Security professionals must understand drones, conduct security, assess limitations and implement a drone response plan to mitigate its threats and attacks.
Amnesty International issued a travel warning calling for possible travelers and visitors to the US to exercise extreme caution when traveling throughout the country due to "rampant gun violence."
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, in a meeting with statewide officials and members of the El Paso state delegation following the shooting in El Paso on Saturday, August 3, announced that the state of Texas will be providing more than $5.5 million in immediate financial assistance through the Criminal Justice Division (CJD) of the Governor's Public Safety Office for law enforcement agencies and the community of El Paso.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation (S.231/A.951) establishing a speed camera program in school zones in the City of Buffalo. The program allows the City of Buffalo to enforce speed limits in school zones using cameras that record speeding violations in real time without the need for a police officer at the scene. The City can then use this evidence to impose liability on the owner of the vehicle for the speeding violation.
Congressman Roger Williams introduced The School Violence Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2019, which would establish federal grant programs for public schools to identify security risks and fix them and would appropriate $200 million for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2030.
Acting DHS Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan announced final allocations of $350 million for six Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs.
After last weekend's shootings in El Paso, Tex. and Dayton, Ohio, there have been 251 mass shootings in 2019 to date, or mass shootings than days so far this year.
Joseph Milek, assistant chief of police at Oklahoma State University, has been named chief of police operations for Penn State University Police and Public Safety.
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