
HARD LESSONS LEARNED WHEN A TERMINATION TURNS DEADLY
On February 15, 2019, 45 year old Gary Martin, an employee at the Henry Pratt facility located in Aurora, Illinois arrived for work at approximately 6:45 a.m. After clocking in, he spoke to some co-workers and expressed concern of being terminated over a safety violation that happened the previous day. During one of the conversations, Martin said, "if I get fired, I'm going to kill every motherf****r in here" and "I'm going to blow police up." At approximately 1:00 p.m., Ma

Understanding Why Your Unarmed Security Is Not Really Security At All
When people talk "security" I am always amazed at their understanding of what it is and what it takes to achieve it. In fact, after analyzing all the reasons people/companies hire security to begin with, it becomes abundantly clear the ones who hire unarmed security personnel have been sold a bogus bill of goods. An unarmed security plan is a fallacy catered to provide individuals with virtually no security at all while giving them the false sense that they, their employees