“What Would You Do” if an active shooter showed up?
A shooter sighting in the target.An incident in rural Alaska brings home the importance of training.By Vaughn BakerPresident • Strategos International“What Would You Do?” is a long-running ABC television program hosted by John Quiñones. A hidden camera records the...
Church Security: Prepare Now to be Better Than Before
Prepare for a return to community as if it's Easter Sunday. Most churches are currently unable to meet, but the quarantine will end. When it does, will your church security team be rusty ... or ready? DHS predicts the isolating circumstances of the pandemic may result...
During this pandemic, dare to be aware
There’s no need for paranoia, but an alert outlook could protect you and those you love.By Vaughn Baker, President, Strategos InternationalThese are uncertain times – even unprecedented for many of us. But with a cool head, we’ll get through them.With that said, there...
Strategos Security Minute: Overcoming Normalcy Bias
In a crisis, our denial instinct can lead to death. How do we rise above it?What's wrong with being normal? Nothing, if things are indeed normal. Normalcy bias is a deadly psychological coping mechanism that leads us to deny clear threats to our life and safety....
Church security should extend to church finances
Churches give billions to missions. But more than that is stolen from them through fraud. By Barry Young Vice President of Operations Put this in the "read it and weep file." Then get angry. Then do something about it. A report from Brotherhood Mutual says churches...
It was a violent weekend for people of faith. That means we can’t quit.
Evil is on the rise. That means good men and women must be too. By Vaughn Baker • President, Strategos International It was a rough weekend for people of faith – to say the least. A gunman killed two people in a Texas church before a church member shot him. In...