, it was a drill with paintballs... 

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Bomb threats, "boss-nappings" and violent threats - Across France, angry laid-off workers turn to controversial and shocking actions to force companies to pay severance, even though business has dried up and the law does not require the companies to do so... 

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Five children slain in Pierce County, Wa. - Neighbours say they heard many angry exchanges between the parents and tried to get help for the kids...

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Shooting at extended-care home in Gibsons, BC - Suspect goes to court...

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Shooting at New York immigrant services centre leaves 14 people dead...

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Downsizing with Dignity - "In a grim reflection of this recession, Tuesday’s two-hour seminar was a how-to and how-not-to lop off chunks of a work force... Ironically, three of the five panelists, all veteran human resources professionals, have lost their corporate jobs and are consulting..." 

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