Security Training Center® News
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February 1, 2014
Welcome to the first issue of Security Training Center® News! This newsletter is part of our continuing education program, offered free to our students. Twice each month subscribers receive links to relevant and interesting articles pertaining to the private security industry. Every article will have some educational value, be it changes in security best practices, case studies with lessons to be learned, or success stories. Security Training Center's goal is to make our students the best-informed and current security officers in the industry.
We will also keep subscribers appraised of our latest course offerings and advanced programs. Once in a while we will even publish coupon codes for our online training programs.
| DUTY TIP: The first patrol is one of the most important of the shift as this will establish the template against which any events will be compared. |
| Arapahoe High School Analysis Quickly-implemented lockdown procedures saved lives when an armed student started shooting at Arapahoe High School. Details on what went right |
Hospital Active Shooter Review Gunman at hospital orders patients to leave before shooting doctors and himself. Read more |
| New Gun Control Law May Hinder Armed Security in California Smith & Wesson joins the growing list of gun manufacturers which will not sell new or updated semiautomatic firearms in California - an unintended consequence of California's "microstamping" law? Read why |
Handling Difficult Kids Conflicts and disruptions at school are best handled through improved personnel training and not through arrests or referrals to law enforcement, according to Attorney General Eric Holder's latest recommendations. Details |
| Security Changes for Sandy Hook Elementary School New security measures will protect students from natural and manmade threats at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School. Read about changes |
Racial Profiling Leads to New Policies and Firings Major retail chains combat racial profiling and unreasonable searches by listing shoppers' rights and firing workers who violate policy. Full article |
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