Articles Tagged with ''protest security''

Airport security personnel spend most of their time preparing for active shooter incidents, insider threats and, in concert with the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA), potential terrorist attacks. But on January 28, many of our nation’s largest airports had to handle an entirely different, unaccustomed scenario: mass protests over immigration policy.

Greenpeace activists unfurled huge banners from the 12th floor of the company's Cincinnati headquarters, protesting tropical deforestation and causing more than $10,000 in damage. 

The speed at which political instability spreads is now inextricably linked to social media, as disaffected populations around the globe turn to this powerful outlet to drive demonstrations, according to a new Marsh Risk Management Research briefing, Social Media Heightens Political Risks in Emerging Markets.

Bus drivers in Detroit want better security after they say at least eight drivers were hospitalized after attacks by riders in the last nine months.

Thousands of well-wishers swarmed around the Pope's vehicle in Brazil, and while the head of the Catholic Church remained calm, his assistants were less than pleased.

Although 90 people were arrested and eight officers were injured, the Chicago Police handled the weekend's NATO Summit protests with decided restraint and strategy.

CSOs in Philadelphia are facing strong conflicts of interest between First Amendment rights and security needs.