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

When I was a young man growing up, I always remember my father saying, "son, never be afraid to get the absolute best-you will never be disappointed." To this day, those words still hold true and have always been part of our foundation. Likewise, those same words are critically important on how one chooses to manage a termination process where there is a potentially violent outcome. Anyone in a leadership position that has had to manage the termination of a hostile employee

SIG Tactical is honored to have been selected to work with these great organizations to achieve their safety and security goals! From the start, SIG Tactical has been focused on raising the bar when it comes to protection for their clients. Unlike overgrown security companies, our security personnel have extensive law enforcement & military training. Simply put, there is no other organization in Michigan that can deploy a blanket of protection like SIG Tactical! We look for

Sometimes, it's possible to overlook the simple things that keep our business machines going down the road. Face it, we are all human and we get caught up in other things that are "important" and let the little things slide to the back burner. In an effort to remind you about one of those "little things" that may still require your attention, let's talk exterior security lighting for a moment. I know, I know, you have other things to do, but humor me for 3 minutes and let's

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