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In the article, “Mayhem at the Mall,” The Cafaro Company based in Ohio, coordinated a training exercise to prepare local crisis officials in the event of a mall shooting. The training exercise took years to construct, and was created to ensure local crisis officials respond efficiently and effectively. The Cafaro Company aimed to make the “active shooter” scenario realistic. The scenario was implemented at Meadowbrook Mall property, in Bridgeport, W.Va. The training exercise involved local police, firefighters, and mall employees. John Karlovic, Chief of Security at Cafaro’s Company, reached out to police department’s in the communities where the own malls, supplied them with blue prints, tenant lists, and invited them to in to practice, (Bell,
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On the morning of October 3, four people were shot within a span of approximately 2 hours in Aspen Hill, and other nearby areas in Montgomery County. Another was killed that evening in the District of Columbia, just over the border of Silver Spring. In each shooting, the victims were killed by a single bullet fired from some distance. The pattern was not detected until after the shootings occurred on October 3. Fear quickly spread throughout the community as news of the shootings circulated. Many parents went to pick up their children at school early, not allowing them to take a school bus or walk home alone. Montgomery County and District of Columbia schools declared a lockdown, wit...
An active shooter incident is a form of workplace violence that has increased at an alarming rate. From the year 2000 through 2013 there have been a 6.4% increase in annual shooting in commercial environments from 2000 to 2007 and an 11% increase of active shooter incidents form the years of 2008 through 2013 (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2014). There are many factors that contribute to active shooter incidents, including everyday home and work stresses, unemployment, substance addiction and major stresses (e.g. death of a loved one). It is now more important than ever that companies work together with employees when it comes to agreeing on proper preventative measures and procedures in the response to workplace violence.
There are multiple crime television shows that are based on a true story or fiction. A well known television show is Law and Order Special Victims Unit, which deals with rape and assault cases. This particular episode deals with a domestic violence case between a retired football star, AJ Martin, and his girlfriend, Paula Bryant. I will be using the National Crime Victimization Survey, which is an interview with the members in a household about reported and unreported crime that occurred within the last six months. “NVCS provides information of characteristics of victims, including age, race, ethnicity, gender, marital status and household income” (Truman and Morgan). Official statistics like the NCVS would be used for comparing its demographics
On December 12, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School was invaded by an unstable, armed man. Earlier that year the principal of the school, Dawn Hochsprung, implemented a new security system that required all visitors to buzzed into the school by visual identification. Many schools have also put in similar security systems to have school doors locked at all times during the school day, helping insure students’ safety. For Sandy Hook this minor security system would not be enough. When the gunman arrived to the school, he shot his way through the front do...
One of the most eye opening school shootings was on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado. Thirteen students were killed and twenty wounded in the middle of the day while attending school at Columbine High School. Two armed students opened fire just outside the building, then moved inside and gunned down more students and faculty members. This rampage lasting for just under 45 minutes. The students then turned the guns on themselves and ended their lives. The police did not show up in a reasonable time, which lead families to file lawsuits against the police department and the school. There was only one resource officer in the high school, during this time. He was located in the parking lot to watch kids drive in and out. One of the parents of the victims said, "There was no one in that school that had a gun other than the two killers, and ...
A series of shots being fired in the near distance can be heard. A crew of ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks are seen speeding down the streets while blaring their sirens to warn people to move out of the way rapidly. Then, crowds of people are seen running down the street franticly. Sounds of earsplitting yells fill the air. Their eyes are filled with tears of fear and terror. They look as if they were running for their lives. There is a wave of worry and curiosity that washes over everyone’s face as they stand there from a distance watching it take place. There was a sense of wanting to run towards the chaos to see what was going on. But the panic of the people running gave off the feeling of “Warning! Do NOT come this way!” What was happening? Later that night, the news reports that another mass shooting took place earlier on in the day. In the 21st century, many crimes involving mass shootings are the main focus of the public eye in the media. With the technology of the 21st century, investigators are able to look more into depth of the criminal’s background to see if they have a history of mental illness.
Although most security measures passively make schools safer, it is not nearly enough to prevent an individual who intends on creating mass violence from completing his or her task. State representatives, national organizations, school staff, and parents need to come together to figure out the most reliable ways to prevent an active shooter situation from occurring in their schools. One solution that has been active is many schools have partnered with local law enforcement agencies to provide a police officers to patrol school grounds....
Murray, Sara. “Guns in the Parking Lot: A Delicate Workplace Issue”. The Wall Street Journal. October 15, 2013. Web. April 16, 2014
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Based on Reason-Rupe Poll conducted in Dec. 2013, among 1,011 interviewees, who are being asked about which provided measures might have averted the Sandy Hook shooting, top three options are better mental health (27%), better parenting (22%), and employing armed school officials on site (20%). Because prospective culprit who would commit school shooting cannot be easily recognized, better mental treatment and parenting for possible wrongdoers seem to be unfeasible in an effort to avoid such crime. The poll reflects that putting armed guards in schools is acceptable and functional, as compared to the other factors, in dealing with gun violence in schools. Moreover, the Daily Caller, a news agency, quotes from Robert Curran Sr., chief information officer for IT, “They’ll [armed guards] be able to respond immediately to armed threats and be a deterrent to anyone planning an attack, [...]” (Campbell) In other words, Curran believes that the presence of armed guards in schools serves as a firewall to lower the risk of gun violence. Curran is surely right about the advantage of patrol officers on campus, because the critical time that armed security staff can save is critical to the lives of those endangered children and adults in a shooting
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The Maxima supermarket disaster was a tragedy that occurred in Riga, Latvia on November 21, 2014. The Republic of Latvia is a country in Northern Europe and is surrounded by modern day Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus and a small portion of Sweden..The supermarket opened in 2011 as a retail store that sold many different types of merchandise. The store was connected to a new apartment complex that was built across from the supermarket and was also built by the same construction company. The building was developed by Homburg Valda. The architectural design was by Zane Kalinka and Andris Kalinka from the local architectural firm of KUBS. The cause of this disaster was due to the collapse of the roof of the supermarket. The building was five hundred square meters large; once the roof collapsed the entire structure was destroyed. There were many people shopping in the market at the time of the collapse. Once the roof collapsed, emergency vehicles were at the scene in minutes. There was up to thirteen fire trucks at the supermarket to help rescue the victims. However, there was a second collapse that occurred after the rescue mission had already begun which resulted in the deaths of three Latvian firefighters. Despite the emergency efforts made by the Latvian police and fire department, fifty-four people were killed in this disaster and forty-one were left injured. There was a green garden being constructed on the roof of the building of the collapse. Many controversies and speculations were drawn from the disaster. “The collapse was the biggest loss of life since Latvia became independent from the USSR in 1991.” There have been many possible causes to how and why the roof collapsed. Although there has not been one definite cause,...
The West Edmonton Mall (WEM) is a leading tourism attraction located in Alberta, Canada used to shop. West Edmonton Mall covers an area of around 5.27 million square feet and has parking space for more that 20 000 vehicles. The mall consisted of over 800 stores and attracts a great number of shoppers – 90 00 to 200 000 – daily. It was the largest shopping center in the world for 24 years, until 2004 and has made it to the Guinness World Records. The mall remains the largest shopping center throughout North America.
One of the most populated places at all times is the mall. That is why I decided to visit a local mall to observe various types of interactions in a public setting. Even though most people consider themselves to be almost invisible in a public place, they often are not. Most people go to the mall for a particular reason: shopping, food, walking, or anything else that may be related to the type of shops in the mall. That is why the type of people that visit, are just as eclectic, thus their interactions are that much more interesting to observe. The mall that I visited is comparatively new, with three stories altogether. The bottom one is mostly occupied by the food court, while the second and third host a movie theater and a children’s playground.