Tragedy in Michigan — Could A Threat Assessment Team Have Prevented It? On November 30, 2021, a mass shooting tragedy struck Oxford High School outside Detroit, Michigan. Four students were killed, and seven more people were wounded. The shooter, a 15-year-old sophomore, was arrested. In a rare decision, his parents were also arrested and charged […]
On October 21, 2021, Max Hoskinson, 61, was fired from his job at the Agrex grain elevator in Superior, Nebraska. Several hours after his termination, Hoskinson returned to the job site with a handgun and shot three former co-workers, killing two. A third employee returned fire after retrieving a shotgun from a nearby office. Hoskinson
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This week, President Biden announced sweeping executive orders to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or testing for a vast number of employers across the nation. Following public health guidelines, previously an afterthought, has become a defining attribute of many people’s political and cultural identity. And the rhetoric among “sides” is turning violent. We have already seen organized
How to Prevent Incivility – A Precursor to Workplace Violence The nation is cautiously celebrating the beginning of the end. After more than a year of lockdowns, masking mandates, isolation, stress and loss, the cloud appears to be lifting. As the federal, state and local governments relax public health mandates, employees find themselves invited (or
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On April 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195). This landmark legislation would require the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to create a national standard for health care employers to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention
The Need for a Preventive Strategy – Spotting Red Flags On the morning of February 9, 2021, a 67-year-old-man opened fire in a medical clinic because he was furious with his health care experience in small town Buffalo, Minnesota. The suspected shooter, Gregory Paul Ulrich, was arrested before noon. One woman, a 37 -year-old medical
What is QAnon? QAnon, or Q, is a disproven and discredited far-right conspiracy theory claiming that a cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibalistic pedophiles within the “deep state” are running a global child sex-trafficking ring. QAnon commonly asserts that former U.S. President Donald Trump is planning a day of reckoning known as the “storm” when thousands of
Nashville Bombing and 5G A quiet Christmas morning turned deadly and destructive when Anthony Quinn Warner detonated an extensive vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The explosion killed him, injured eight people and damaged dozens of buildings. Although the motive is uncertain, it appears as if Warner may have been specifically targeting an AT&T network