Eagle’s expert, Jim Derrane, was recently interviewed by Wink News in Southwest Florida about a case involving a Florida municipality that decided to negotiate with cyber-criminals. Read here about the case and Jim’s opinion on how individuals and organizations should deal with that type of threat.
There’s a giant gap between public expectations and the actual skill sets of school resource officers. We can vilify one person for what they did or didn’t do, or we can take a focused and realistic approach to addressing the underlying problems. Eagle’s Philip Hayden discusses the critical importance of moving beyond efforts to assign…
On Friday, April 27, 2019, at approximately 11:20 am, a shooting occurred at the Congregation Chabad Synagogue in Poway, California. Its members were celebrating the Sabbath and end of the Passover holiday. John Earnest, age 19, armed with an AR-15 type assault rifle killed 1 person and wounded 3 others. It has been reported that…
Active shooter training is a necessary part of workplace and school safety planning, but vetting trainers and programs can be a challenge. Here’s what effective training looks like. Jason Perry writes in The Hill an explanation why active shooter training often results in unnecessary trauma, and he provides an alternative approach
Providing expert testimony can be tough when the defendant is an officer of the law but serving as an expert witness is not about honoring silent oaths, it’s about protecting the law. In an Op-ed piece for the USA Today, Eagle’s Philip Hayden discusses the critical need for ex-law enforcement officers to serve as expert witnesses.
As more Americans are subjected to threats, many are weighing the benefits of covert security which relies on a whole different set of security skills. Read more in The Hill as Eagle’s Bart Brown breaks down the principles.