tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50409557220162418362024-03-05T13:30:39.606-08:00My ViewDoug Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299169932366260135noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040955722016241836.post-57822189286557322002020-09-20T16:00:00.001-07:002020-09-20T16:00:07.200-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>The Talk and the Red Shirt</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3AEFIvdr31nrbaBbjOHTp6uegrDb3vhHSKwlirfR3fcvwXQlZp9eqmk3h_jKyu5YXifg1zETeIAWcqieOYcDxxg48Q85xq5iVlML4xF5lpOrqzFbn3RmLJI8AScUbaO67kuE6DEi5Z0/s323/thetalk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="323" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3AEFIvdr31nrbaBbjOHTp6uegrDb3vhHSKwlirfR3fcvwXQlZp9eqmk3h_jKyu5YXifg1zETeIAWcqieOYcDxxg48Q85xq5iVlML4xF5lpOrqzFbn3RmLJI8AScUbaO67kuE6DEi5Z0/w461-h248/thetalk.jpg" width="461" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We were at the club house
bar, after hitting a couple of buckets of balls at the driving range. Or maybe we had hit some balls and now were
on a couple of buckets of beer. Nonetheless,
it was at about the same time that Freddie Gray died while in police custody.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I asked my friend, what his
thoughts were about that.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Basically they
were the same as mine – senseless, shameful and disgusting.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our thoughts were the same – no disagreement.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Then he asked me, how old I was when I got
“the Talk”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thinking he was talking
about the “birds and the bees”, I said, “I dunno know, probably 12 or so”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After all, I believed in Santa until junior
high. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What can I say, I’m a little
slow.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anyway, he started to
laugh, “No, when did your Dad tell you how to act when you deal with the
police.”</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Never”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Well, when did you have
the talk with your son “?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Never – why”?</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My Dad was in the
military, so we moved around allot but every summer he’d send us back to rural
Indiana to stay with my Grandparents who lived on a dirt road.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I kind of feel like that’s home to me.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So I feel like I’m a small town boy.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My friend came from one of those small dirt
road towns too; his was just outside of New Orleans.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But our similarities didn’t end there.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We both “grew up” in the ‘50s and 60s, He
picked bales of cotton. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I drove a
tractor while stacking bales of hay. How we were treated by the police was because
of the color of our skin. He black me white.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That’s where the similarities ended.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“You mean, no one told you
that when you deal with the police, if you don’t act </span><u style="font-size: 12pt;">right</u><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> you could get
arrested or shot or worse”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“No, why would my Dad have
to tell me that?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If I get confronted by
the police, I would just explain and unless, I’ve actually committed a crime,
they’d let me go”.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Well, it doesn’t work
like that for Black people.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Even if you
didn’t do anything, there’s an assumption that you did, and if you didn’t this
time, at some time in your past you probably did but just didn’t get caught, so
now you’re under arrest”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And that was about the end
of the conversation – our wives showed up and we went to lunch.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It wasn’t until, last week
that I fully understood what my friend had meant.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">After seeing what happened
in Minneapolis, I understood that conversation.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In fact, I was part of what he was talking about.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Back in the mid-80s, while
in the Air Force in Germany, I was a cop and took a report from a lady who had
been assaulted by a guy at the NCO Club.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">She described him as wearing a red shirt.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So I went to the Club and grabbed a guy
wearing a red shirt, placed him in handcuffs and took him to the station.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As soon as we entered the building she said, “That’s
not him.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The guy who assaulted me was
white”. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">She then held out a gold chain and
said, “I took this from him as I was fighting to get away”.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I un-cuffed the guy, quickly apologized, and took
him back to the Club.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I started asking
around if anyone had lost a gold chain and the right guy with the red shirt and
a significant scratch on his neck showed up.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I had never even
considered asking about her attacker’s race, I had assumed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I can with certainty say this, had the Black
guy resisted, I would have used force to subdue him and I would have ruined his
military career or possibly worse.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’ll
admit they were different times back then, but it was wrong then and it’s wrong
now.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank goodness for both of
us, he apparently, he had had The Talk.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span></p>Doug Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299169932366260135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040955722016241836.post-15827434544831439422020-08-16T16:00:00.001-07:002020-08-16T16:00:08.705-07:00<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"> <span style="color: #bf9000;">The New Centurions</span></span></h2><h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large; font-weight: normal;">New Concepts for Policing</span></h3><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3p0FQ6_AnfpQAh_3gPgt_ZUXvhaPxcSe4VC4p12zOXPMTpT77H4ZZeXWMuSaSJuIPi0nyUnOW1fQZWVDnEdqKtK2LjoH4JtdKPS05dLZx19SvizNkhluRzBvYw7C5eQ9IrOS_DQ5kZA/s392/HSS+Soldier.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="392" data-original-width="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3p0FQ6_AnfpQAh_3gPgt_ZUXvhaPxcSe4VC4p12zOXPMTpT77H4ZZeXWMuSaSJuIPi0nyUnOW1fQZWVDnEdqKtK2LjoH4JtdKPS05dLZx19SvizNkhluRzBvYw7C5eQ9IrOS_DQ5kZA/s0/HSS+Soldier.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When I first started to
outline this article, I was thinking about big bold steps to be taken in order
to re-direct police services. I got the
idea from a tweet by Sen Harris, in which she said, “We need to demilitarize
the police”. Well, I couldn’t disagree
more. The reason police departments have
military equipment is so that they can deal with the most serious violent
crimes and criminals. Police departments
need armored vehicles and high caliber weapons, so that they can deal with
gangs and organized criminal enterprises which are using those tactics, but
they don’t need to bring them every time they engage the public (we’ll talk
about that as a separate issue next time). Those enterprises have no regard for human
life, if they did they wouldn’t be kidnapping kids or young adults and forcing
them into slavery, they wouldn’t be selling drugs to the most vulnerable within
our society, just so they can make money.
So, to fight in this war the police have to have military style weaponry
and they should be using them with efficiency and effectiveness. You wouldn’t throw rocks at someone with a
bazooka, so why would we expect the police to fight without the right tools.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">But for the purpose of
this article I’ll leave the strategic planning up to those responsible for
administration of police departments whether at the local, State or federal
level. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Great interview about the
changes needed in policing here: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1272231871896850434">https://twitter.com/FareedZakaria/status/1272231871896850434</a></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Instead I want to
concentrate on a more tactical or operational approach with simple solutions
that will most probably be unpopular, especially with the rank and file, but I
believe will go a long way in changing the culture within departments, assist
in avoiding corruption or unwanted police behaviors and change the way the
public views and interacts with the police.
The good news is, these ideas for change don’t need the rule of
law. They just need to be implemented as
a new way of thinking and conducting business.
This will take real leadership; change is driven from the top. While the <u>need for change</u> may be
driven from the masses, change actually comes about because those in-charge
decide to make the changes being requested.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In ancient Rome, the
Centurions were the professional officers of the Roman Army. They commanded the troops, which sometimes
meant that from time to time they enforced Roman law outside of the military
legions they commanded. Unfortunately in
those times they also administered punishment by cutting or burning people’s
hand off for stealing or other petty crimes or used a vine staff, with which
they disciplined even Roman citizens who were protected from other forms of
beatings by the Porcian and Valerian Laws (what punishments Roman citizen could
be subjected to; they were not allowed to be humiliated or demeaned with
degrading or shameful forms of punishment; such as, whipping, scourging or
crucifixion. Non-citizens and slaves had
a different set of rules). Hopefully,
we’re way beyond that. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">At least, I like to think
we are, but we can create new Centurions by:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">First, stop appointing police chiefs based on political
affiliation. Currently, for the most
part chiefs are either appointed by the city/county board, mayor or other
elected officials or are elected themselves. Both methods are political. Since laws are apolitical and should be
enforced apolitically, so should the appointment of the police charged with
enforcing those laws equally and justly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Second, first and second-line supervisors should take a test that
includes police administration, social – emotional, non-escalating skillsets, leadership
skills, human rights and the protection of personal dignity training. Allot more time needs to be spent of
developing social skills needed in conflict resolution, at least at the same
level that they spend on equipment usage techniques.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thirdly, patrolman should be assigned “beats” randomly but with purpose
and clarity. The most troublesome
neighborhoods should be assigned to those officers with the most experience. There should always be a senior and a junior
officer together whenever possible. We
should get rid of the notion of “Partners”, whereby, the same two people are
assigned a specific sector each and every shift, so that they always work
together. Sure, there is an advantage to
having “partners” as the patrolmen become familiar with each other and the
neighborhoods they serve. But
conversely, they also become “too friendly” with each other or the residents,
and worse, by becoming either complacent or tolerant of bad behaviors. Additionally, the argument will be made that
the patrolman needs to be able to trust his/her partner with their life. That’s true, but if you can’t do that with <u>everyone</u>
in the department, then there’s a problem. The public also demands the same expectation.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Over the years we got away from two man patrols due to budget cuts and
other factors. I think we should go back
to them. No more single patrols. I’m not saying just to double everyone up by
consolidating patrol zones. No, this
will only lead to longer response times.
Instead, I’m saying double force sizes by bringing on new officers. Many will say, “We don’t have the money”. To me that’s just another way of saying, I’m
too lazy to do the hard work to figure out how this can be done. So, I don’t buy the argument that it will be
too costly. Think about this, we just
spent several trillion dollars on corporate and public welfare for COVID relief
and didn’t bat an eye. Not to mention
the 10’s of trillions we’ve spent and are spending on the bank bailout of
2008. It’s not about money, it’s about
deciding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fourth, everyone in an administrative position, who is physically capable,
should work “the road” once a week or a couple days a month – maybe a weekend
or night shift. Even those will mobility
issues could have a role. This gives
fresh eyes and reminds everyone why they are there – to serve and protect.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And finally, move personnel around within departments, within
organizations. The military does this
with regularity and at tremendous costs.
But the benefits far outweigh the costs.
Each move brings “new life”.
Getting a fresh set of eyes on things is invaluable. It brings with it; fresh and innovative ideas,
opportunities for personal growth, problem solving, and deters complacency and
stagnation. It also roots out those who
have a history of misconduct. New
supervisors usually don’t tolerate bad behaviors that old supervisors allowed
to go unaddressed.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A recent study of police training revealed, that on average policeman in
the US receive less than a thousand hours of training, whereas their European
counterparts receive thousands of hours.
Most police chiefs in Europe are also lawyers or have law degrees, as do
many mid-level supervisors. I don’t
believe this requirement exist within the US.
Maybe it should? </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Calls for defunding the police are just wrong. Police departments need more resources not
less. That said, so do social programs
that address the root causes of criminality and unwanted behaviors. We need to add funding that teaches
non-aggressive tactics and de-escalation techniques, social – emotional
learning skills, and coping tools that deal with attitudes and behaviors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I worked for ten years with the Carabinieri, the Italian National
Police. In those ten years I never once
saw them man-handle anyone. Sure they
put people in handcuffs and took them to jail but I never witnessed any
aggressive tactics on their behalf. They
always talked the guy into getting handcuffed.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Great article about Carabinieri tactics, here:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/american-cops-could-learn-a-lesson-from-italys-carabinieri/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/10/american-cops-could-learn-a-lesson-from-italys-carabinieri/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To illustrate my point, a
few years ago, my son was travelling from Italy to the US. He had been visiting his aunt and
grandma. At the airport in Rome, he placed
his backpack on the conveyor belt at the x-ray machine. After it was scanned, a Policeman approached
him and asked my son to accompany him.
They went to a room, and the policeman pulled an apple, sandwich and
serrated kitchen knife from his backpack. The Policeman said, “Young man, we have one
question, who packed your lunch your Mom or your Grandma?” The Policeman knew, my son being in his
thirties was old enough to know better than to bring a knife through the
checkpoint. He also knew that Moms being
Moms in Italy meant, someone else had packed his lunch; Mom or Grandma had
packed the knife so he could peel the apple, it was just logical. Clearly my
son wasn’t a threat. The Policeman kept
the knife and my son boarded his plane. I
believe that had a similar incident occurred here in the States my son, would
most probably have gotten arrested for possession of a deadly weapon, would
subsequently have a criminal record, which could have an impact on his
employment possibilities.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We have a saying in the
military that, “soldiers will be soldiers”.
In other words without supervision they will do stupid stuff. Good behaviors AND bad behaviors are
learned. Shouldn’t we be doing
everything we can to make sure good behaviors are nurtured, if so it’s about
leadership?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Change comes from big and
bold thinking. Look at, putting a man on
the moon. Pretty big stuff there! We didn’t know how we would do it but we decided we would. Then it came down to many, and I
mean many, small steps to get us there.
Well, if we are to truly reform the police, policing and the
interactions they have with the public, we’ll need to take many small steps to
get there. NASA had many failures along
the way, but eventually they figured it out.
I believe we can too, after all this is America – this is who we are.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Doug Haineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299169932366260135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040955722016241836.post-44567503312191828962020-05-17T16:00:00.000-07:002020-05-17T16:00:04.253-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Everything I know about security I learned in kindergarten and I've been updating ever since</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I know many of you remember that in kindergarten we learned
to play fair, share tools, put things back in “the cubbie” where they came
from, put your name on your stuff, be quiet during nap time and in general to be
good neighbors. Well, I learned
something else, too. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LESSON LEARNED: HE WHO HAS THE TOYS GETS TO
CONTROL THE GAME AND IS THE BOSS OF THE OTHER KIDS.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fast forward to the third grade, I learned that if
someone was bullying me, I had to fight
them to get them to stop or get someone else who would do that for me. I know, can you believe that this beautiful face
was getting bullied in the third grade.
Well, it’s true and all because I kissed a girl who was a fifth grader. So I did what every skinny, respectable guy
would do – I got her to beat him up. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LESSON
LEARNED: GET SOMEONE ELSE TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I was in the fifth or sixth grade, my criminal
career started and ended in a span of a few minutes. You see, there was a pack of rubber bands on
the shelf at the Ben Franklin store and I really wanted them but I didn’t have
the money. I put some in my jacket
pocket and left the store. As soon, as I
was walking out a county sheriff car pulled into the parking spot directly in
from of the store. The store had a
revolving door, which allowed me to reenter the store without ever really
exiting. I put the rubber bands back on
the shelf and waited for the sheriff to leave the store before I went home,
scared to death. I have to admit, every time
I’d see a police car while growing up I always wondered if “they knew about
that” incident. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LESSON LEARNED: ONCE
YOU’VE DONE IT YOU’VE DONE IT FOR LIFE.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then upon entering the military, I became an Air
Policeman. God works in crazy ways. Since I was mostly stationed in Europe from
the time I was twenty until I retired in 1993, my biggest security lesson was
tracking terrorist activities and fighting the “the Communist, the
bastards”. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LESSON LEARNED: THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WISH ME (US) HARM. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Later in my career, I thought and was taught to think
this way, that all you had to do was put a camera on it to watch or post a
guard and crime would stop. Your stuff
would be protected. Neither a camera or a guard will prevent, they may deter,
and unless the response force is within a reasonable distance to respond they
probably won’t deter either. I’ve always
wondered why organizations spend thousands and still get “ripped off”. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Upon analysis it usually comes down to them using the
wrong mitigation strategy for the wrong threat or the security is “so tight” it becomes a burden or tax and people don’t
want to pay the tax, even those who are authorized to do so. They’ll find a way around it so that life is convenient.
So, unless your security system is specifically designed to deter and prevent unwanted
behaviors, it won’t do that. Sure there is always some deterrence but a
dedicated aggressor will not be detoured.
They will bring the tools they need.
Also, if there isn’t a dedicated response force, all you’ll be doing
with your fancy system is taking pictures of what happened. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LESSON LEARNED: SECURITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE
ABOUT DETERRENCE/PREVENTION AND INSTEAD IT’S ABOUT CONVENIENCE.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, after my heart attack a couple years ago, my
cardiologist said I’d probably live another 30 years. I’ve used three so far, so who knows what I’ll
learn in the next 27?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m sitting here in my office writing this Blog post, while
wearing a surgical mask. My wife says, “I
don’t have to wear it because I’m not out in public”. I answered, “Well, I’ve heard my computer can
get a virus, and I don’t want it to come from me, lady”. Touché</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like every good spring cleaning job, you have to set some
goals. My wife’s - windows.
Mine - not falling off the ladder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it comes to security spring cleaning though, our first
goal needs to be keeping criminals from acting criminal around my property. Here are 4 tips:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding that your property has a number of layers that
you can use to you advantage is essential.
Those layers, if you have them are: property line, internal fence-line
(if present), building facade and special spaces within the house. For instance, I don’t have a fence in the
front of my house but I do on the sides and back of the property, so my
property line and fence-line are one in the same. So for that reason, I look at every layer I
do have and determine if I can deter, delay, detect and defend against a would-be
aggressor breaking in and stealing my stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deterrence is kind of hard to define. Mainly, because if the deterrent is perceived
to be too tough, then it will get circumvented by those who are actually authorized,
and then what’s the purpose of having it in the first place. Besides, a dedicated threat will not be deterred. He/she will bring the tools necessary to
defeat whatever the deterrence is designed to do. Now, don’t get me wrong I’m
not a defeatist. I do believe you have
to do whatever it is you can and evaluate what you’ve done honestly. If there is still pain, do it some more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondly, my goal is to slow a person down if they have
ill-intent enough so that I can detect them. So instead of a straight sidewalk up to my
door, I have a sidewalk that meanders or crosses my front lawn, so while
standing inside my living room or office I can see them as they approach. If someone doesn’t follow the path of the
sidewalk and traipses across my lawn then that is an indicator to me that
something’s not quite right. Now, it
could be that the person is just lazy or too tired or it could mean something
far worse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next remove all possibilities of hiding. So bushes and shrubs that are within 10 feet
of windows and doors should be removed.
If you simply must have them for aesthetic purposes, then they should be
located away from the building so that as a person approaches they can see
around them. Bushes should be trimmed to
a height of three/four feet above ground level and trees down to
seven/eight. Anything higher or lower
causes opportunities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, check windows and doors, to make sure they
close properly. And, while cleaning the
windows and gutters, check the outside lights, especially those on a sensor. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another thing, stand at your property line at
dusk and see if someone can see inside your house while the lights are on and can
see that you’re at home. If they can,
then even if you leave lights on to give the appearance that someone’s home
they can see that you’re not. We draw
our curtains at dusk so that you can’t see through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I said, defend above I didn’t mean confront the bad guy
and whip out a gun. Trust me your stuff
is not worth someone’s life. On the
other hand, if they are physically harming or threating harm to my family I can
guarantee you that they’d wish that I only had a gun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Send me an email and I’ll send you a 28 question checklist
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<span style="color: #444444;">“Mom, tell him to stop”, I would hear that all the time from
my son as he would tell his Mom I was obsessing over work. I don’t hear that nearly as often now-a-days,
not because I’ve stopped but because he doesn’t live with us anymore. He’s in New York and we’re in California. The other evening, while I was drying dishes,
my wife said to me. “You know you’re
obsessed. It’s like a drug for you”. Perplexed, I said, “What do you mean?” </span></div>
<span style="color: #444444;"></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;">“I’m telling you that the cat used the litter box and you’re
telling me about bollards in Las Vegas”. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">OMG, she was right! I can’t get
it out of my system. My every thought is
about physical security design – both good and bad. I’m always analyzing and comparing and
thinking; does that work, is it effective, could they have done it cheaper or
better? My mind is on overdrive, I had become a METHodology addict. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">My addiction was simple - use a proven assessment method to look at criticality, threats, vulnerabilities and subsequent risks of high occupancy buildings and their supporting energy systems. I guess, that’s why I’m so fond of the Asset Based Risk
Analysis (ABRA) and Critical Asset and Infrastructure Risk Analysis (CAIRA) methodologies
(both Platinum Award winners; ABRA a GOVIE in 2017 and CAIRA an ASTOR in 2018). Not because they won awards after having been
recognized by teams of experts but because they take allot of the thinking out
of the analysis process. It’s
pretty basic math and not allot of calculating.
It’s all already done with macros. But, the
final result answers the questions cited before, will the implemented security
measure be truly effective in reducing risk, is there an alternative that can
be just as effective and will it bring costs down to a reasonable price. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">ABRA ARTICLE <a href="https://view.joomag.com/march-2019-ast-magazine-march-2019-ast-magazine/0952115001553308799/p4?short">https://view.joomag.com/march-2019-ast-magazine-march-2019-ast-magazine/0952115001553308799/p4?short</a> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Over the years, I’ve noticed that the best thing when it
comes to thinking is not to start. Once
you get a thought, it seems to get out of control rather quickly. “Kind of hard to put the genie back in the
bottle”, as they say. The thoughts just
keep coming, no matter what I try to do. So sorry, Honey, I can't turn it off. </span><br />
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I know many of you when you read the title thought, “Yep,
security is a true or false question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You’ve either got it or you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Well, purposefully I didn’t spell out what the T and F stood for. It isn’t
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As many of you know, for some time now I’ve been advocating
for a softer approach to security, especially when it comes to the design and
layout of high-occupancy spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
during my years of advocacy I’m come across some, who will agree, and others
that play lip service and say, “Oh yea, that’s what we should do.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when they have their next opportunity to
make the change they go back to their olds ways with the bigger, better,
faster, stronger, in your face approach.<br />
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Recently, while collaborating with a local school district
we took a softer approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After an
active shooter threat (fortunately stopped prior to being carried out due to
social media monitoring), parents wanted the District to heighten security by
adding guards and cameras, and constructing fences on the perimeter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wanted this because that’s what they’ve
been seeing on TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After every school
shooting, there’s a rush to install more cameras, higher fences, and to hire more
guards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t blame the parents; I
blame the security companies who are selling their products with the idea that
if one is good, two must be better – the more products sold the better for the
bottom-line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some may argue that adding
visible, in your face, deterrence works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’ll admit, there is some benefit; however, a dedicated threat will not
be deterred – they will bring the tools necessary to circumvent whatever is in
place. That said, we can argue until the cows come home about the
benefits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my point of view, it’s
not about effectiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s about the
psychological impact it has on our youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Recently, a local school board approved a bond for security
upgrades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The newspaper ran a picture of
a ten foot metal fence gate to allow campus entry and mentioned that everyone
would go through a metal detector.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I showed
the article to a Latino friend of mine and he said, “They’re always looking
at us like we’re all criminals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guys
are in gangs and the girls are ‘ho’s.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is this the intended message?<br />
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Additionally, research shows us that “hardening” causes
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Our approach is to add security features that are “hidden in
plain sight”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example, instead of a
fence to keep out trespasser we suggest a buried co-axial cable sensor
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It provides a warning that
someone has breached the perimeter, yet is unseen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another example, to keep unauthorized folks
off of the roof we suggest placing large flower pots with bougainvillea near
drainage pipes or next to other features that a person could climb to get to
the roof. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, a solution that is unseen.<br />
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My article published in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American
Security Today </i>magazine January 2020 <a href="https://view.joomag.com/2019-champions-edition-2019-champions-edition/0683429001578075665/p148?short"><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">https://view.joomag.com/2019-champions-edition-2019-champions-edition/0683429001578075665/p148?short</span></a><br />
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So
which message do we want to send?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
message that we don’t trust you and we think there will be an incident or the
message that we trust you, we expect you to act trustworthy and you can expect
the same of others?<br />
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My book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Solutions
Matrix: a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practical Guide to Soft
Security Engineering for Architects, Engineers, Facility Managers, Planner and
Security Professionals </i>has a Quick Glance Checklist that will allow you to
list your current security solutions and then list your ideas on how to take a
softer approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Order your copy today
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to have proper physical security, mitigation
strategist and those responsible must understand the types of aggressor groups,
what motivates them and the tools they need in order to be successful.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aggressors fall into four main categories: criminals
(sophisticated/unsophisticated, organized/unorganized), protesters
(organized/unorganized), terrorist (domestic/transnational/State sponsored) and
subversives (intelligence agents [State/non-State sponsored]).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, there are four main aggressor objectives; to inflict
injury or death on people, to destroy or damage equipment, facilities or other
resources, to steal equipment, material or information, and to create adverse
publicity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tools on the other hand, don’t fall into any category and
are virtually unlimited.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, the security industry has been approaching
school security from the wrong angle. We
keep thinking, if one is good two must be better and we can harden our way to a
perfect world. We can’t. School shootings and worse will continue, I’m
sad to say, until we start eliminating the causes that promote this behavior. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">School systems have developed a variety of multi-disciplinary
programs that address prevention and response to mental health issues if a
student manifests behavior that might precipitate violence on a grand scale;
i.e., bullying, addiction and interpersonal violence. But this is still not enough.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some security companies offer “social media behavioral
monitoring” and are analyzing a person’s social media presence in “real time”
and reporting actionable intelligence of patterns or suspicious behaviors to
authorities, but this alone isn’t enough.
Using artificial intelligence, and deep learning are great but they’re
just another tool. And, just because a person manifests some type
of anxiety or disruptive behavior it doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll act out
and it doesn’t mean that that person will become a school shooter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I believe we need to get to the cause of the angst. Why does a “perfectly normal kid” decide to
go to a school and shoot it up? Does the
“prison look” of many schools contribute to this phenomenon? Is it possible, that the chain-linked fence
surrounding the school yard, the metal detector that everyone passes through
and the roaming armed guard all contribute in some way? Now, just because that has become the “new
normal” it doesn’t mean every kid will grow up and commit a criminal act, but there
is no doubt that they will carry this angst with them into adulthood.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don’t have to look very far to see examples of the “big
dog” in your face approach and the subliminal message of something bad is
expected to happen. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We can address behavior in the built environment in a
non-traditional way as a substitute to the confrontational in your face kind of
way. The approach must be more subtle,
in fact, the more transparent it is the more effective it will be. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Normally, to deter crime, we put up signs
that say, “Cameras in Use” and some folks get creative saying, “Smile you’re on
camera”. For access control, we usually
mark our territory by placing a chain-linked fence or some other type of “barrier”
on our boundary-line. It has a limited
effect because a dedicated threat will bring the tools needed to circumvent it.
Build a big fence; they’ll bring a
bigger ladder. Make it even higher and
they’ll bring an even bigger ladder or tunnel under it. Sure, there is somewhat of a deterrent, but
the reality is, a dedicated “bad actor” will bring the tools needed in order to
be successful. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the early “90’s, Crime Prevention through Environmental
Design was introduced to connect these two worlds – unwanted behavior and a
physical deterrent. Research shows that
the concepts of natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial
reinforcement and maintenance contribute to the deterrence and reduction of
criminal activity. CPTED is not the sole
reason, but it helps. <a href="https://www.cptedtraining.net/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.cptedtraining.net/</span></a></span><br />
<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The basic
concept of CPTED is if we can design the space so that it is almost always
under observation “bad actors” won’t act bad.
I believe it needs to go further than that. Not only do we need to design the space using
these concepts, but we also must design the space so that “bad acting” can’t
occur. Additionally, in the off chance
it does the built environment should help to reduce its effects and not
contribute to its severity. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple of
years ago researchers in the European Union conducted a survey. They asked elementary school kids who had emigrated
from a country where there was war to draw what they considered safety or
security to be. The kids drew pictures
of fencing with razor-wire and “gunships” overhead. Then the researchers asked the same question
to kids from Europe who had not be exposed to hostile environments and those
kids drew houses with trees, stick families, a dog and sunshine. Shouldn’t we be striving for the “sunshine”
scenario?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The harder we make it for the “bad guy” to do things the
more of a deterrent there is. There is
some truth to that but on the other hand, if security is a tax your people
won’t pay it and they will figure out a way to circumvent it. This in turn defeats its purpose.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting away from hardening schools after every incident by
using “big dog” philosophies will take time, nonetheless, we can begin
immediately. I submit that beginning
this school year, administrators should use the checklist provided by the
Partner Alliance for School Safety (PASSK-12) <a href="http://www.passk12.org/">www.PASSK12.org</a>
to conduct a physical security risk assessment of their campus and whenever
possible replace traditional mitigation solutions they would normally opt for with
a hardscaping, landscaping or art strategy. Creativity and student, staff and community
involvement are essential.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Success in security is sloppy. It’s entangled. It’s very hard to distinguish where
detection, assessment, policy and procedures, response and engagement begin and
end. Addressing behavior must be coupled
with addressing the physical environment.
They require a different amount of time, effort and commitment to
produce positive results but nonetheless are equally important. In order for students, and later as adults,
to thrive we must create environments, internal and external, that address the
need for “well-being” in both the social and physical ecosystems, and if <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">we can do that in a more
aesthetically pleasing way, then why not?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">More about a softer approach to security: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/</span></a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i></i>Haines Security Solutions is a contributor to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Known knowns
and unknown unknowns</span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">"</span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are known knowns</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">" is a phrase from a response </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="United States Secretary of Defense"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">United States Secretary of Defense</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Donald Rumsfeld"></a></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Donald Rumsfeld"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Donald Rumsfeld</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> gave to a question at a </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Defense" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="U.S. Department of Defense"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">U.S. Department of Defense</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
(DoD) </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_conference" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title=""><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">news briefing</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
on February 12, 2002 about the lack of </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Evidence"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">evidence</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> linking the
government of </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%27athist_Iraq" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Ba'athist Iraq"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Iraq</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> with the supply of </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Weapons of mass destruction"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">weapons of mass destruction</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
to </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_groups" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-size: auto; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Terrorist groups"><span style="color: #0645ad; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;">terrorist groups</span></a><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/BLOG%20Nov19.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This quote tells us something about risk management. Basically there are threats we know about and
there are threats we don’t know about and there are threats that we don’t know
we don’t know about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a risk management standpoint, that’s pretty
disconcerting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to understand the unknowns you have to look at
things from the “bad guys” perspective.
In other words, see what the "bad guy" sees. And to do that you must understand that there
are four aggressor types of criminal/man-made threat groups; criminal (sophisticated/unsophisticated,
organized/unorganized), protestors (organized/unorganized), terrorist
(domestic/transnational/state-sponsored), subversives (saboteurs/intelligence agents
[state/non-state sponsored]). In an effort
to design better mitigation strategies planners must understand the “bad guys” motives
or the reason(s) behind why they do what they do. There are also four primary aggressor objectives;
inflict injury or death to people, destroy or damage facilities, property,
equipment or resources, steal equipment, material or information and create
adverse publicity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So how can I plan to reduce their effects let alone mitigate
them? The answer is really easier than
you think. Traditionally in risk
management, we look at things from a probability standpoint. We ask the question. “Will it happen here,
and if so, what will the impact be”? I believe, likelihood has little influence on risk. I believe likelihood comes into play when talking about funding. Our risk management methodologies assume the threat will be successful 100 percent of the time. We calculate likelihood when it comes to cost benefit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Asset Based
Risk Analysis (ABRA)</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Critical
Asset and Infrastructure Risk Analysis (CAIRA)</b> methodologies combine the
aggressors motives and objectives with what the asset owner sees; thereby,
giving a complete picture of risk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ABRA</b>
(Platinum GOVIES Award 2017 for Best Government Security Risk Methodology) <a href="https://view.joomag.com/march-2019-ast-magazine-march-2019-ast-magazine/0952115001553308799/p4?short"><span style="color: blue; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">https://view.joomag.com/march-2019-ast-magazine-march-2019-ast-magazine/0952115001553308799/p4?short</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CAIRA </b>(Platinum
2018 ASTOR Award for Best Risk Analysis Methodology in Homeland Security) <a href="https://view.joomag.com/july-2019-ast-magazine-ast-july-2019-magazine/0612002001563068627/p60?short">https://view.joomag.com/july-2019-ast-magazine-ast-july-2019-magazine/0612002001563068627/p60?short</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More about risk management and developing mitigation
strategies can be found in my new book, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The solutions Matrix: A Practical Guide to
Soft Security Engineering for Architects, Engineers, Facility Managers, Planners
and Security Professionals</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">. </i>Order here<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i> <u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">https://americansecuritytoday.com/dont-surrender-to-fear-new-book-the-solutions-matrix-by-doug-haines/</span></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/BLOG%20Nov19.docx" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></a> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Full quote:</b> <span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10.5pt;">Reports
that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because
as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also
know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we
do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we
don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other
free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-defense.gov-transcript_1-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 9.5pt;"></span></sup><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A few months ago, my wife and I were shopping and came
across this saying on a night shirt, “Go where there is no path”. When I showed it to her, her reaction caught
me a little off guard. She said, “I can’t
I’m afraid of snakes”. And, of course, being the person I am, I immediately
translated that into a language I can understand – security-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ish</i>.
My first thought was, that explains why people don’t conduct risk
analysis or even more importantly why they don’t even start the process. They don’t tread into uncharted territory because
there are snakes hiding in all that tall grass, so they stay where they’re comfortable
– on the path. Doing what is comfortable
causes two problems. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, as Defense
Secretary Don Rumsfeld, said, “We don’t know what we don’t know”, which
translates into, we’re only protecting ourselves against what we can see, expect
and believe is likely to occur. Since,
we don’t know what we don’t know, we’re not planning on dealing with its
affects either. This can be extremely more sinister because a lack of action could
result in someone getting seriously injured or worse. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fortunately, there are methodologies out there that can get
rid of the snakes. I’m consulting on security matters with a
local school district. During our
initial meeting, the District Superintendent, said, “Okay, where do we start?
With an assessment to see where we are?”
Absolutely! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Risk management is about managing risks. In order to do that, you have to accept five
factors:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) You can’t prevent or deter everything</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) Protection from one threat may allow for some protection
against another unrelated threat</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) Protection options must be in place before the event
occurs</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) Risk Management must address the following pillars;
detection, assessment, plans and procedures, response and engagement </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5<span style="color: black;">) Risk management and the assessment process is continual and
is just part of what we do.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">How Preventing the Wrong Threat Will Cost You</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #833c0b; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">My nephew used to work for an IT company. Upon returning to work after Christmas
holiday, they noticed that the rear windows of the building had been broken and
all of the computer equipment had been stolen.
The owner of the company did what anyone would do. He called a security consultant. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #833c0b; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">The consultant recommended fixing the
windows, adding motion sensors in the hallway and an access management system
at the main entrance. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #833c0b; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 128;">When the company employees returned after the Easter
weekend, they noticed the rear windows had been broken out – again, and all of
the computer equipment had been stolen – again. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Why did this occur?
The security company had misanalysed the Design Basis Threat or DBT. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Everything of value has a threat that goes with it. If it has value then someone wants it - either the owner or someone else. It is also possible that a treat can be naturally occurring, like a earthquake or tornado. Usually, protection from these types of threats are governed by ordinances or laws; i.e., earthquake or tornado protection in construction standards. For man-made threats, on the other hand, there really isn't any legislation that governs prevention or protection, so it's up to us to focus on man-made threats. There are four general categories of aggressor types; 1) criminals (sophisticated/unsophisticated and organized/unorganized), 2) protestors (both organized/unorganized), 3) terrorist (domestic/trans-national/state-sponsored, and 4) subversives (saboteurs/foreign intelligence agents). Each type of threat has an <i>Modus Operandi </i>or tactic and tool it uses to execute its objective. If you make a list of what those may be you can actually design the space so that it provides protection to the things of value inside. <i> </i>It is also important to understand the objective of man-made threats, too. They fall into one or more of these categories; 1) inflict injury or death to people,2) destroy or damage property, equipment or resources, 3) steal equipment, material or information, or create adverse publicity. Understanding the motives, the tactics and tools they use will go a long way in prevention and protection.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">The solution the security company had provided failed because, they didn't address the correct DBT; which was, breaking and entering and not unauthorized access.</span> <span style="color: #783f04;">Although, entering through the window is a form of unauthorized entry. They had recommende</span><span style="color: #783f04;">d the solutions they
normally would suggest to deter or reduce the effects of theft, and focused on electronics, but they hadn’t addressed the DBT of the
windows being breakable in the first place and didn’t add non-electronic
solutions to the mix. Had the windows
been replaced with laminated glass they would not have been able to be broken
and then the other countermeasures would have been effective. Another solution would have been to prevent access to the parking lot behind the building. I don't prefer this method because it would be more aggressive and unsightly to use a gate or fence with gate. Just replacing the windows would not have changed the aesthetics of the space, so that is my preferred solution.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">More about non-aggressive/aesthetically pleasing security measures can be found here: <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">A few years ago, a friend
of mine, trying to generate additional students for the classes I teach, asked
his cousin who works for a very large architecture and engineering firm in the
new World Trade Center in New York City, if they would be interested in
attending training on integrating security technologies into building design.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>His cousin answered something to the effect, “No,
we leave that up to the client after we turn the building over to them”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While his cousin’s answer is not surprising
it is disappointing and confusing to me.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Not surprising because I’ve
heard that so many times before. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In
essence, everyone stays in their silo and the connection between the disciplines usually only involves answering questions about the project and clarifying
requirements; architects architect – engineers engineer – and security
securities, if you will. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">It’s confusing on two
levels.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>First, at the beginning of every
project the architect gets the client’s desires list; i.e., the building should
be blah, blah, blah. Right from the start the architects develop a mental
picture of what the building should look like.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Next he or she begins to include all of the regulatory requirements or “best
practices” for design.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Best practices
are nothing more than this is how it’s normally done.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In New York City, for multi-story buildings
in Manhattan the façade default material is glass in the Mid-West it is
reinforced concrete or masonry units.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Meeting regulatory requirements deal with disability act, fire and
safety codes, such as, hallway width, stairs, doors and windows, and elevator
placement, etc. and depending on the region some weather related events.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And second, very seldom are man-made threats
considered. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This contributes to the fact
that man-made threats continue to occur despite large amounts of money being
spent on security measures. I guess the argument could be made, that “well, we’re
not required to consider them like we are for natural threats so we don’t need
to; besides it will drive up costs”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>On
the surface this makes sense but if you dig just under the surface your next
thought should be, why don’t “best practices” apply?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">The Department of Defense,
and some other federal government agencies to a limited degree, requires that
integration mitigation strategies be included in their building design review
process regardless of where or what type of threat is involved.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In fact, it’s mandated that all threats,
including man-made threats be addressed by a group of stakeholders at the onset
of any new building construction project and for renovation projects that meet
certain thresholds or “triggers”. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
stakeholder group determines the “design basis threat” to the building and its occupants
and the level of protection required based on the number of people occupying
the space.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These two factors ensure
that the appropriate amount of money is spent on protection options and in the
unlikely event a catastrophe does occur; injury and death will be kept to a
minimum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">By bringing all
stakeholders together from a variety of disciplines, everyone 1) has a chance to
air their requirements and needs, 2) buys-in to the group’s decision on which
threats will be addressed and support the “DBT” and the level of protection
required, and costs are kept down.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Adding
electronics in the form of surveillance or other technologies lies with the
owner after the project is completed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So
in the short term, the cost of this equipment and its installation is currently
absorbed by the owner/client and is not part of the building costs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This “trick” helps keep the building design
costs down but doesn’t adequately protect people or the facilities they
use.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But more importantly, the real costs
to the client come after the installation from the long term requirement for
equipment maintenance and manpower.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px;">Since buildings are currently
designed with everyone, remaining in their silos, with limited exception, the
process is treated as if it were a vertical process, when in reality it’s a
horizontal one.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The “silo effect” and
the isolation it causes make security an “add-on” and limits its efficiency and
effectiveness. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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that Won’t Come or Will it?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">While radical Islamic-extremist inspire large scale attacks
have not occurred in the United States in some time, low scale attacks are more
common place than you’d think and not necessarily exclusive to radical-Islamist.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“Bad actor” attacks using terrorist tactics
occur all the time.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To prevent, deter and
reduce the effects of a terrorist style attack, business owners, facility managers
or anyone else charged with the security of those they service must determine
if they are an attractive target to, not only terrorist attack, but also
criminal activity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">In that regard, two questions come up, 1) “Do I deal with
the public?” and 2) “Does the public (or a “bad actor”) have access to my
facility?” <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If the answer to both
questions is “Yes”, then you are at risk.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Even if you answer “No” to the second question, you must remember that a
dedicated threat will not be deterred and will bring the tools necessary to
carry out the attack.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Answering these
questions will be an indicator of threat likelihood.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Additionally, if you ask, “What is the public’s
opinion of that service/product?” <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
operative word here being “the public’s opinion” and not what you think, you
will get an even better understand of your risk. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If there is the slightest likelihood that you
could be attacked by a criminal or a terrorist, then you should reconsider if <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>the procedures you follow and the physical
security countermeasures you already have in place are adequate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">Usually, criminal activity doesn’t result in injury to
people or death.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Terrorist activity,
regardless of motivation intends to inflict violence on another person in order
to hurt them.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That said, most criminal
acts involve the theft of or damage to property.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Consideration must be given to common
criminal activities, such as; theft, burglary, damage to property, assault and work
place violence, just to name a few.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Criminal
activity using terrorist tactics on the other hand are directed toward people
and try to cause as much injury or death as possible. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Common tactics still include; improvised
explosive devices (Yes Virginia, sick people are still building bombs), using a
vehicle or automatic weapon to inflict injury or death. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While school and workplace shootings have
become the norm they are not necessarily terrorist attacks, although the
results may be the same – they produce mass casualties.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Mitigation strategies for any type of criminal activity, including terrorism, must
be in place before the event occurs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So,
we want to deter the activity from occurring in the first place and then delay it
so that it can be noticed and responded to by trained forces.<span style="margin: 0px;"> And finally, in the unlikely event it does occur </span>we want to reduce it effects as much as possible.
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">In the case of IEDs, we want to move vehicle parking away
for places where large numbers of people gather and prevent the placement of
unidentified objects near buildings.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">To thwart the hostile vehicle threat, we need to place rated
barriers between vehicle traffic and people, especially where large numbers of
people gather; i.e., street fairs, sidewalks or pedestrian zones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">Since police departments and some security companies are
teaching people to “Run-Hide-Fight, which actually means hide, we need to
create spaces that actually offer protection.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Two protective options are, 1) retrofitting walls with rated ballistic materials;
so that when people <u>do</u> hide they are actually protected and 2) limit movement
of the person with the gun.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Note, there will always be some level of risk no matter how
much you plan and implement countermeasures.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>The goal is to reduce the risk to a level you can accept and to
continually analyze and make changes when warranted.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When you hear or see something in the news, you
should ask yourself, “Can that happen here?”<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>If the answer is “Yes”, then you should take actions to change that to a
“No”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">Chances are you are not going to become a victim of a
terrorist attack; however, there is a greater likelihood that you will become a
victim of a criminal act that resembles a terrorist act. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">The issue was that people were
driving up to the banks of a stream and dumping trash; i.e., tires, mattresses,
rubbish, etc.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The city called a security consultant. And as expected, he recommended adding a camera to the site so that “things” could be monitored.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The camera fed back to the superintendent’s
desk.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Of course, when the supervisor wasn’t there
(weekends, evening/late at night, attending meetings, lunch, naps, etc.), all the time when someone would dump trash the
dumping occurred and continued.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
superintendent was scratching his head on what to do.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After all, he just spent several thousands of
dollars on the latest technologies and they didn’t seem to work.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Our solution was not
electronic.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Instead, we suggested that
they build a raised berm/curb using natural landscaping (trees/boulders/bushes,
even park benches) so that the vehicle couldn’t drive up to the water’s edge in
the first place.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We suggested specific
landscaping strategies due to low cost and ability to prevent vehicles from
reaching the stream.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We imagined that since the culprits couldn’t physically access the
stream embankment without using a vehicle they would be<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>less likely to want to carry heavy objects from the roadway, across a
bicycle/walking path and then into the wood clearing to reach the stream.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our second reason was to ensure the
aesthetics of the area were kept intact.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Sure, we could have suggested a fence along the embankment to deny
access and achieve the same effect, but who wants to walk along a fence with
barbed wire when they’re taking the dog out or jogging or cycling.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Related articles: </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/09/14/creating-invisible-security-to-prevent-vehicular-attacks/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/09/14/creating-invisible-security-to-prevent-vehicular-attacks/</span></span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Getting Everyone to Speak a Common
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A couple weeks ago, I was teaching a class about using
building design to deter criminal activity, including terrorist attack, and
when it fails reduce its effects and prevent mass casualties.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After the obligatory introductions, I said
something to the effect, that building design is a matter of reducing risk
whenever and wherever possible.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But in
order to do that you have to the know your “DBT”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on the blank stares, I got back, I knew something was
wrong.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, I said it again.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Still the deer in the headlights looks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, I said, “Everyone knows what DBT stands
for, right”?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Still nothing. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not one person raised their hand. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I was taken aback.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After all the class was made up of seasoned
architects, engineers, planners and security folks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I would have thought, at least, one or two
would have known what I was talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, we spent the new few minutes talking about Design Basis
Threat or DBT, if you will.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>DBT is
identifying your threats, their tactics, the tools they may use and then
designing your building to deter or prevent them from happening, in the first
place, and understanding that if they do happen you can reduce their effects if
you’ve included reduction strategies into the design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The very first thing to do is to assemble “the planning team”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The idea that “it takes a village” needs to
be used here.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The team should include architects,
engineers, facility manager, security, end users and others.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It’s important to bring these folks together,
so that they can discuss the parameters of what they are trying to accomplish
and “buy in” to the project.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If done
correctly at the beginning of a project, security costs can be kept to a
minimum, usually somewhere around five percent of the total project costs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If security comes in at the end of the
project this cost may skyrocket to thirty-forty percent, because of the long
term cost of equipment maintenance and especially, personnel costs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once the team is assembled, the first step is to identify
the threat or threats.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Threats can be
divided into two categories; natural and man-made.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fortunately, laws and ordinances exist that
address natural threats in building design; i.e., earthquake, flooding, fire,
tornado, etc.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Man-made threats on the
other hand – not so much.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Although, that
is changing slowly. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Last year, federal legislation
was signed into law that addresses the use of hostile vehicles as a method of
attack in public spaces.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We’re still
waiting for the DHS report the law requires and its subsequent findings and
recommendations.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m particularly
concerned that our government hasn’t the courage to attack hostile shooter
legislation, when it is so needed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But
that’s another Blog topic for another time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The second step is to identify the motives of the man-made
threat,; i.e., causing injury or death, theft or unlawful removal of property
or equipment, damage to property or facilities and causing adverse publicity.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Then we need to figure out what type of
groups commit these acts; criminals (sophisticated/non-sophisticated,
organized/unorganized), protesters (organized/non-organized), terrorist (domestic/trans-national/state-sponsored)
and subversives. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then we look at the tactics they
use; stationary or moving vehicle, different types of weapon usage, forced
entry, etc.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Each tactic uses a different
set of tools. That said, each type of tool use has a countermeasure available
to reduce its effectiveness. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If we understand their motives,
tactics and tools, we can design countermeasures into inhabited space that
reduces the possibility that they will occur and when that falls short reduces
their effects.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Solutions Matrix: A Practical Guide to Soft Security Engineering for
Architects, Engineer, Planners and Security Professionals, </i>will be
available in September.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It will outline
the processes used to determine DBT, have a quick reference chart that outlines
how to counter each type of man-made threat and provide examples of practical
real-world solutions. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;">Street Market,
Outdoor Café, and Pedestrian Zone Security is Lacking</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">S<span style="margin: 0px;">treet
Markets</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m probably stating the obvious here.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But most street markets are temporary in
nature (farmer’s, or harvest markets) and only occur on a certain day or two of
the week or for a short period (Christmas Markets).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Local police department’s put up metal
stanchions and post a traffic cop more for crowd and traffic control, than
anything else.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They are not a deterrent
to a dedicated threat using a vehicle as a weapon or an errant driver.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Now before you go and tell the mayor or the
police commissioner his cops are ineffective let me explain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s a matter of physics and not “goodwill or attentiveness”
on the part of the policeman.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A vehicle
traveling at just 10 mph covers a distance of approximately 73 to 102 feet in
the 5-7 seconds it takes a trained officer to view, identify and react to an
errant vehicle – intentional or otherwise. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unless the speed of the vehicle is severely
reduced to below that speed the vehicle will travel significantly further
before it is recognized as a potential threat.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Cops are doing a great job everyday but they can’t beat physics – no
matter their super hero powers, unfortunately. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shameless plug here:<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>My friends at Marshalls Landscaping Protection USA have developed a
super-shallow mount bollard that can be easily installed/removed because of the
depth of the footing (3.9 inches or about the width of two girl scout cookies
laid end-to-end).</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Calibri;">Outdoor
Cafes</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And then there are outdoor cafes.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>By nature they are more permanent.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I have to admit, I enjoy sitting in the
piazza sipping an espresso just like any other caffeine addicted tourist.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Whole sections of city centers have rows of
restaurants and outdoor cafes where you can sit and “take in life” as it passes
by.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In response to the current “ramming
vehicle threat” some cities are now placing very ugly “jersey” barriers</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/NYREJ/NYREJOct18-StreetMarketOutdoorCafes&amp;PedestrianZoneSecurityIsLacking-short.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
made from reinforced concrete) around these areas.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A solid planter filled with dirt weighs several thousands of
pounds and is an effective barrier, especially if struck by a vehicle at a high
rate of speed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A large vehicle could
nudge it out of the way if it is not somehow anchored, but hopefully someone
would notice that and sound the alarm.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Fortunately there is “street furniture” in the form of benches,
planters, way signs, lighted bollards that are shallow mounted. These devices
are permanently affixed, so they can’t be nudged, and can absorb the kinetic
energy of a moving vehicle threat as described above. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Calibri;">What
about large pedestrian zones?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My concern comes from the idea that besides establishing a
perimeter and depending on which city you are in will determine how porous that
perimeter is, is there really a separation of the different types of traffic
that frequent the space; i.e., delivery vehicles, bicycle, pedestrians.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Each category of traffic poses a threat to
the others.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Of course, a vehicle
crashing into someone is much more likely to cause injury to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many cities are creating large “pedestrians zones” in city
centers that cover many city blocks.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This is great but traffic is still mixed within these spaces in some
places.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unless the entire zone is
vehicle traffic free, a pedestrian or cyclist must cross the street at some
point.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These crosswalks are particularly
vulnerable and offer great target selection.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We need to further separate the traffic within these zones,
so that only the traffic we want within a particular zone is allowed</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/NYREJ/NYREJOct18-StreetMarketOutdoorCafes&amp;PedestrianZoneSecurityIsLacking-short.docx" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">;
vehicles with vehicle with vehicles, cyclist with cyclist and pedestrian within
their assigned zone.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We can design the
space so that only the type of travel that we want will be in its particular
zone because the unwanted traffic types can’t enter.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To
separate vehicles from the rest, we could easily designed
higher-than-normal-curbs and reduce speeds by creating a serpentine
effect.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We could use the same idea for
cyclist either permanently designed as part of the bicycle path or by using
planters with trees.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And for the
pedestrian only zone, we can design the space so that bicycles and vehicles
cannot enter while pedestrians are present.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Again, we can borrow our idea from the outdoor café and place street
furniture throughout.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Thereby, allowing
pedestrians to duck for cover if something goes wrong. </span></div>
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Security Industry Association Technology Insight 2018 Spring edition, <a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/</span></span></a>
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Security Industry Association 2018 Fall Edition, <a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/09/14/creating-invisible-security-to-prevent-vehicular-attacks/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/09/14/creating-invisible-security-to-prevent-vehicular-attacks/</span></span></a><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">YEP – IN SECURITY WE STILL NEED TO
OCCUPY THE GROUND, WE CAN’T LEAVE IT ALL UP TO ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Despite the advances in electronic security technologies one
fact remains, we (“the good guys”)still need to occupy the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As many of you know, I’m a former Air Force Security
Policeman – a blue grunt, if you will.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>So consequently am a little partial to “zoomies” when it comes to the
defense of the country.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our strike
capabilities are so sophisticated that we really don’t need the other services
(now, don’t get your knickers in a twist and let me explain).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We could just bomb the hell out of the bad
guys until they surrender.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But bombing
the hell out of them doesn’t do anything for us, because in the end we still
have to occupy the ground.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And that’s
why the Air Force is just not enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The same holds true in the security business.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Everyone is moving towards electronic
technologies and the advances in predictive behavioral analyses and other
artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is “mind blowing”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the ‘80’s we posted guards, in the ‘90’s
we put cameras because guards became expensive and since that time we’ve been using
analytics to understand better what we are observing.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>With the technologies that are currently “off
the shelf” we can do allot more than we used to be able to do.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We can have one guard monitor several cameras
and with analytics s/he uses can monitor even more as the software interprets
what it’s seeing and notifies those responsible when something is amiss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is all well and good, but electronics can’t do it
alone.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We still need to “occupy
ground”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>By that I mean we need to
design the built environment so that it complements the technology we use.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The use of non-electronic technologies will
become even more important in the future, and especially in the urban
environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The city of New York employs thousands of cameras around the
city but they also deploy thousands of beat officers.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Both rely on each other to enhance the
other‘s effectiveness. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If a patrolman
sees something, she/he can have a colleague at the central station bring the field
of view into focus and zoom in.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And by
looking at adjourning screens or from different angles maybe get a clearer
picture of what is happening. Likewise, if the monitor sees something
suspicious, he/she can dispatch a patrol to investigate further and cover those
areas that the camera can’t see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So with the utmost respect, we still need the grunts.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">What the LA Rams Superbowl Game Plan </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Teaches
Us about Home Security</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First, I have to admit I had hoped the Rams would win the Superbowl.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It would have made my blog sound allot better.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I could have boosted about how Sean’s crew
had analyzed their adversaries and implemented the perfect countermeasures and
protected the home front (after all they were the home team). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then secondly, I admit I’m not a football buff and
understand everything about the do’s and don’ts of the game. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But I can with confidence make some
comparisons and analogies that I believe most of us can understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, anyway, congratulations to the New England Patriots on
their win.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The more I think about it the more I realized that the Rams
loss actually teaches us more about sizing up the threats than I first thought.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It teaches us, that not only do we have to
look at the attacking forces from our perspective but we also must consider how
they see themselves and will adjust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In security design, we call this the design basis threat or
DBT. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In other words, what you’re trying
to protect your asset (thing of value) from – whether it’s a natural threat;
such as, wind, fire, <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>rain or a man-made
threat; like, graffiti, burglary or theft of property.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rams coaching staff had to analyze what the Patriots were
capable of (their modus operandi [MO] and then figure out how thwart it. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They also needed to formulate a plan that
covered the entire field.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In essence, defense
in depth – the front line, the linebackers, the safeties.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We’ve all heard, “The best defense is offense”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>How true.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Ask the Patriots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unless, you have a comprehensive plan for the protection of
your home, the attacker, be it a burglar, tagger, etc. will circumvent your
security by finding the weak spot and exploiting it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Remember, just having a security camera or
system is not enough.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>You have to have
security built in to every facet of your daily routine.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For home security that starts with your on-line social media
presence.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Don’t give too much
information away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I laugh when I think
that someone couldn’t believe she was robbed while in Paris.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Like duh, if you brag about how expensive the
stuff is that you have there’s a very strong likelihood that someone also sees
the value and will try to take it from you.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>There was a case this week in Los Angeles were a rapper was flashing a
big wad of cash and posted it on social media.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Well, guess what, he got robbed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next, are you doing other things that tip off those with bad
intention?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Do you put boxes out on the
curb the night before the trash truck comes by?<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Do you put papers in the trash that someone could take out under the
cover of darkness and open-up credit card accounts in your name?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When you got that big screen to watch the
Superbowl on, did you mount it on the wall so that someone walking on the
sidewalk in front of your house could see it through the window?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Your plan has to be comprehensive.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It covers not only what you do but also where
you do it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Start from the roadway and
work your way inward, assessing what the bad guy is able to see.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Make sure all lights work and all gates,
windows and doors lock.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We lock our car
even when it’s parked in the garage and the door from the garage into the
house.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These little things delay the perpetrators
actions and may possibly give us enough time to call 911.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I few years ago, I posted that the best home security system
is actually a plate of cookies.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I still
believe that, if you take some freshly baked chocolate chip cookies to the
neighbors.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They’ll thank you for them
and inadvertently watch out for your stuff because now they think they owe you.
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maybe if the Rams would have taken some cookies to the
Patriot’s locker room before the game things would have turned out differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few years ago, I was asked by the editors of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Security Middle East</i> magazine</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/TheTruthAboutWalls(Fencing).docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
to write an article about perimeter security.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>During the conversations with the editor that lead to the eventual
article, she asked me to summarize what the article would be about.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I told her that in order to understand
perimeter security you first needed to accept the fact that if you have a
ten-foot fence the bad guy will bring an eleven-foot ladder.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The idea that you can build a fence or wall and keep the
bad guys out faded out sometime after the medieval ages when new technologies
and new ways of conducting warfare came about. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Well, the same holds true today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you look up on Google the difference between a wall
and a fence you’ll get the following explanation: “A fence is usually a wooden
or metal structure that encloses a yard, pasture or other area…The difference
between a fence and a wall is that you can almost always see through a fence,
at least to some degree, while a wall is solid”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you look up fence purposes, you’ll get the following
explanation; “A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors,
and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails
or netting.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Alternatives to fencing
include a ditch (sometimes filled with water, forming a moat)”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both definitions suggest that a boundary is formed
between property that is not controlled and property that is controlled.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Whether using a wall or fence, the purpose is to
delineate a boundary; usually at a property boundary.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This is the true meaning of fencing or "walling", if you will.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To delineate
property boundaries, in other words, you’re over there and I don’t care what
you do but it you come over here you need to go down to the access point so I
can check you out.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>With that in mind,
you could paint a line on the ground and put up a sign that says, “stay out or
go over there for access”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Both would
achieve the same effect as a wall of fence.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>So, why not just paint a line.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Because the value in constructing a fence or wall, is 1) to identify the
boundaries of the controlled space, 2) to cause a delay in unauthorized access,
and 3) to identify unwanted behavior.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An
authorized person will not climb over a fence or wall, tunnel under it or cut
through it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An unauthorized person will,
especially if they have nefarious intentions.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>So, with that in mind, the fence serves an early warning system.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It tells us when someone breaches it that they
have<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>“bad intentions”. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If they didn’t, they would not breach the
fence/wall and would proceed to an access control point to display the proper
credentials to gain entry.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hopefully,
the fence will be constructed in such a way as to delay their unauthorized
access.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sadly, even without tools a eight foot chain link fence with three strand barbed wire outrigger can be scaled or
climbed over in about four seconds.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>With
tools, like a ladder or a truck to stand on it takes even less time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which brings us to the next truth, unless there is a guard
or technology monitoring the fence-line in real time, we have no way of knowing
if the boundary has been breached.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We
must monitor for unauthorized access, respond to it, and engage the aggressor
in real time.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The operative word here is
“real time”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If we don’t what’s the use?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another thing to remember, no matter how solid, sturdy,
high or how many bells and whistles are added, there will always be a way to
circumvent whatever is put in place. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
key is, making sure there is enough time to delay the “bad guy or gal” so that his or her behavior can be identified and the “good guys/gals” have time to respond and engage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was watching the news the other night and just like every
night, they were showing criminals that had broken in to homes while the owners
were away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There was even footage of the
family dog chasing the burglar away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But
one story caught my eye.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was the
story of a homeowner who had installed a doorbell system with a camera.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We’ve all seen the ad where the bad guy
approaches the home and the owner say “Get off my lawn” or something to that
effect.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Then the perps run away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It was one of those types.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this particular case, the homeowner was inside the house
with her son.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When the would-be burglar approached
the door she got an image of the burglar standing by her front door.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>He knocked on the door and pulled a gun from
his waist band.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The homeowner took her
son and hid in a closet and called 911.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can’t say I blame her.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>After all this was more than a burglary this had all of the potential of
being a kidnapping, sexual assault or worse.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>I think she did the right thing in hiding.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That said, however, a closet offers very
little protection from a dedicated intruder.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>What she needed was a closet that had been converted into a
safe-room.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>A room that was impenetrable from
the outside.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There are materials out
there that can be used in new construction or retrofitted to an existing closet
space for a few thousand dollars. It could even be a DIY project over a
weekend.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Shouldn’t every home have one?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But the real problem here is that the homeowner had bought
the security system thinking that it would protect them.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I guess it did, sort of, because she was able
to see the perps and take action.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
standard action is to tell the perps to go away.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She didn’t do that, so in essence she didn’t
use the system the way it was designed to be used.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fortunately, the perps weren’t able to force
the door open and eventually gave up and left.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are two things to remember about having a home
security system; 1) it must be used the way it was designed in order to be
truly effective, and 2) unless, there is a police or guard force’s <u>immediate
</u>response, it really only collects evidence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">More about turning a closet into a safe-room, here:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/a/amuletbb.com/file/d/0B_EElZXso5ZmdUVZYVlXNFRscEU/view?usp=drive_web"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">https://drive.google.com/a/amuletbb.com/file/d/0B_EElZXso5ZmdUVZYVlXNFRscEU/view?usp=drive_web</span></i></b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">More about how thieves target homes, here: <span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6466683287757733888/"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6466683287757733888/</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">More tips on what you can do so it doesn’t happen to you, here: <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><a href="https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/NYREJ/issues/203922/viewer?page=57"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/NYREJ/issues/203922/viewer?page=57</span></span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; margin: 0px;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">The normal process for building or inhabited space design
goes something like this:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>the client
goes to the architect and describes his/her vision.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The architect interprets that vision using
their creative juices.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That’s a good
thing! Once the client approves the vision then project is handed over to an
engineering firm to “build the guts”. Once the infrastructure is done and the
project is finalized.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The client accepts
the project.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>At that point, it’s up to
the client to coordinate the security features of the designed environment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Sometimes, this process works.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But more often than not, it doesn’t for a
very simple reason.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Everyone sees the
project differently.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The first questions
the architect asks the client is how many people, what type of space
(open/shared/closed offices, how many floors, etc.?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>During that conversation there should be
questions asked that regard the Design Basis Threat; i.e, what types of threats
are we trying to protect against? This particularly the case when it comes to
man-made threats; such as, active shooter, hostile vehicle, insider
threats.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Natural threats to buildings
and people are usually governed by ordinances or codes; fire, earthquake, high
winds, etc.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Man-made threats on the
other hand are not usually governed by ordinance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">1) Types of aggressors threats (covert or overt, group or
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">2) Aggressor motivations or objectives (inflict injury or
death, damage or destroy property, steal equipment or materials, and create
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">Unfortunately, these elements are usually left up to the
security consultant towards the end of the project.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If they were considered during the initial
15% phase or 35% phase of the project, it could easily accommodate
countermeasures that mitigate these identified threats purely by designing the
space to do just that while still maintaining functionality and aesthetics.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">The Department of Defense, Department of State and
Veteran’s Administration mandate that a security representative be part of the
design team from the very beginning.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
civilian world should follow suit, instead of the current halfway method.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: black;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Security Industry
Association Technology Insight, </i>Spring edition</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">https://www.securityindustry.org/2018/04/05/the-puppy-movement/</span></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the days following the Parkland High School shooting,
my emotions were out of control; first, because of the lack of “adult”
leadership by the Federal government officials and secondly, because when
called out by the high school’s young adults they (politicians) attacked the
teens.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Whenever asked about how they
intended to keep another active shooter event from happening they hid behind
thinly veiled comments about how it was someone else’s responsibility to
address the causes and fix them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let’s be realistic, it’s about guns, it’s about mental
help, it’s about a person’s desire for fame, it’s about lack of protection, it’s
about lack of designed evacuation routes and the list goes on…<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some causes can be fixed in the short term
and others, like mental health issues will take many years to devise systems
that are effective in identifying “at risk behaviors” and getting the person
the proper treatment.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We also need to
address the way schools are designed not only should they be great environments
for learning by they must also be safe. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>One example is there should always be two ways
to egress a space in an emergency.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Currently,
many times there is only one and if there are two, they lead into the same
hallway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, in the meantime, if students and faculty are going to
be taught to “hide” in the back of the classroom then the space must provide
ballistic protection.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If it doesn’t, the
AR-15 bullet will travel through the hallway locker, drywall or classroom
furniture.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I thought, if we don’t have
specific ballistic protection in place couldn’t we design a system similar to
have hotels create additional space by mobile walls.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I reached out to my friends at Amulet
Ballistic Technologies and come up with a design for retrofitting existing
classrooms or new construction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In 2018, the Federal government allocated $100 million for
security upgrades to schools.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
deadline for application to receive some of that money was 31 July 2018.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If your school district didn’t apply, it for
sure won’t get any of the money, so you’ll have to wait until next year.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Fortunately, many State legislatures have
been setting aside funding and the process seems to be continuous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another unfortunately circumstance when it comes to funding
is that most of the money will go to hiring school resource officers (RSO) from
the local sheriff or police department.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Placing an armed guard is not in of itself sufficient.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While it will help deter possibly, the truth
is if a RSO is present he/she will become the first victim and/or will not be
where the shooting starts when it starts.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Another key security feature will be electronic surveillance and access
control.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Both are useful and effective
but have their limits as well.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Cameras
must be monitored in “real-time” AND a response must be immediate.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Access control is only effective if it doesn’t
become a burden to day-to-day operations.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>If it becomes “taxing” people will figure out how to get around it. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, back to $100 million per year for the next 10 years
($1Billion total).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There are an
estimated 50.2 – 58 million students in America’s schools.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The average class size in the US is somewhere
between 17 and 26, so let’s just say 20-22 students.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If we divide the average size class occupancy
into the lower number of total students that tells us we have about 2.5 million
classrooms (give or take).<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Now, if the
average cost of constructing or retrofitting one classroom with ballistic
protection is $15,000 (I suspect that once we get going the costs will be lower
and more likely to be about $10-12k for a classroom of 20 using the Department
of Homeland Security recommended square footage for safe-haven/shelter space
occupancy.) then it will take $3,750,000,000,000 to retrofit all existing
classrooms.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>At one billion every ten
years that will be 375</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/gamble.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
years to protect every classroom in the US.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let me put that into context. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Most people think that during the 2008 financial
crisis</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/gamble.docx" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
the treasury department used $700M to save the banks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This is not true.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The Special Inspector General for the Troubled
Asset Relief Program (TARP) in their summary report says that the total
commitment of the government is $16.8 trillion with about $4.6 trillion already
paid out.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #262626; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to a team at Bloomberg
News, at one point last year the U.S. had lent, spent or guaranteed as much as
$12.8 trillion to rescue the economy.</span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/gamble.docx" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In either case, more than enough to protect America’s kids
in less than 10 years instead of over 300.<span style="margin: 0px;">
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Protect Children – Why?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Salesmanship and fear are
the two main reasons.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fear because
active shooter events are more commonplace than a few years ago.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The recent discovery in New Mexico of abducted
children being trained to carry out armed attacks at schools is
frightening.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Since the federal government
won’t address some of the underlying issues of gun violence by creating
sensible legislation maybe they can concentrate instead on finding the
horrifying number of missing kids that occur every year in America<a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/NYREJ/Aug18-Parents%20and%20School%20Administrators%20are%20Buying%20Security%20Equipment%20That%20Won't%20Protect%20Children%20-%20Why.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a>.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Just saying.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the meantime, parents
and school administrator know that something has to be done and have taken
matters into their own hands.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I applaud
many States and school districts that have taken steps for comprehensive
security improvements.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unfortunately,
there are an equal number of school districts that have only made superficial
changes that really don’t offer protection from the active shooter threat or
errant vehicle threats.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right after the
February 14<sup>th</sup> event in Parkland, everyone wanted to put more
resource officers on campuses, more cameras and more access control.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While on the surface these may be good ideas,
just getting more is not enough.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There
must be processes in place that make them effective.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>For example, if a school increases the number
of CCTV cameras, then who monitors them in real time becomes essential.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unless monitored in real-time, they only have
evidentiary value. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The real value of
CCTV is that it allows investigators to go back in time and figure out what
happened.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We don’t need after-the-fact
protection.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students and staff need to
rely on protection that will actually protect them<a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/NYREJ/Aug18-Parents%20and%20School%20Administrators%20are%20Buying%20Security%20Equipment%20That%20Won't%20Protect%20Children%20-%20Why.docx" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bulletproof - C'mon really?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw a news report a
couple days ago about a company offering “bullet proof” backpacks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>My antennae went up – way up.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There is no such thing as “bullet
proof”!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The correct term is “ballistic
resistant” or “bullet resistant”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It may
stop some types of bullets but it won’t stop all.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Therefore it is <u>bullet resistant</u> and
not <u>bullet proof</u>. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Shady salesmen
will play on your fear and lack of knowledge in knowing the difference.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Anyway, the news reporter had a marksman fire
two types of handguns, which the backpack manufacturer said would be stopped,
and they were, but when rounds from an AR15 (the most common type of weapon
used in school mass shootings) were fired and the rounds went straight through the
backpack and into the dirt berm behind.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>The reporter asked why, and a guy whom I believe to be a company
spokesman, said something to the effect, “well, it was shot at without books
and binders being inside. That would change everything”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>To suggest that books and binders offer ballistic
protection is just ludicrous.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Backpack
manufacturers if I’m wrong AND you have the data to prove it!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Then do so and I will publically admit I was
wrong.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m amazed that Walmart and
Costco are selling these backpacks for upwards of $100 and apparently do not make this distinction.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even if the backpack will stop a .9mm or
.45mm, a person would have to be wearing it and be shot from the back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Use Whatever You Can</b></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Police Departments and
some companies have made a very profitable business out of teaching
Run-Hide-Fight.<span style="margin: 0px;"> A defense strategy that teaches: r</span>un if you can, hide if
you can’t and fight if you have to.<span style="margin: 0px;"> At first, </span>this concept makes sense but the reality is the instructions being
given during the R-H-F training actually teaches people to hide and use
whatever they can for protection, or in worse case scenarios, use whatever they can to fight.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>With this in mind, the
idea that a student could hold a backpack in front of them and hide behind it,
to me seems a little unreasonable.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I
have a hard time imagining a ten year old reducing herself down to the size of
a book-bag.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Instead we should be teaching, to get out - Run-Run-Run - no matter what. Throw a chair through the window, punch thru the dry-wall - but do something that allows you to escape. The idea of waiting for the "cavalry" to arrive and save the day is just crazy. We could start designing all occupied spaces with, at least, two avenues of escape. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px;">This will take a considerable amount of time because first, we have to change our mindset about how we think about high occupancy spaces and how to design them to our advantage, and second, we have to actually implement these concepts into retrofitting classrooms or building new ones.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago, I was
sitting next to a second grade teacher on a flight to Houston.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Of course, the conversation got around to
school safety.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She said, “I don’t think
about it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I mean, I know what the security
measures are for sheltering-in-place and fire drills and such but I really
don’t give it much thought, and especially the “big stuff”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I assumed she meant events like active
shooters or terrorist attacks.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She’s
right – she shouldn’t be worrying about security.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>She should concentrate on teaching.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Educators should not try to D-I-Y this.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Instead, they should contact security
professionals that are agnostic to products and are concerned solely with providing
effective security solutions.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That way,
educators will get honest protection options that address issues on multiple
levels and not just be sold more products. </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Douglas/Desktop/NYREJ/Aug18-Parents%20and%20School%20Administrators%20are%20Buying%20Security%20Equipment%20That%20Won't%20Protect%20Children%20-%20Why.docx" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #626366; margin: 0px;">National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.missingkids.com/KeyFacts"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.missingkids.com/KeyFacts</span></span></a></span></div>
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– One More Family – One More Angel – One More Funeral</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> February 22<sup>nd</sup> 2018 on-line edition of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Security Today. </i><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><a href="https://americansecuritytoday.com/one-town-one-family-one-angel-one-funeral/"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">https://americansecuritytoday.com/one-town-one-family-one-angel-one-funeral/</span></span></a></span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I want to tell you about two incidents that required a
security solution and how the first attempt at providing an adequate solution
failed miserably. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calibri;">First case – illegal
dumping</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The issue was that people were driving up to the banks of a
stream and dumping trash; i.e., tires, mattresses, rubbish, etc.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The first solution provided added a camera to
the site so that “things” could be monitored.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>The camera fed back to the superintendent’s desk. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Of course, when he wasn’t there (weekends,
evening/late at night, attending meetings, lunch, naps) the dumping occurred
and continued.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The superintendent was
scratching his head on what to do.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>After
all, he just spent several thousands of dollars on the latest technologies and
they didn’t seem to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our solution was not electronic.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Instead, we suggested that they build a
raised berm/curb using natural landscaping (trees/boulders/bushes, even park
benches) so that the vehicle couldn’t drive up to the water’s edge in the first
place.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We suggested landscaping due to
the ability to prevent the vehicle from reaching the stream.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We imagined the culprits wouldn’t want to
carry the heavy objects from the roadway, across a bicycle/walking path and
then into the wood clearing to reach the stream.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Our second reason was to ensure the
aesthetics of the area were kept intact.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Sure, we could have suggested a fence along the embankment to deny
access and achieve the same effect, but who wants to walk along a fence with
barbed wire when they’re taking the dog out or jogging or cycling.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Calibri;">Second case –
unwanted access to school property</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The issue in this case was that community members were
cutting across school grounds in order to shorten the distance to retail shops
located near the school campus.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The first
security company suggested erecting a chain-link-fence with 3-strand barbed
wire outrigger around the entire campus perimeter with a gate for buses and
parents/administrators.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>When not in use
the gate would be kept locked.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
administrators weren’t buying it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What if
a student climbed the fence and was injured?<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>And where were they going to get the manpower to manage the gate?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our solution was to construct on three sides a wooden split-rail
fence approximately 4 feet high (similar to those used in the Atlantic Piedmont
region) and then to place flower beds in front of the fence and thorny shrubbery
and trees behind it so that it would be difficult to cut through.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The front of the campus was left open. <span style="margin: 0px;"> We also suggested installing "speed cushions" to allow just buses to enter the "drive up/drop off" area. And to have a separate loading/unloading zone for the parent's cars, that would be controlled by school staff. </span>These solutions provided the aesthetic
qualities the administrators were looking for. We also suggested changing procedures but I don't want to give too much away here. Needless to say a comprehensive change was needed to address the concerns of the school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">These are just two examples of how not all security
solutions need to be electronic.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Unfortunately, surveillance companies will tell you that CCTV is the
solution to everything.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The reality is
it isn’t.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In both cases we used “natural
access control” (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design [CPTED]) as a
fundamental principle in our approach to reducing crime. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Prediction: An Active Shooter Event Will Occur at Your Child's School Unless Fundamental Security Changes are Made</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One more active shooter incident, just a different town,
different families but we’ve seen this show far too many times before.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m disgusted that everyone is blaming
everyone else, the gun lobby oh it’s a mental health issue, the gun control
tribe, oh we need gun control, everyone attacking the FBI and the mental health
system.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The reality is WE, the
collective We, failed.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No single agency
or group or person or law is solely responsible.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Non-sensible gun control, non-sensible mental
health laws, non-sensible law enforcement and non-sensible governing by public
officials who haven’t display even the slightest bit of leadership.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Leaders stand up, admit their failures and take
actions to correct course.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I know it’s
only been a few days, so maybe just maybe someone will step up but based on previous
track records, I kind of doubt it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">ELECTED OFFICIALS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you’re an elected official, we’re calling you out.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There is nothing and I mean, NOTHING that is
more important than protecting our kids, no … America’s kids.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If you think of them as someone else’s kids,
then you’re sorely mistaken.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These are
American’s kids, they belong to all of us.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>It just so happens that they weren’t my blood relatives – at least, not
this time.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If you’re a public official you serve us – not your own or
your party’s agenda – OUR agenda, and right now our agenda is – SAVE OUR
KIDS!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had written a two-hundred-word rant but I think Emma Gonzalez
said it much more eloquently that I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is not about anything other than will power.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We, after Presidential leadership, decided to
put a man on the moon.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not because we
knew how but because that’s who we are.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>We did it because of our willpower to do it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">SAME OLD SOLUTIONS </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I fear that in the aftermath of this tragic event those
faced with finding solutions; i.e., security companies, elected officials, and school
administrators will rush to add security guards and electronic security systems
to their schools.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unfortunately, these
products will not solve the problem.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The
school in Parkland had both.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sadly, the
guards will be somewhere else when the shooting starts or will become the first
victim.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>More cameras will only allow us
to capture what happened, because there is no one monitoring and responding in
“real time”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Allowing teachers to carry
guns, will not stop the carnage.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In
fact, the idea of allowing “responsible” people to carry weapons, whether open
or concealed, only puts more people at risk.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>We could add fences and gates and metal detectors but all of those can
and will be circumvented by a dedicated threat.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Besides, fences and gates and access control add to the issue of
aggressiveness</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And, I certainly don’t advocate that we turn
our schools into prison like compounds. It’s going to take a multi-layered
approach.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We need to address the
possession and use of guns, especially assault type weapons that are designed
to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible.
Since they’re not for protecting a person and or his/her loved ones I don’t get
why you need to have one.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I understand
the argument that you have the right to protect yourself and your loved ones in
your home, but do you really need an AR-15 to do that? <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m not writing this to get in an argument
over guns.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m writing this to voice my
concern that if we don’t address the use of these type weapons in a logical
way, we’re in for more trouble.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Regrettably, someone will say, “Hey here’s how we fix this,
so it doesn’t happen again”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And then
everyone will run after that solution for a while or until the next shooting
happens.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Then we’ll figure out what
“fell through the cracks”, plug that hole and wait for the next killings to
occur.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Unless we have a comprehensive
approach bringing a variety of disciplines to the table the “plug a hole”
approach will cost lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just like tackling the root causes of what happened in their
totality so is the necessity to take a layered approach to implement security
at the detection, assessment, command and control (school administration),
response and engagement levels.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Without
a holistic approach we will not have comprehensive solutions. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">CRY FOR HELP – MENTAL HEALTH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have to say, that while I detest what the Parkland shooter
did, I also can see that this was a desperate cry for help.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The system failed this young man and now we
have hundreds of victims to show for it.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>So mental health professionals need to be consulted so they can express
how they can have a greater impact on the actions of those who are troubled before
they act out. Note: After the Isla Vista shooting in Santa Barbara a few years
ago, the city formed a coalition of mental health professionals, police and
others to respond to “welfare check” requests, instead of leaving it solely up
to the police.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If we don’t address associated mental health issues and the
laws surrounding when a physician can report his or her suspicions and concerns
that a person may act out, then we’ll miss the boat again.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I think we all can agree, if a mental health
professional says this person may resort to violence, then our first course of
action should be to take away their ability to access firearms.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>At least, until a risk assessment is done by
a professional panel. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">LAW ENFORCEMENT’S FAILURE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that the FBI is under scrutiny for its failure to follow
up on what seems to be a credible tip, everyone wants to blame them.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>In this instance, an investigation needs to
be conducted (Director Wray has already announced a probe will be conducted)
and if someone needs to be held accountable, at whatever level, then so be
it.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>But to place the blame solely on the
FBI is wrong.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I have high confidence
that the FBI will get to the bottom of what happened and correct it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">ARMING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Many people will want to have officials pass legislation so
that teachers and school administrators can carry weapons at school.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Bringing more wood to a burning building only
makes the fire grow.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While on the
surface, armed teacher/administrators may seem like a good idea but when you
think it through it’s not.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>These active
shooter incidents most often start outside the classroom, somewhere on the periphery.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This means, that in order to be effective
armed school officials would need to be outside of the classroom to engage and
neutralize the threat.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Second, if
everyone has a gun then what is the triggering mechanism for suspicious
behavior or “See Something, Say Something”.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>The tip that came in to the FBI was initiated because the behavior of
the shooter was out of the ordinary.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If
everyone is walking around with a loaded weapon, then how do we distinguish the
good guys from the bad guys?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Besides,
when the shooting starts who’s to say it won’t become the “wild west”? <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I fear there would be many more
casualties.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We’ve become accustomed to
armed security officers or policeman because they’re uniformed, which
identifies them as a good guy, and because they receive regular firearms safety
training.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Yet accidents do happen.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I doubt teachers and administrators would
receive the same degree of rigorous and routine situational training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Curious note here: A Presidential Pool reporter was stopped
this morning because he had a gun in his bag and was attempting to travel with
the President.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If gun advocates think
everyone should be allowed to “conceal carry” a weapon wherever they go, then
why not let the reporter carry his legally registered firearm while
accompanying the President to his golf game?<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>Just saying. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">CHANGE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Additionally, schools are not designed for protection,
they’re designed for education.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Now,
that said, some newer schools have been designed with security in mind but most
of the effort has been on creating a perimeter that is impenetrable.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The reality is, what happens if a person gets
past the perimeter</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
then what?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No places to hide that offer
ballistic protection.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Especially in the
newer facilities with open floor plans that foster the interaction of
students.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The idea of stacking desks and
chairs behind a door and expecting the dry-wall to offer protection from a high
caliber bullet is just insane.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We need a change in the way we design inhabited space,
especially when the occupancy is higher than 20 people or so.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There should always be two possibilities for
escape</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftnref3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And we should be teaching to run at all costs; hiding and
fighting is not an option.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Throw a chair
through the window, kick or punch a hole in the wall (after all it’s just
dry-wall) and get out no matter what, the only time a person should stay behind
is if they don’t have time to escape.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>With that in mind, we need to start creating ballistically protected
spaces throughout that provide sanctuary and keep people safe when it’s too
late for them to run. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There are off-the-shelf ballistic materials available that
can be used to create safe-havens, in new construction or existing facilities
and can be embedded in white boards, desks and chairs.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">THE COST OF CHANGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, don’t get me wrong, I think space exploration and
figuring out a way that’s economical to get to Mars is a great and necessary
thing.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m using this as only one of many
examples that I could use.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m just
saying, if we can find the money to this, then why can’t we find the money and
willpower to protect our schools. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The fiscal conservatives will say that it will drive the
budget up.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I can’t think of a better return on
investment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The cost to launch the Falcon Heavy was somewhere close to
$90,000,000.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not to mention the costs of
the R&D that came before hand.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>There’s not allot of information about how much money is has been
allocated to this program so I’m going to make some guesses here.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Let’s say there were 10 launches (ground tests
and orbital) at $50M each. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So that’s
$500,000,000.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, let’s just say, that to make a space that’s
approximately 100 square feet, that can accommodate a classroom full of students
and teacher, we use the occupied floorspace guidance provided by DHS for
saferooms/shelter (spaces where a person can seek shelter for up to two hours)
costs, $20,000.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>If, you divide half a
billion by $20k that’s 25,000 classrooms that could be built or
retrofitted.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>And let’s say on average a
classroom has 20 students then that’s roughly 500,000 students and teachers
that would have been afforded protection in the same period.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Using the same formula and using just the
latest launch cost of $90M, equates to protecting 90,000 lives.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This doesn’t look like rocket science to me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">REAL CHANGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For real change to occur two actions are required;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First, we need to stop thinking about this as a singular
issue to resolve.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This is a
multi-layered issue and can only be resolved with a multi-dimensional approach.
<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No topic or option, no matter how
painful, needs to be off the table</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftnref4" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn4;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[4]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Folks need to check their emotions at the
door and get to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And second, and much more importantly, we need to change our
way of thinking.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>We need to think that although
it didn’t happen in my town or to my family it did happen to me personally –
these are not someone else’s kids and teachers, they are OUR kids and teachers –
they belong to America!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We claim to be the greatest nation in the history of the
earth yet we sure aren’t acting like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Related article </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://view.joomag.com/ast-digital-magazine-august-2017-digital-aug/0415224001503451917?short"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://view.joomag.com/ast-digital-magazine-august-2017-digital-aug/0415224001503451917?short</span></a></span></span></div>
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<a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Security Update </i>Opinion:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>Little empirical evidence #security
measures can really stop school shootings ow.ly/kRah30irCS0 </span></div>
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<a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftn2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[2]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> Security
guidelines for safer schools can be downloaded from the PASSK12 website <span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://passk12.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">http://passk12.org/</span></a></span>
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<a href="file:///C:/Users/doughaines/Desktop/PRESENTATIONS/OneMore.docx" name="_ftn3" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn3;" title=""><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">[3]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> “Active
Shooter Threat:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Why Run-Hide-Fight is
Wrong and Two Ways to Fix It”<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>appeared
in the 16 May 17 edition of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New York
Real Estate Journal</i> </span></div>
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Toolkits on how to change the safety culture at your school are available
here<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.safeandsoundschools.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.safeandsoundschools.org/</span></a></span>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">THE EVOLUTION OF RISK MANAGEMENT, </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">WAS </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">DARWIN RIGHT?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the Theory of Evolution, Darwin suggests that evolution is
about survival of the fittest.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Was he
right?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>While he was talking about the
natural world, his theory also applies to the security business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to survive in today’s world businesses must adapt
to their environments.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The threats that
were around twenty years ago have changed.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>They’ve become more sophisticated and must be adapted to.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What worked before won’t necessarily work in
today’s world.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Not only have threats
scenarios evolved but with the increase in technologies so have a new variety
of threats come about.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It used to be that a person who wanted to commit a breach of
security had to be physically present in the space in order to carry out the
attack.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That is no longer the case.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Since just about everything that has a moving
part to it is somehow connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), a hacker does
not have to be present in the physical sense in order to disable a closed
circuit television (CCTV) camera, for example.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This means, a new way of thinking about threats, vulnerabilities and
risk is necessary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Threats used to be pretty much two-dimensional.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>That no longer is true.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Those involved in the risk management
business must think in three-dimensional terms.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>In fact, they need to think about security as if it were a cube or box.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>It’s six-dimensional and the approach to risk
management must be carried-out that way.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This will require, pardon the pun, “outside of the box” thinking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Additionally, without the “it’s part of the culture” way of
doing business threat scenarios will continue to be played out with varying
degrees of impact – and, some will be catastrophic.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Since we cannot prevent threats from
occurring one hundred percent of the time we have to get the results down to a
level that we can accept and handle with available resources.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This requires us to include scenario that are
improbable but the results will overwhelm resources.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I call this “impact centric planning”.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I know
most of us will not encounter an active shooter situation within our lifetime
but active shooter threats must be planned for wherever high concentrations of
people gather.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The adage, it won’t
happen here cannot be the flavor of the day.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>You’re right it probably won’t happen here, BUT if it does?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What will be the impact?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not only must we deal with threats that are likely but we
also must deal with threats that would be catastrophic even though very unlikely.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>An excellent example of a highly unlikely
event is the Las Vegas shooting incident.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>That event was so improbable that if I would have brought it up during a
planning session those in the room would have thrown their coffee at me.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to survive, we must ensure we are the fittest.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>So, Darwin was absolutely<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>right.</span></div>
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