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Parent Charged with Felonies After Son Gets into Shoot-Out With Police at School

Parent Charged with Felonies After Son Gets into Shoot-Out With Police at School

An Indiana woman has been charged with several felonies after her 14-year-old son reportedly brought a firearm obtained from her home to Dennis Intermediate School in Indiana, shot his way into that school, got into a shoot-out with police, and committed suicide on scene. Holding parents accountable in this manner is a rare event in the United States and potentially precedent-setting. According to USA Today, Prosecutor Mike Shipman filed seven charges against Mary York on Oct

The single most effective immediate tip in preventing a workplace or school shooting

The single most effective immediate tip in preventing a workplace or school shooting

Addressing mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, and more stringent gun laws to remedy the continuing workplace and school violence problem we face constitute possible long term solutions. The aforementioned does little to nothing to stop the future shooter who is seriously considering, even planning an imminent attack. What step can be done right now, as in today, to possibly prevent tomorrow's disaster in the making? Capitalize on Leakage of Violent Intent "Leakage of viol

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Efforts to Stop Mass School/Workplace Shootings Have Failed

A Grieving Uncle Seeks to Prevent Further School/Workplace Mass Shootings

A Grieving Uncle Seeks to Prevent Further School/Workplace Mass Shootings

Our dear friend John Conard, uncle of Jared Conard Black one of the ten innocents (eight students and two teachers) murdered along with 13 others wounded at the 5/18/18 massacre at Santa Fe High School is an impassioned advocate for school and workplace safety. School shootings and bombings have terrorized teachers as well as students making it workplace violence. (Jared Conard Black) We are honored to pass on this message from Mr. Conard. Read the Petition Mr. Conard has est

Florida v. Cruz now set for trial

Remembering the Victims of the Columbine copycat Crimea School Shooting 10/17/18

Remembering the Victims of the Columbine copycat Crimea School Shooting 10/17/18

One year ago today, 20 people were murdered and 70 others wounded in a Crimea, Ukraine school shooting and bombing perpetrated by an 18-year-old Columbine copycat. The killer, who fired randomly at teachers and classmates, committed suicide in the school's library just as the two Columbine High School seniors who killed 12 students and one teacher did. The gunman wore similar clothing and bore a striking resemblance to one of the Columbine killers. Meantime in this country, o

One Simple Tip that Will Enhance Productivity & Possibly Avert Workplace Violence

One Simple Tip that Will Enhance Productivity & Possibly Avert Workplace Violence

CASE STUDY: On February 25, 2016, Cedric R. Ford was served with a domestic violence restraining order on behalf of his estranged intimate partner while at work at Excel Industries in Kansas. Later an enraged Ford shot three co-workers to death and also wounded 14 other people. Ford was shot and killed by law enforcement, putting an end to the carnage. What role the restraining order played in triggering the massacre will never be fully known. What is known however that Ford

That Deadly Intersection of Workplace Violence & Domestic Violence Part II

That Deadly Intersection of Workplace Violence & Domestic Violence Part II

Does your organization recognize domestic violence as a potential workplace violence/safety concern? One of the most devastating episodes of domestic violence meeting workplace violence transpired in a special education classroom after a non-employee was granted access to his wife's workplace. The following tragic case reveals that when a deadly episode of domestic violence occurs in the workplace the safety of everyone can be compromised, not just the targeted victim. Case S

That Deadly Intersection of Workplace Violence & Domestic Violence (Part I of II)

That Deadly Intersection of Workplace Violence & Domestic Violence (Part I of II)

What happens at home does not always stay at home. Does your employer recognize domestic violence as a potential workplace safety concern? Not only the domestic partner but everyone else - colleagues, customers, clients and others - are potentially at risk when domestic violence meets workplace violence. The time to understand just how potentially deadly these situations are is not when an intimate partner enters the workplace armed with a weapon to do harm to his or her part

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