Security issues confronting Mexico have spiraled based on a study by the London, non-partisan group, IISS. Mexico was second only to Syria in the number of intentional homicides in 2016 with 23,000 deaths. In the region that includes Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador...
Mounting Home Grown Extremism
As tactics change, evidence mounts in the United States in the growth of home grown extremism. The Homeland Security Committee released a terror snapshot Monday, May 8, regarding the threat of terror within the United States. In the past 12 months, there have been 39...
Terrorists Changing Tactics
As the ISIS proclaimed "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq dissolves, terrorists returning to their home bases are changing their tactics. Although they still prefer to hit the more symbolic religious and large soft targets, there is a movement to attacking ordinary people...
Sexual Predators in Houses of Worship- Greatest Threat?
There is much deserved print space dedicated to the topic of violence in Houses of Worship (HOW), particularly, in the aftermath of the Charleston shooting in 2015. The cornerstone of our firm’s existence is due to the rising violent incidents that occur in HOW. We...
Origins
My first awareness of threats affecting Houses of Worship (HOW) was during a family Christmas trip to Houston in 2006. While visiting with a family friend who lead a security team for a large church in the greater Houston area, he shared that their security team was...
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