In addition to taking copious notes on your discussions, there are a couple of other items to watch: • Are they nervous or have anxiety over the questioning & questions? • What’s their body language? Is it defensive and stand-offish or willingly assisting? • Are they being overly calm, which could indicate that they fully […]
I apologize for part 1, this one, being after the other two…a slight mishap in filing my blogs Being blunt & succinct…bullying can lead to emotional, physical, & mental trauma for those that are affected by it, as an adult or child, if they ever can. Unfortunately, some people have resultant PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress […]
Ever been working on a project, the sky is blue, breezes are light, the clouds are white & fluffy. Then unexpectedly, a thunder clap booms, rattling everything and everyone with the unexpected and pants filling thunderclap? Everyone jumps out of their chairs and some, on the way back to their desk, spill their coffee. Ever […]
In today’s overly sensitive businessscape, many managers have been unjustly called bullies. Some of the definitions of a bully are: • Offensive • Intimidating • Malicious or insulting behavior • An abuse or misuse of power through means that undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient. Because a lot of managers are passionate and driven […]
Actually, it wasn’t…mainly because the media was more concerned with the coronavirus variant, Afghanistan, and weather across the country, increasing flooding in Arizona, wild fires throughout California, & hurricanes along the southern borders. Therefore, there were few reports of WPV, of the many & varied forms, in C-Stores and assaults inside other in businesses or […]
Bullying is an issue that nearly every child faces at one time or another, in the old days by telephone, physical or cyber via computer, text, and etc. But it can also happen to adults, and therein lies the issue. We all know that kids can be very hurtful in their honesty…check out the fairy […]
Over the past month, I’ve recounted the ways that are fairly inexpensive and effective in combating and preventing violence in our schools. Will these ideas prevent everything? Of course not! These are generalized posts that allowed you to see and read what can be used to prevent violence, and the initial post is the extreme […]
WARNING SIGNS Now we come to what I consider the most important preventative for violence in ALL organizations…warning signs. All 24 that I’ve collected, starting with Mid-Buchanan Middle School in Faucett, MO. In 1988 (Nathan Faris). However, I will warn you, just because someone you know will have one or two of these signs, doesn’t […]
TRAINING Please remember, these posts are far too short to delve into all the possibilities and items that need to be accomplished in training the staff, parents, & yes even students, so if you need questions answered then contact a security training professional, who knows this stuff and will be as hard as diamonds or […]
This is a difficult subject to cover in just a few hundred words. There are literally, thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of books, not to mention articles & white papers, on securing an educational institution. And all of them have their good and bad points. I will attempt to boil it down into these few […]
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