As school districts and college campuses across the nation enter the 2018-19 year, there are likely many important thoughts on the minds of students, faculty members, and parents alike. In wake of recent mass shooting incidents like the ones at Marjory Stoneman...
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...
There are numerous key components that make up a functional security program, but arguably the most important one is a necessary alteration of behavior; which is the willingness of all parties involved to embrace new ways of thinking and acting to ensure that general...
The following excerpt is taken from a Daily Caller article in which Ariel Benjamin Mannes discusses the opioid crisis — namely its escalation into a public safety emergency. “In October 2017, President Trump declared a “national health emergency” in...
In his July 19, 2018 piece for Security Magazine, Ariel Benjamin Mannes analyzes the lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts in their effort to use a 9/11-based federal terrorism law as a liability shield from the tragic October, 2017 shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel &...
In this piece for Security Magazine, I discuss the recent Capital Gazette shooting and recently released FBI report on behavioral indicators for active shooter prevention and the workplace responsibility for safety & security of staff and stakeholders. Question...
