The adage, how to eat an elephant could not be more appropriate when addressing the issues and possible solutions to school violence. In case you missed it, in mid-December the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) final report *from the Public Safety...
Behavioral Intervention Systems: Is Your School Prepared?
Not to be confused with Physical Threat Assessments, the recently released guidance (7.13.18) from the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), a division of the Secret Service, covers behavioral intervention systems and techniques as operational guidelines for...
Saturday: Six Months After Sutherland Springs
Saturday marks the six month anniversary of the massacre at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. As the case with the Charleston shooting was, the same predictable responses ensued afterwards. The press tirelessly inundated the viewers with experts...
Violent Incidents Reduced with Suitable Reporting Tools?
In looking back at recent mass shootings, in the majority of incidents, there are indicators, and one or more persons are informed prior to the violent incident occurring. After the Sutherland Springs shooting , our team at Counter Threat Group, LLC was asked what...
Sutherland Springs, Texas: Just Another Date to Remember?
A little over two years ago, the formation of what is now formally known as Counter Threat Group,LLC., was underway. A meeting was planned in Birmingham for June 18, 2015 to map out ideas for organizing a company that would assist Houses of Worship in addressing the...
Africa: New Battleground For ISIS and Al-Qaeda
Africa has become the new battleground for ISIS and Al-Qaeda https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/10/25/africa-becomes-new-battleground-isis-and-al-qaeda-they-lose-ground-mideast/796148001/
Mexican Tourist Playgrounds Increasingly Dangerous
You may have visited, are considering a trip, or know someone who has been there. Playa del Carmen, Cancun and Acapulco are some of the most popular tourist destinations in Mexico for vacation travelers. For the most part, these Mexican tourist playgrounds have not...
Further U.S. Involvement in the Philippines Appears Imminent
A new front in the war against ISIS continues to develop as the United States is considering drone strikes in the Philippines. As Counter Threat Group, LLC has monitored since June, the inability of a vastly unskilled and outdated Philippine military to squash the...
Philippines Continue To Be Growing Area of Concern
As Counter Threat Group, LLC wrote about on June 12 of this year, concerns about the Philippines becoming a stronghold for ISIS continue to grow. As the loss of territory in Iraq and Syria continue, there is a growing presence of hardened fighters appearing in the...
German Intel Reports Hundreds of Jihadists Among Migrants
Germany's intelligence agency (BfV) reports hundreds of Jihadists are among the million plus immigrants into their country during the past two years. There were five Islamic Jihadist attacks on German soil last year and seven attempted attacks. BfV also report there...
Downed Syrian Fighter Jet Escalates Complex War
The downing of a Syrian jet on Sunday has drawn a strong rebuke and warnings by Russia. Moscow has chosen to suspend the use of the military hotline used to avoid collisions in Syrian airspace. They have also termed the U.S. Air Force response a "massive violation of...
War Against ISIS Expands To Phillipines
Over the past three weeks, the war against ISIS has expanded to the Philippines in Marawi City on the island of Mindanao. On May 17, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law for Mindanao as Marawi City was under siege by Islamic state militants of the Maute...
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