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Why is the security profession movement making significant progress?
Thomas Parker Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityProtecting your family, business, friends and neighbors is important to everyone. We want to be safe and secure. Reducing the chances of becoming a victim to a crime is everyone’s responsibility. However, managing the known risk is often made by the key decision-makers of the household or business that we live, work at or visit. Unfortunately, many people in the past relied exclusively on law enforcement for patrolling their areas and properties being the visual deterrent needed to prevent crime.
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Healthcare fraud and blowing the whistle
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareOn June 18, The Dallas Morning News reported in an article that 243 healthcare workers from around the nation were indicted on federal charges of Medicare fraud by The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, the largest such bust in history. Healthcare fraud — especially Medicare and insurance fraud — is more common than we think. Healthcare professionals who find themselves potentially entangled in a fraudulent situation should immediately report the suspected abuse to the appropriate authorities.
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How to tell your employees they are nonexempt
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDespite the very clear regulations specifying what employees should be exempt or nonexempt for wages, misclassification is still one of the most common mistakes employers make. But it seems both the employee and employer often have a role in this issue. In addition to the employer trying to avoid paying overtime, employees often want to be classified as exempt. Yet, wanting to be exempt is not on the official list of exemptions from the government.
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Watch out: These construction documents are not standardized
Nate Budde Construction & Building MaterialsConstruction industry participants are routinely required to navigate complicated legal documents as part of the project and payment process. Legally significant documents are exchanged every day, and often without significant review. The nature of construction payment requires documents that can have a significant impact on a party's legal rights to be exchanged all of the time. While some construction documents have moved toward standardization, others inhabit the Wild West of legal contracts — where almost anything goes.
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The decision to fly — How do you make it?
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveDetermining when to launch — and when not to — is the most fundamental and consequential decision the helicopter crew can make, but how do you make it? New federal mandates now require crews to use risk assessment, but which risk assessment tool is right for your organization?
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Security awareness: Credit card scams
Thomas Parker Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityNearly every credit card holder has the potential of becoming a victim. Protecting yourself in the days of increasingly sophisticated criminals is becoming more difficult. Fighting these criminals and reducing their abilities is even tougher than ever before for law enforcement due to drastic budget cuts and minimal resources.
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Pot tourism is a budding industry in Colorado, Washington
Suzanne Mason Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementMarijuana tourism is not a mainstream outlet for tourism nationwide — at least not yet. Where it has been incorporated, it has turned into a lucrative business. Colorado and Washington became the first two states in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana, and now they're reaping the benefits. In Colorado, sales in legal marijuana hit $700 million last year — $313 million of which came from recreation purposes.
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Emotional intelligence: Rethinking police‑community relations
Mark Bond Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe current overall perception from the public is that American law enforcement has a problem with community relations and race relations — especially in urban neighborhoods in which there are high crime rates. Criminal violence is an acceptable norm in many of these communities, and the police often feel like an "eight-hour occupational army" in many violent neighborhoods.
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Where social media and violence collide
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareIn 2010, Anthony Elonis' wife left him, and he also lost his job. Because of the upsetting factors occurring in his life, he turned to social media to vent his frustrations — something I'm sure each one of us has seen from a friend or acquaintance online.
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Including an AED as part of the RIT team
Joshua Daisy Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe fire service has a high rate of heart-related emergencies. According to the American Heart Association, the chance of survival from a sudden cardiac arrest decreases by 10 percent for each minute that passes. Is your department prepared for a firefighter's sudden cardiac arrest on a fire scene?
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