THREAT REPORTS
MITIGATING SCHOOL SHOOTING
Active shooter events are increasingly being discussed on the news as a fact of life for Americans. Many individuals live their lives concerned that they or a loved one will be a victim of an active shooter event. The Parkland and Newtown further amplified the anxiety as caused substantial loss life and were targeting schools and students. Such gruesome and heart-wrenching events create an impression that most school shooter events are such high-profile, mass casualty events. Such events are not, in fact, common nor are such mass casualty events, where four or more individuals die, increasing. According to numbers published by Northeastern University, schools are, indeed, safer than they were in the 1990’s.
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Airside Security - Perimeter Protection For Airports
When the public thinks of airport security, they often immediately think of the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) putting in place measures or barriers to prevent malicious individuals from either getting through airport security or, if the individual happens to make it through the security checkpoint, perpetrate a crime – e.g., hijacking – while on the plan. Measures such as locked cockpits enhanced screenings, and identification document requirements (e.g., the Real ID Act in the United States) are some measures that have been taken since the terrorist attacks on 9/11 to strengthen airport security.
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The Security Council and the International Criminal Court
Although it is not much discussed in the media and its anniversary is scarcely commemorated, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) creation just over twenty years ago is a significant moment in global relations and the furtherance of human rights. Even though it is admittedly going through – and will likely continue to go through for a period of time – growing pains, the court did truly mark the first clear move towards international justice that would be difficult to pin as winner’s justice as it is charged with investigated crimes perpetrated by those that signed the Rome Statute – the statute that governed the creation of the ICC or those referred to it by the Security Council of the United Nations.
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