Following Pittsburgh, What is the Future of Religious Security?

Not even a week after the tragic Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that claimed 11 lives, the faith-based community and other gathering places have found themselves left with an almost unfathomable, but inevitably relevant question: “what if a shooting happens here next?”...

Passion and Control: Maintaining Public Safety in Times of Protest

The past few months have seen political and moral discourse reach dangerous new boiling points on a variety of fronts, and now, a series of suspicious devices have been sent to politically prominent people, congressional offices have been vandalized and increasing...

Three common school security myths, and why they are incorrect

On its surface, the job of those specializing safety & security should be a simple one; to keep bad things from happening by securing an environment from accidental and/or intentional incidents that may cause injury, loss or even death. However, when you add in...

The Hill: When a union local betrays all of organized labor

In my November 3rd piece for The Hill, I wrote about this week’s Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) strike, and how America’s fifth largest city is being held hostage every few years by the same Union. The issue is particularly frustrating...

The Hill: Why facts matter in police shootings

My latest piece in The Hill looks at the differences between the two lives lost in Los Angeles County this week. As quoted: “Black Lives Matter” vs. “All Lives Matter” is, in my opinion a false dichotomy. As someone who grew up in both New York and Los Angeles during...