personal safety Tag

Tip of the Week: Protecting Your Child from Sexual Predators

28 September in Tip of the Week Personal Safety, Tip of the Week Protective Services, Tip of the Week School Safety

3 Important Tips to help protect your child The tragic Washington State murder of a young woman by a sexual predator, followed by tremendous public outrage, resulted in a Governor’s Taskforce on Community Protection and the Washington Community Protection Act of 1990. The task force recognized that sex offenders are often times repeat offenders who must be supervised after release. Two important components of the resulting law included: 1) the required mandatory registration of sex offenders, and 2) granted police agencies the authority to notify the...

Tip of the Week – Your Personal Security at Large Outdoor Summer Events

28 September in Tip of the Week Corporate Security, Tip of the Week Personal Safety, Tip of the Week School Safety, Tip of the Week Travel Safety

5 tips to help keep you safe at large outdoor activities During the summer months, we often find ourselves engaging more frequently in events such as outdoor concerts, festivals and fairs, and other events for which we have no control of our own personal security.   And while our chances of becoming the victim of criminal activity during these activities are very small, we can help minimize our risk even more with vigilance and preparation. Here are 5 tips to help keep you safe at large outdoor activities: 1. ...

Tip of the Week – Keep your Credit, Debit and ATM Cards Safe

28 September in Tip of the Week, Tip of the Week Business Continuity Planning, Tip of the Week Corporate Security, Tip of the Week Personal Safety

10 Tips for Bank and Credit Card Security Credit, debit, and ATM cards are convenient and allow us access to financial resources without the risk of carrying large sums of money. But, these cards can also present their own source of risk through loss, fraud and theft. Here are 10 common sense tips to keeping your credit, debit and ATM cards safe: 1. Don’t disclose your account number over the phone unless you initiate the call. 2. Guard your account information. Never leave it out in the open or...

Tip of the Week – Precautions to Minimize Home Burglary

28 September in Tip of the Week Personal Safety

  5 Tips to Keep Your Home Safe during Fourth of July Travel   The upcoming Fourth of July Independence Day holiday will find many of us traveling as we celebrate the holiday with friends and family, or use the long weekend to launch into our summer vacations. Leaving a home unattended creates a prime opportunity for thieves to target homes for burglary. Consider these 5 simple precautions you can take to minimize your chance of becoming a burglary victim while you are away from your home: 1. Ensure your...

Tip of the Week – Personal Security with Shared Ride Services

27 September in Tip of the Week, Tip of the Week Personal Safety, Tip of the Week Protective Services, Tip of the Week Travel Safety, Tip of the Week: Security Consulting

10 Tips to help keep your shared ride safe With the widespread acceptance of shared ride services or Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) such as Uber and Lyft, we have seen ever increasing reports of assaults on female passengers by TNC drivers. The problem has been well documented in media reports and is closely tracked by the organization whosdrivingyou.org that publishes lists of incidents and the annual growth in attacks: http://www.whosdrivingyou.org/rideshare-incidents. The growth of the problem may be tied to increased ridership, but the standard of required background...

Price of Security Failure

27 September in Corporate Security, Crisis Response, Personal Safety, Protective Services, Security Consulting

Posted on June 15, 2016 Last week ended with the killing of young singer Christina Grimmie by a 27-year old man who showed up to her concert and shot her as she signed autographs for fans. And, this week began with the news that a man fatally shot in excess of 100 patrons in an Orlando nightclub, fatally wounding 49. These two tragic events are reported by authorities to be completely unrelated. But on closer inspection, we will likely find a common element between these events...