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10 security life hacks to protect your home against thieves. Here are the most common schemes burglars usually stick by. Burglars don't care who you are, they just want whatever precious stuff you have. According to the FBI's yearly Uniform Crime Report, in 2016 the damage caused by burglaries in the USA alone reached an astounding 3½ billion dollars! What's worse, burglars usually try to get rid of stolen loot as soon as possible, so the chances of getting your property back are slim to none: about 20%. Bright Side is bringing you the most common schemes burglars usually stick by. Armed with this information, it'll be easier for you to keep your property safe. TIMESTAMPS Burglars prefer easy targets 0:48 Burglars don't like difficulties 2:36 Criminals look for vulnerable spots 3:02 Burglars love empty houses 3:26 Burglars survey the house before invading it 4:30 Criminals hunt for small objects 6:15 Criminals are social-media-savvy 7:24 Criminals use your own stuff to get inside the house 8:29 Burglars come up with different excuses to get in 9:32 "Distraction" burglaries are on the rise 10:26 SUMMARY To burglarize a house, a thief can take anywhere from 90 seconds to 12 minutes. Criminals are ready to spend no more than 5 minutes on getting into a house or apartment. You should install locks and grating on all the entrances to your home, not just the big obvious ones. The highest number of apartment and house burglaries happen in July and August when most people are away on vacation. A really common tactic is visiting homes pretending to be public utility workers. Keep your money in the bank. Mark the most expensive objects with a UV marker. Burglars can use social media sites to decide whether or not your apartment is worth their time and effort. Put all your tools, ladders, and yard equipment in the garage, keep them in a shed, or just take them inside. Criminals may employ is coming up with some crazy or pitiful stories in order to get into your home. One criminal tries to occupy all your attention while his accomplice secretly gets into the house. Music: Funk Down - MK2 is licensed under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightgram   SMART Youtube: https://goo.gl/JTfP6L 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC Have you ever seen a talking slime? Here he is – Slick Slime Sam: https://goo.gl/zarVZo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Friday News Flyover for November 3, 2023. I'm Sean Diller. This week: Medicaid chaos in red states around the country | Cannabis legalization on the ballot in Ohio | Pennsylvania Democrats have returned triple the mail ballots compared with their Republican neighbors | Colorado voters consider two statewide ballot initiatives, and | It's Britneyhttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/02/medicaid-unwinding-breeds-chaos-in-states-as-millions-lose-coverage/Medicaid ‘unwinding' breeds chaos in states as millions lose coverageBY: PHIL GALEWITZ, KATHERYN HOUGHTON, BRETT KELMAN AND SAMANTHA LISS - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 11:34 AM     More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn't get cut off from Medicaid.Callers in Missouri and Florida reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coverage.The parents of a disabled man in Tennessee who had been on Medicaid for three decades fought with the state this summer to keep him enrolled as he lay dying from pneumonia in a hospital.Since the expiration of COVID-era protections earlier this year, states have reviewed the eligibility of more than 28 million people and terminated coverage for over 10 million of them. Millions more are expected to lose Medicaid in the coming months.The Medicaid disenrollment rates of people reviewed so far vary dramatically by state, largely along a blue-red political divide, from a low of 10% in Illinois to a high of 65% in Texas.“I feel like Illinois is doing everything in their power to ensure that as few people lose coverage as possible,” said Paula Campbell of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, which represents dozens of community health centers.Camille Richoux, health policy director for the nonprofit Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families said, “It's not just bad, but worse than people can imagine. This has not been about determining who is eligible using all possible means, but how we can kick people off by all possible means.”The unprecedented enrollment drop comes after federal protections ended this spring that had prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid during the three pandemic years. Since March 2020, enrollment in Medicaid and the related Children's Health Insurance Program had surged by more than 22 million to reach 94 million people in the U.S.The process of reviewing recipients' eligibility has been anything but smooth for many Medicaid enrollees, and some suspect particular states have used the confusing system to discourage enrollment.But gaps in coverage can jeopardize people's access to health services - or their financial security - if they get medical bills for care they cannot postpone.Pam Shaw, a pediatrician in Kansas City, Kansas, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics' state government affairs committee said, “Any type of care that's put off — whether it's asthma, whether it's autism, whether it's something as simple as an earache — can just get worse if you wait,”Doctors and representatives of community health centers around the country said they have seen an uptick in cancellations and no-shows among patients without coverage — including children. Nationwide, states have already disenrolled at least 1.8 million children in the 20 states that provide the data by age. Children typically qualify more easily than adults, so child advocates believe many kids are being wrongly terminated based on their parents' being deemed no longer eligible. In Texas, 68% of those disenrolled from Medicaid were children, compared with 16% in Massachusetts, according to KFF. In September, President Joe Biden's administration said most states were conducting eligibility checks incorrectly and inappropriately disenrolling eligible children or household members. The administration  ordered states to reinstate coverage for some 500,000 people.Idaho, one of a few states that completed the unwind in six months, said it disenrolled 121,000 people of the 153,000 recipients it reviewed as of September because it suspected they were no longer eligible. Of those kicked off, about 13,600 signed up for private coverage on the state's ACA marketplace, according to Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Health Idaho, the state's exchange. What happened to the rest, state officials say they don't know.Nationwide, about 71% of Medicaid enrollees terminated during the unwinding have been cut because of procedural issues - meaning they could actually still qualify for Medicaid, but lost it anyway. ‘People are not getting through'In many states, enrollees have faced long waits to get help with renewals. The worst phone waits were in Missouri, according to a KFF Health News review of letters the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent to states in August. In the letter to Missouri's Medicaid program, CMS said it was concerned that the average wait time of 48 minutes and the 44% rate of Missourians abandoning those calls in May was “impeding equitable access” to assistance and patients' ability to maintain coverage.Some people are waiting on hold more than three hours, said Sunni Johnson, an enrollment worker at Affinia Healthcare, which runs community health centers in the St. Louis area. That's a significant hurdle for people with inflexible jobs and other barriers.In Florida, which has removed over 730,000 people from the program since April, enrollees earlier this year were waiting almost 2½ hours on a Spanish-language call center, according to a report from UnidosUS, a civil rights advocacy group. The Spanish versions of the Medicaid application, renewal website, and other communications are also confusing, said Jared Nordlund, the Florida director for UnidosUS.Some Medicaid recipients are seeking help through the courts. In a 2020 class-action lawsuit against Tennessee that seeks to pause the Medicaid eligibility review, parents of recipients describe spending hours on the phone or online with the state Medicaid program, trying to ensure their children's insurance coverage is not lost.One of those parents, Donna Guyton, said in a court filing that Tennessee's Medicaid program, called TennCare, sent a June letter revoking the coverage of her 37-year-old son, Patrick, who had been eligible for Medicaid because of disabilities since he was 6. As Guyton made calls and filed appeals to protect her son's insurance, he was hospitalized with pneumonia, then spent weeks there before dying in late July.“While Patrick was fighting for his life, TennCare was threatening to take away his health insurance coverage and the services he relied on,” she said in a court filing. “Though we should have been able to focus on Patrick's care, our family was required to navigate a system that kept denying his eligibility and putting his health coverage at risk.”TennCare said in a court filing Patrick Guyton's Medicaid coverage was never actually revoked — the termination letter was sent to his family because of an “error.”Phil Galewitz in Washington, D.C., wrote this article. Daniel Chang in Hollywood, Florida; Katheryn Houghton in Missoula, Montana; Brett Kelman in Nashville, Tennessee; Samantha Liss and Bram Sable-Smith in St. Louis; and Bernard J. Wolfson in Los Angeles contributed to this report.KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF.https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/01/marijuana-legalization-would-add-260m-to-ohio-economy-study-predicts/Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Or when you get ‘em anyway.Issue 2, an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana for people over 21 in Ohio, is on the ballot in next Tuesday's election. An economic analysis released last week found that the benefits of legalizing cannabis in Ohio would outweigh the costs by a quarter-billion dollars a year.A study by Columbus-based Scioto Analysis attempts to identify the pluses and minuses that would come with legalization.To do the analysis, the group used studies from states such as Washington and Colorado, where recreational weed has long been the law. To examine how the pros and cons identified in those states might play out in Ohio, the researchers looked at economic and census data, as well as crime statistics.with its 10% excise tax on top of Ohio's normal sales tax, passage of Issue 2 would produce $190 million a year, according to the report.  Then there are the jobs the new industry would create.The report predicts that Ohio will add roughly 3,300 new jobs in the first year after legalization. Assuming these jobs are full time and pay matches the average wage across the state of Ohio, this will amount to about $190 million in wage benefits for workers across the state. And if weed is no longer illegal for adults over 21, it stands to reason that there will be fewer arrests.The report said using data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report on the number of cannabis-related arrests in Ohio, they estimate there would be about 4,400 fewer arrests per year if recreational cannabis were legalized. Adding up the cost of those arrests, and assuming that 6% of those people would have been convicted of felonies, this amounts to over $38 million in savings for Ohio.”Overall, study estimated Ohioans would receive $260 million in annual benefits if Issue 2 passes this coming Tuesday. https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/mail-in-ballot-returns-top-half-a-million-2023-election-mailbag/Dems far outpacing Republicans in mail and absentee ballots returnedMail-in ballot returns top half a million | 2023 Election MailbagBY: CASSIE MILLER - NOVEMBER 1, 2023 2:00 PM     Here are the numbers: As of Nov. 1, Pennsylvania voters requested a total of 1,026,227 absentee and mail-in ballots.Of that number, 90% requested a mail-in ballot and 10% requested an absentee ballot ahead of the municipal election.Registered Democrats requested 723,746 mail-in and absentee ballots compared to 215,286 Republicans and 87,195 requests from “other” registered voters. So about 3 of every 4Of the 570,000 ballots returned so far statewide, 417,829 - or about 3 of every 4 - were ballots from registered Democrats and 114,149 were from those registered as Republicans. https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/10/01/proposition-hh-proposition-ii/Colorado voters will decide on two statewide measures this election, both of which were referred to the ballot by the state Legislature.First, Proposition HHIf approved, Proposition HH would lower property tax rates over the next 10 years and allow the state to keep more money than it would otherwise be obligated to return to taxpayers. If Proposition HH passes, the residential assessment rate would be reduced to 6.7% from 6.765% until 2032. Proposition HH would also raise the amount of tax revenue the state can keep — set by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights — by 1%. The new revenue allowed would be used to backfill property tax revenue that local governments would miss out on, for things like public education. $20MM would also be set aside for a rental assistance program.The proposition is backed by the Democratic lawmakers who voted to put it on the ballot and by Demoratic Gov. Jared Polis, as well as by other liberal groups, unions, AARP and the League of Women Voters. They say the proposal is a responsible solution to rising property taxes while still keeping schools funded. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/britney-spears-memoir-the-woman-in-me-sales-publisher-1235768414/It's BritneyBritney Spears‘ long-awaited memoir “The Woman in Me” — which details her fight for freedom and tumultuous relationships with the men in her life — has sold 1.1 million copies in its first week across print, pre-sales, e-books and audiobooks in the United States.“The Woman in Me” was released on Oct. 24 and has officially been out for just over a week. The memoir is 275 pages long and the audiobook is read by actress Michelle Williams. The book featured a wild assortment of revelations that touched on Spears' career, family, conservatorship and high profile relationships. Among them, Spears revealed that she and her ex-beau Justin Timberlake had gotten an abortion and she also claims Timberlake cheated on her with unnamed celebrities. Spears landed the publishing deal for a tell-all last February, just a few months after her conservatorship was terminated. Simon & Schuster acquired the rights to Spears' book last year after a bidding war that involved multiple publishers, though the financial terms of the transaction have not been revealed. That's it for me, from Denver I'm Sean Diller. Stories featured in today's show were originally reported in the Missouri Independent, Ohio Capital Journal, Pennsylvania Capital Star, Colorado Newsline, and Variety. Thanks for listening, see you next time. 

Welcome to the Friday News Flyover for November 3, 2023. I'm Sean Diller. This week: Medicaid chaos in red states around the country | Cannabis legalization on the ballot in Ohio | Pennsylvania Democrats have returned triple the mail ballots compared with their Republican neighbors | Colorado voters consider two statewide ballot initiatives, and | It's Britneyhttps://missouriindependent.com/2023/11/02/medicaid-unwinding-breeds-chaos-in-states-as-millions-lose-coverage/Medicaid ‘unwinding' breeds chaos in states as millions lose coverageBY: PHIL GALEWITZ, KATHERYN HOUGHTON, BRETT KELMAN AND SAMANTHA LISS - NOVEMBER 2, 2023 11:34 AM     More than two dozen people lined up outside a state public assistance office in Montana before it opened to ensure they didn't get cut off from Medicaid.Callers in Missouri and Florida reported waiting on hold for more than two hours on hotlines to renew their Medicaid coverage.The parents of a disabled man in Tennessee who had been on Medicaid for three decades fought with the state this summer to keep him enrolled as he lay dying from pneumonia in a hospital.Since the expiration of COVID-era protections earlier this year, states have reviewed the eligibility of more than 28 million people and terminated coverage for over 10 million of them. Millions more are expected to lose Medicaid in the coming months.The Medicaid disenrollment rates of people reviewed so far vary dramatically by state, largely along a blue-red political divide, from a low of 10% in Illinois to a high of 65% in Texas.“I feel like Illinois is doing everything in their power to ensure that as few people lose coverage as possible,” said Paula Campbell of the Illinois Primary Health Care Association, which represents dozens of community health centers.Camille Richoux, health policy director for the nonprofit Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families said, “It's not just bad, but worse than people can imagine. This has not been about determining who is eligible using all possible means, but how we can kick people off by all possible means.”The unprecedented enrollment drop comes after federal protections ended this spring that had prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid during the three pandemic years. Since March 2020, enrollment in Medicaid and the related Children's Health Insurance Program had surged by more than 22 million to reach 94 million people in the U.S.The process of reviewing recipients' eligibility has been anything but smooth for many Medicaid enrollees, and some suspect particular states have used the confusing system to discourage enrollment.But gaps in coverage can jeopardize people's access to health services - or their financial security - if they get medical bills for care they cannot postpone.Pam Shaw, a pediatrician in Kansas City, Kansas, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics' state government affairs committee said, “Any type of care that's put off — whether it's asthma, whether it's autism, whether it's something as simple as an earache — can just get worse if you wait,”Doctors and representatives of community health centers around the country said they have seen an uptick in cancellations and no-shows among patients without coverage — including children. Nationwide, states have already disenrolled at least 1.8 million children in the 20 states that provide the data by age. Children typically qualify more easily than adults, so child advocates believe many kids are being wrongly terminated based on their parents' being deemed no longer eligible. In Texas, 68% of those disenrolled from Medicaid were children, compared with 16% in Massachusetts, according to KFF. In September, President Joe Biden's administration said most states were conducting eligibility checks incorrectly and inappropriately disenrolling eligible children or household members. The administration  ordered states to reinstate coverage for some 500,000 people.Idaho, one of a few states that completed the unwind in six months, said it disenrolled 121,000 people of the 153,000 recipients it reviewed as of September because it suspected they were no longer eligible. Of those kicked off, about 13,600 signed up for private coverage on the state's ACA marketplace, according to Pat Kelly, executive director of Your Health Idaho, the state's exchange. What happened to the rest, state officials say they don't know.Nationwide, about 71% of Medicaid enrollees terminated during the unwinding have been cut because of procedural issues - meaning they could actually still qualify for Medicaid, but lost it anyway. ‘People are not getting through'In many states, enrollees have faced long waits to get help with renewals. The worst phone waits were in Missouri, according to a KFF Health News review of letters the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent to states in August. In the letter to Missouri's Medicaid program, CMS said it was concerned that the average wait time of 48 minutes and the 44% rate of Missourians abandoning those calls in May was “impeding equitable access” to assistance and patients' ability to maintain coverage.Some people are waiting on hold more than three hours, said Sunni Johnson, an enrollment worker at Affinia Healthcare, which runs community health centers in the St. Louis area. That's a significant hurdle for people with inflexible jobs and other barriers.In Florida, which has removed over 730,000 people from the program since April, enrollees earlier this year were waiting almost 2½ hours on a Spanish-language call center, according to a report from UnidosUS, a civil rights advocacy group. The Spanish versions of the Medicaid application, renewal website, and other communications are also confusing, said Jared Nordlund, the Florida director for UnidosUS.Some Medicaid recipients are seeking help through the courts. In a 2020 class-action lawsuit against Tennessee that seeks to pause the Medicaid eligibility review, parents of recipients describe spending hours on the phone or online with the state Medicaid program, trying to ensure their children's insurance coverage is not lost.One of those parents, Donna Guyton, said in a court filing that Tennessee's Medicaid program, called TennCare, sent a June letter revoking the coverage of her 37-year-old son, Patrick, who had been eligible for Medicaid because of disabilities since he was 6. As Guyton made calls and filed appeals to protect her son's insurance, he was hospitalized with pneumonia, then spent weeks there before dying in late July.“While Patrick was fighting for his life, TennCare was threatening to take away his health insurance coverage and the services he relied on,” she said in a court filing. “Though we should have been able to focus on Patrick's care, our family was required to navigate a system that kept denying his eligibility and putting his health coverage at risk.”TennCare said in a court filing Patrick Guyton's Medicaid coverage was never actually revoked — the termination letter was sent to his family because of an “error.”Phil Galewitz in Washington, D.C., wrote this article. Daniel Chang in Hollywood, Florida; Katheryn Houghton in Missoula, Montana; Brett Kelman in Nashville, Tennessee; Samantha Liss and Bram Sable-Smith in St. Louis; and Bernard J. Wolfson in Los Angeles contributed to this report.KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF.https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/11/01/marijuana-legalization-would-add-260m-to-ohio-economy-study-predicts/Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. Or when you get ‘em anyway.Issue 2, an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana for people over 21 in Ohio, is on the ballot in next Tuesday's election. An economic analysis released last week found that the benefits of legalizing cannabis in Ohio would outweigh the costs by a quarter-billion dollars a year.A study by Columbus-based Scioto Analysis attempts to identify the pluses and minuses that would come with legalization.To do the analysis, the group used studies from states such as Washington and Colorado, where recreational weed has long been the law. To examine how the pros and cons identified in those states might play out in Ohio, the researchers looked at economic and census data, as well as crime statistics.with its 10% excise tax on top of Ohio's normal sales tax, passage of Issue 2 would produce $190 million a year, according to the report.  Then there are the jobs the new industry would create.The report predicts that Ohio will add roughly 3,300 new jobs in the first year after legalization. Assuming these jobs are full time and pay matches the average wage across the state of Ohio, this will amount to about $190 million in wage benefits for workers across the state. And if weed is no longer illegal for adults over 21, it stands to reason that there will be fewer arrests.The report said using data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report on the number of cannabis-related arrests in Ohio, they estimate there would be about 4,400 fewer arrests per year if recreational cannabis were legalized. Adding up the cost of those arrests, and assuming that 6% of those people would have been convicted of felonies, this amounts to over $38 million in savings for Ohio.”Overall, study estimated Ohioans would receive $260 million in annual benefits if Issue 2 passes this coming Tuesday. https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/mail-in-ballot-returns-top-half-a-million-2023-election-mailbag/Dems far outpacing Republicans in mail and absentee ballots returnedMail-in ballot returns top half a million | 2023 Election MailbagBY: CASSIE MILLER - NOVEMBER 1, 2023 2:00 PM     Here are the numbers: As of Nov. 1, Pennsylvania voters requested a total of 1,026,227 absentee and mail-in ballots.Of that number, 90% requested a mail-in ballot and 10% requested an absentee ballot ahead of the municipal election.Registered Democrats requested 723,746 mail-in and absentee ballots compared to 215,286 Republicans and 87,195 requests from “other” registered voters. So about 3 of every 4Of the 570,000 ballots returned so far statewide, 417,829 - or about 3 of every 4 - were ballots from registered Democrats and 114,149 were from those registered as Republicans. https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/10/01/proposition-hh-proposition-ii/Colorado voters will decide on two statewide measures this election, both of which were referred to the ballot by the state Legislature.First, Proposition HHIf approved, Proposition HH would lower property tax rates over the next 10 years and allow the state to keep more money than it would otherwise be obligated to return to taxpayers. If Proposition HH passes, the residential assessment rate would be reduced to 6.7% from 6.765% until 2032. Proposition HH would also raise the amount of tax revenue the state can keep — set by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights — by 1%. The new revenue allowed would be used to backfill property tax revenue that local governments would miss out on, for things like public education. $20MM would also be set aside for a rental assistance program.The proposition is backed by the Democratic lawmakers who voted to put it on the ballot and by Demoratic Gov. Jared Polis, as well as by other liberal groups, unions, AARP and the League of Women Voters. They say the proposal is a responsible solution to rising property taxes while still keeping schools funded. https://variety.com/2023/music/news/britney-spears-memoir-the-woman-in-me-sales-publisher-1235768414/It's BritneyBritney Spears‘ long-awaited memoir “The Woman in Me” — which details her fight for freedom and tumultuous relationships with the men in her life — has sold 1.1 million copies in its first week across print, pre-sales, e-books and audiobooks in the United States.“The Woman in Me” was released on Oct. 24 and has officially been out for just over a week. The memoir is 275 pages long and the audiobook is read by actress Michelle Williams. The book featured a wild assortment of revelations that touched on Spears' career, family, conservatorship and high profile relationships. Among them, Spears revealed that she and her ex-beau Justin Timberlake had gotten an abortion and she also claims Timberlake cheated on her with unnamed celebrities. Spears landed the publishing deal for a tell-all last February, just a few months after her conservatorship was terminated. Simon & Schuster acquired the rights to Spears' book last year after a bidding war that involved multiple publishers, though the financial terms of the transaction have not been revealed. That's it for me, from Denver I'm Sean Diller. Stories featured in today's show were originally reported in the Missouri Independent, Ohio Capital Journal, Pennsylvania Capital Star, Colorado Newsline, and Variety. Thanks for listening, see you next time. 

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released the state's 2022 Uniform Crime Report. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey has appointed the new head of a city office with broad oversight of police, fire and other public safety operations. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Growing up in rural Kentucky, John Brock comes from a long line of unsuccessful farmers. As a young man, he fell in love with his best friend (a handsome young man) and quickly realized that Kentucky was not a safe place, so he moved to New York.  After five years, John moved to Atlanta for the vibrant gay community. John served as the commissioner of Hotlanta Volleyball and participated in Gay Games 1990 and 1994. At the same time, John attended graduate school at Emory University and later worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a toxicologist. After working way too hard for 10 years, doing research in 17 countries, and sitting in traffic far too long, John moved to Asheville in 2001 to be a professor and create a nurturing home life. John now teaches at the University of North Carolina Asheville and consults on a national study of birth defects. John lives in a loving web of people but, oddly, is currently single. He would like to date (hint hint). He is currently raising his nearly perfect adopted 16-year-old son who will soon go off to college. He also is raising a sweet, somewhat neurotic dog, who will not. Asheville is John's home base but he dreams of living in other countries, one or two month a year, and some new adventures.·       Asheville is a city located in the western part of the state of North Carolina, United States. Here are some quick facts about Asheville:·       Population: As of the 2020 Census, the estimated population of Asheville was 97,317.·       Geography: Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. The city sits at an elevation of 2,134 feet (650 meters) above sea level.·       Climate: Asheville has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild winters. The average high temperature in July is 83°F (28°C), while the average low temperature in January is 28°F (-2°C).·       LGBTQ Community: Asheville has a vibrant LGBTQ community and has been recognized as one of the most gay-friendly cities in the country. The city has numerous LGBTQ-owned businesses and hosts several LGBTQ events throughout the year, such as the Blue Ridge Pride Festival.·       Crime and Safety: According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Asheville has a crime rate that is higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low violent crime rate. Like any city, it is important to take precautions and be aware of your surroundings. ·     Cost of Living: Asheville has a cost of living that is slightly higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low cost of housing compared to other cities on the East Coast. The cost of living can vary depending on the neighborhood you live in and your lifestyle. Support the showIf you enjoy these podcasts, please make a donation by clicking the coffee cup on any page of our website www.wheredogaysretire.com. Each cup of coffee costs $5 and goes towards bringing you these podcasts in the future.If you or you know someone who is interested in being a guest on the podcast, please contact me at mark@wheredogaysretire.com. Thank you so much for listening!

Growing up in rural Kentucky, John Brock comes from a long line of unsuccessful farmers. As a young man, he fell in love with his best friend (a handsome young man) and quickly realized that Kentucky was not a safe place, so he moved to New York.  After five years, John moved to Atlanta for the vibrant gay community. John served as the commissioner of Hotlanta Volleyball and participated in Gay Games 1990 and 1994. At the same time, John attended graduate school at Emory University and later worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a toxicologist. After working way too hard for 10 years, doing research in 17 countries, and sitting in traffic far too long, John moved to Asheville in 2001 to be a professor and create a nurturing home life. John now teaches at the University of North Carolina Asheville and consults on a national study of birth defects. John lives in a loving web of people but, oddly, is currently single. He would like to date (hint hint). He is currently raising his nearly perfect adopted 16-year-old son who will soon go off to college. He also is raising a sweet, somewhat neurotic dog, who will not. Asheville is John's home base but he dreams of living in other countries, one or two month a year, and some new adventures.·       Asheville is a city located in the western part of the state of North Carolina, United States. Here are some quick facts about Asheville:·       Population: As of the 2020 Census, the estimated population of Asheville was 97,317.·       Geography: Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. The city sits at an elevation of 2,134 feet (650 meters) above sea level.·       Climate: Asheville has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild winters. The average high temperature in July is 83°F (28°C), while the average low temperature in January is 28°F (-2°C).·       LGBTQ Community: Asheville has a vibrant LGBTQ community and has been recognized as one of the most gay-friendly cities in the country. The city has numerous LGBTQ-owned businesses and hosts several LGBTQ events throughout the year, such as the Blue Ridge Pride Festival.·       Crime and Safety: According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Asheville has a crime rate that is higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low violent crime rate. Like any city, it is important to take precautions and be aware of your surroundings. ·     Cost of Living: Asheville has a cost of living that is slightly higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low cost of housing compared to other cities on the East Coast. The cost of living can vary depending on the neighborhood you live in and your lifestyle. Support the showIf you enjoy these podcasts, please make a donation by clicking the coffee cup on any page of our website www.wheredogaysretire.com. Each cup of coffee costs $5 and goes towards bringing you these podcasts in the future.If you or you know someone who is interested in being a guest on the podcast, please contact me at mark@wheredogaysretire.com. Please join our Where Do Gays Retire Facebook group at Where Do Gays Retire? | FacebookThank you so much for listening!

In today's episode, Andy & DJ discuss Democrat Tim Ryan doubling down on his call to 'kill and confront' MAGA republicans, the FBI releasing its Uniform Crime Report that showed more people were killed in 2020 with fists & feet than were killed with rifles, and Tulsi Gabbards announcement that she will leave the Democratic party due to cowardly wokeness & anti-white racism.

According to the FBI's National Crime Information Centre, as of December 2019, there are over 87,000 active missing persons records, and their Uniform Crime Report estimates that the US had, as of 2019, around 250,000 unsolved murders. This number increases by about 6,000 each year. Looking at these astounding figures, it's sad to think that the attention is so often exclusively given to a select group of cold cases, time and time again. Because of course, no case should slip through the cracks. No case should be forgotten about. But, sadly, many are. In today's video, we aim to shed light on three cold cases that you've probably never heard of.

School shootings et Covid A silver lining of the pandemic was the significant decline of workplace and school violence in 2020. Sadly, it is roaring back. Former FBI agent Terri Patterson discusses this sad reality. Control Risks | Global Risk Consultancy Crisis and Security Consulting practice, based in the Washington, DC office. She focuses on the impact of mental health issues in the corporate environment, specializing in threat assessment and case management. Terri has over two decades of experience leading law enforcement operations, strategic programs and critical incident preparedness. She is a recognized expert in behavioral assessment and risk mitigation, with a specialization in global security solutions to combat criminal and national security threat actors. Serving in a variety of influential roles during her FBI tenure, Terri has designed and delivered training globally to investigators, intelligence professionals, mental health experts and executives in the identification and mitigation of criminal, national security and insider threats. This bio work constitutes a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. View original source here. [[hyperlink: Terri Patterson Sponsored by Microshare. Listen to our other podcasts on the Manifest Density portal. - Subscribe to DataStream: the Microshare Newsletter - View our LinkedIn page -  Contact Us   Episode transcript: The transcription of this episode is auto generated by a third-party source. While Microshare takes every precaution to insure that the content is accurate, errors can occur. Microshare, Inc.  is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. Michael Moran [00:00:01] This is manifest density. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Manifest City, your host Michael Moran, here to explore the intersection of COVID 19 global business and society. And if density is brought to you by the global smart building and ESG data company Microshare, unleash the data well today. Really, really interesting conversation. I suggest we're going to have here with Terry Patterson, who had a long career in the FBI and is now a crisis consulting expert at control risks. You are definitely an interesting person. What an interesting, you know, focus area you have workplace school and other shootings. How to prevent them, how to how to mitigate the risk and respond. Welcome to the podcast.   Terri Patterson [00:00:54] Thanks so much, Michael, I'm happy to be here.   Michael Moran [00:00:57] So what is it that got you into? First, the FBI and then in into this line of work at control risks.   Terri Patterson [00:01:07] Well, thank you for asking that I often don't talk about my career before the FBI, but I started my career as a psychologist engaged in threat assessments primarily in the community. And then I spent 23 years, as you have already mentioned, as an agent with the FBI. Much of that time was spent at the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia, where I worked on a variety of issues, starting with the beginning with violent crime matters and then transitioning over to as much of the FBI did over to terrorism and violent extremism. And so after retiring from the FBI for 23 years, I have joined control risk and I have been here now for almost two years and I have continued to really try to bring a full circle. The behavioral aspects of mental health and violence. And so certainly I talk quite a bit about mental health in the workplace and how it is that we should always strive for resilience and and positive mental wellness in the workplace. But then sadly, a lot of my work is also spent, of course, on those threats that can emerge when we see this complex combination of factors that can lead to violence in the workplace or in other commercial establishments. And then sadly, I think most tragically in our schools, as you've already mentioned.   Michael Moran [00:02:43] Well, Terry, obviously your time at control risks now has overlapped almost perfectly with COVID 19, something that obviously has been a tragic development for humanity. It's done all sorts of damage, and we've talked at length on this podcast about the economic, social and political impacts of of COVID 19. But one of the silver linings that have been pointed out is when people left the workplace to remotely work and when people actually even were kept out of religious venues for a while and schools. Of course, these tragic events really took a dove. There weren't many school shootings in 2020. There weren't many workplace violence issues that popped up, at least into the news media. How has that developed now that we're hopefully in the late stages of the pandemic and people are going back to their places of work and worship and school?   Terri Patterson [00:03:39] Well, I think you're pointing out, watch it. What is too many people really counterintuitive, right? And I'll just add some numbers to what you have already thrown out. I was reading recently a recent study that really tracks these violent mass attacks, and what was revealed was that since the data has been captured. The last five years has resulted in 20 percent of all of those mass attacks as mass shootings, 20 percent have taken place in the last five years. And when you lay on top of that recent data showing that 20 20 saw more victims of mass shootings than any other year since the data has been compiled, it really is quite compelling. It's alarming. And I'll just add to that for anyone who monitors, reads the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. The Crime Report for 2020, which is the most recent report we have. It was released in twenty twenty one early twenty twenty one. This report revealed that crimes across the board were down. Right. And so this is no surprise to many people when you consider, as you've already pointed out, that we were in the midst of a of a massive national health emergency. People were at home in response to the global pandemic. Most of the population were working from home. But what is surprising is this while the overall crime report indicated that crime was down. The exception to that trend was in two areas aggravated assaults and homicides. And in these two crime areas, we actually saw an increase in the numbers. And so what I'm suggesting here is that when everyone was home, we saw an increase in the number of aggravated assaults and homicides. Probably many of those interpersonal violence individuals who knew one another, engaging in violent acts against one another. Now we're seeing people going back to the workplace, going back out into those areas of commerce. And again, we have the same stressors that have been at play on the population since the beginning of the pandemic. But now we're seeing all of that violence spill out again into our workplace schools and places of commerce. So certainly, it's a concern. We always have to keep our eye on the vulnerability of the population in general as a result of stressors again, that we've seen all talk quite a bit about stressors during our conversation today. And as all of those employees who have been home are now navigating this transition, that's often difficult transition back into the workplace. We have been working with clients to really be prepared for that influx and trying to keep those employees safe and really trying to again shore up the resilience and making sure that that we have what we can in place to to keep everyone safe.   Michael Moran [00:06:39] Terry, hold that thought. We're going to take a break to hear from our sponsor. OK, I'm back with Terry Patterson, former FBI agent and security and crisis consultant at Control Risks. We're talking about what COVID did to the really sad rate of workplace and its place of worship violence in the U.S. in particular. I'm Terry. Can you take us through what it's like to engage with a client? You know, whether that is a house of worship or, you know, a big company or a school system and try to get them ready to prevent these things and to spot the potential problem before it happens.   Terri Patterson [00:07:23] Sure, Michael, I think so. First, I think just to I'll I'll start with what is, you know, what I see as routine policies and procedures that I think every client should have in place, right? And that revolves around workplace violence prevention and ensuring that you have that. All of our clients have a solid and robust workplace violence prevention plan. And so what we have been spending a lot of time doing is going in reviewing those plans right now, especially again, as I mentioned before, as clients are finding that they're bringing people back, they're bring their employees back into the workplace after having been away for many months. They're finding that this is a good time to really review their policies, review their procedures and make the appropriate updates that they need. And so we're certainly helping with that as a result of that. Again, we have been advising on policies and procedures. We have been putting together guide books or playbooks so that each member of that crisis management team knows what their role is when it comes to workplace violence prevention, and they're able to engage appropriately and really early on in the process. Most of that revolves around identifying behaviors of concern, having a process in place to escalate those concerns. And then again, having at the corporate level, those executives who are responsible for managing and implementing that program. We've been providing a lot of training training to frontline supervisors in particular and human resource professionals really helping them again to recognize and understand the trends related to workplace violence and concerning behaviors, helping them to understand and to implement a good process by which problems and concerns can be escalated, either through the front line manager or anonymously, as has the employee might wish. And then again, to be able to address those concerns early and often. A lot of that training has been dealing also with just de-escalation, how it is that managers and human resource professionals should deal with and talk to employees who are in crisis. Because while today we're talking about really that dark side of stress and what can happen when you have lots of psychological stress compounded with basic personality or disposition or concerns and a personality that seems to go to violence for resolution of conflict? And then a whole host of other factors that come together to lead to violence. That's really what we're talking about today. But we also have to keep in mind that there are always those employees in the workplace who are just dealing with routine day to day stress and they are experiencing crises as well. So we want those frontline managers and human resource professionals to really be comfortable, engaging people when they're in a crisis. So we've been doing a lot of training around de-escalation as well. And so a lot of what we've been doing really is around prevention and then engagement. And then, of course, if all else fails, we really don't want to get to this side. But if all else fails, then of course, response. And so we certainly have been stepping in when when our clients do experience a crisis of some sort and that generally entails in conducting a threat assessment and then helping their client put together some threat mitigation strategies in order to keep the workplace safe.   Michael Moran [00:11:19] Let's talk for a second about how the H.R. departments or security departments and companies. Are they being proactive in terms of like serving people's social media? And is that part of this whole thing now? Because, you know, let's say 15 years ago, that would have been pretty unthinkable that your boss is snooping around and things like that.   Terri Patterson [00:11:42] Well, you know, I think that we have a variety of clients, of course, and clients are engaging in a lot of different mechanisms to try to identify risk early and try to identify concerning behaviors early. Certainly, we recommend educating the workforce, educating those front line managers, educating human resource professionals. That's always what we recommend first. There's a lot of research out there suggesting that bystanders, those individuals who are close to a person who will later engage in violence, there are bystanders, always who see a number of indicators that that would suggest that violence may be coming right and that violence may be around the corner. And so we always want to suggest we always want to recommend that training be pushed out and be implemented in order to identify some of those concerns early on. But in addition to that, of course, monitoring social media platforms and online forums for threat streams for deteriorating sentiment. I think in general, a lot of our clients are engaging in social media monitoring. I'm not suggesting that they're monitoring individual employees social media platforms, but I'm suggesting that in general, they're monitoring platforms for negative sentiment related to and coming back to the client company. So certainly that is something that is, I think, being utilized quite often as an intelligence function just to identify early some of those threat streams and and threat actors that may be out there. This is really right now. It's certainly pertinent because we all know that there is a lot of stress around social and political differences, ideological stressors that individuals are experiencing. We've seen a rise of violent extremism that poses a range of risk to businesses that go beyond the individual employee who is experiencing psychological stress as they come to work every day. And so this is also something that corporate leaders have to keep their eye on. And and certainly we're seeing the social media platforms being monitored, as you have suggested, as a way of trying to identify early some of those threats that would derive from ideologically motivated insiders or outsiders.   Michael Moran [00:14:21] I want to go to your behavioral psychology expertize, and let's think about COVID. As a experience we've all been through some accepting it more as reality than others, but it has affected just about every life on the planet. What is the difference now post-pandemic as people start coming back into the office place? What are the new things that people are being stressed by? What are the new flags that you've got your eye on to try to prevent people from starting to move down the line of something troubling?   Terri Patterson [00:14:57] Well, I think COVID 19, of course, has led to enhanced challenges on the workforce in a hole in a variety of ways that we've all heard about the shift to remote work and then the transition to hybrid models. And then more recently, of course, as you and I have discussed, this return to the workplace has led to increased levels of stress as employees navigate what seems to be a constantly shifting landscape. And so change is always we say change is good, it is good, but it's also stressful. And so we continue to hear about tensions and polarization. In addition to that, the tensions and polarization around what I just mentioned, social and political issues that is leading to discord within families and communities and now spilling over into the workplace as issues related to COVID 19 like mask mandates and vaccinations have also become politicized and are triggering associated ideological grievances. So we have all of these challenges that have really led to unprecedented issues that we've heard about again over the last two years and really have led to employee vulnerability at its highest. And that vulnerability in the in the best case scenario threatens productivity, threatens stability. And then, of course, in the worst case scenario, threatens the security of the workforce or the workplace rather and caught right in the middle, of course, of the employee. And there are the employers, the leaders who are trying to balance a safe and healthy. Environment, while also trying to respect the individual concerns and the needs of their employees. So we've been talking quite a bit about the stress that is associated with the pandemic. I certainly believe that the better we all understand those trends and the trends that we're going to continue to see, then the better we're going to be able to address the issues and continue to build productive and resilient workplaces. That's the goal, right? But again, as we know, we also are seeing and we will continue to see that, you know, stress can also lead to a really destructive and and violent threat as well. And so we see the manifestation of that every day when we turn on on the news. So I think I can't possibly overstate the concern that we have as we start bringing people in back into the workplace and we still have these unprecedented levels of stress. And while we're in flux until we really get settled in, I think we're going to continue to see alarming rates of just problematic behavior. Again, most of it hopefully around productivity, around various issues that are going to disrupt just the positive environment in the workplace. But again, we always have to keep our eye on those individuals who are overwhelmed by stress who have that disposition that tends to move them to violence as a result and moving to violence in order to deal with any kind of conflict. And that is our concern, of course. And so I can't overstress the importance of trying to manage overall the stress levels in the workplace, but also really trying to identify early and often those behavioral indicators of that trajectory to violence.   Michael Moran [00:18:42] How are you going to take a quick break? Listen to a word from our sponsor. All right, Terri Paterson, security and crisis expert and former FBI agent, I have one last question. The pandemic itself has sent well during certain stages of it, sent most of us who could to work remotely. The stress doesn't necessarily end, and there have been some people who even say it's become a more stressful world because you're never off, you're always on and always at the beck and call of your colleagues. And is there something special about the remote situation? Have you have done any consulting with companies on how to deal with that very unique kind of stress because we made, for instance, live in a world now forever where remote is a piece of it?   Terri Patterson [00:19:34] Yeah, I think that's absolutely right. And and remote work certainly isn't free from stress, right? We know that and we have talked about it quite a bit. We have we've seen increased domestic violence. Of course, we've heard a lot about that. We've seen increases in a whole wide range of issues, even as employees who are working remotely. We saw over half of the working age population reporting a decline in their mental wellness during the height of the pandemic, while most people were at home. We saw prescriptions for antidepressants increased 34 percent and anti-anxiety prescriptions rise 19 percent in 2020. And then, of course, we just continue to see what what psychologists refer to as the comorbidity of these mental illnesses, along with substance abuse, which leads to a variety of negative consequences, all while people were at home and working from the safety of their home. Right. And so certainly being at home brings a whole host of other issues we've had. We've heard from employees that they've had a difficult time turning work off when they're at home. We've heard employees say, and we've seen survey after survey that suggests that the stress of trying to navigate child care or or elder care or all of the household duties that would come with just staying at home with a full time job was also very stressful. And so certainly we have not seen working from home or remote work alleviate stress. Certainly the young, the youngest in our workforce, Generation Z, the Zoomers, we refer to them normal and millennials reported more symptoms of mental illness. Then they're they're more tenured counterparts while they were working remotely. And so certainly for them, as they're just starting out their career, they're trying to get settled into the workplace and really trying to make those connections, maybe find people who they can rely on for mentorship, as you and I had talked earlier. This was all disrupted with with COVID 19. And so they have had a particularly difficult time just trying to get started and get off the ground with their career. So I think this is something that our clients certainly continue to grapple with. How is it that they're able to find the right balance and have the structure that the workplace provides continue as they bring people back to the office, but then also being sensitive to the the flexibility that employees are saying they really need and they value. So I think that's going to continue to be a challenge. And then of course, we have these issues around a remote workforce and some of the challenges that it brings just in terms of issues like insider risk. Right. We've seen ongoing challenges as some of our clients have navigated issues around, of course, employee stress, compromised coping skills and then managing these hybrid models of remote and returned to work structures. Because there's the recognition that, you know, remote work is becoming a permanent reality for some segments of the workforce. And so these shifts are really requiring our clients to continue to examine their insider risk posture against the continuing need for flexibility and resilience building. And so we know, of course, based on years of research and experience, we know that there's a constellation of factors that influence insider risk. We know that there's a dynamic nature, those factors that can enhance the risk posed to businesses that are not adequately prepared. And we've long argued behavioral researchers that most threats can be prevented with early and or and robust responsiveness that addresses the risk well in advance of a malicious act. And so we certainly continue to experience a greater reliance on digital solutions to insider threat. But in case after case, we also see the need for a behavioral assessment of those early indicators of an emerging problem. And so I bring all of this up. Because again, when you have a remote workforce, it's harder to identify often those behavioral indicators and then you're giving people access that otherwise they wouldn't have in a remote environment. And so we just keep beating this drum around insider risk as well that comprehensive programs really should be put in place before the manifestation of anomalous behavior. And it really must incorporate behavioral experts to meet best practice and industry standards. So again, we're seeing a wide range of issues related to remote work, and I think we're going to continue to see those issues, issues around employee wellness, issues around culture and maintaining the culture of of of the of the workplace and the brand. And then, of course, all the way over to insider risk and that emerging threat that comes from having a remote workforce get trying to maintain control of of, you know, your information. So we're going to continue to monitor that. We're going to continue to provide support there as we have really for the last year and a half, Terry.   Michael Moran [00:25:25] This has just been fascinating. I wonder if if our readers wanted to continue to learn about this or follow your work, what would you suggest?   Terri Patterson [00:25:35] Well, Michael, I'm I'm always available, of course, on control risks. XCOM can find me. They are easily. I also have a profile on LinkedIn and certainly would welcome an ongoing discussion with anyone who finds this topic of interest.   Michael Moran [00:25:49] It's it's a sad irony that that workplace violence and school violence is a happy victim of COVID. And it's even sadder that now that the pandemic is relenting a bit, that we're seeing it come back. Of course, you can learn more about Microshare at WW W Microshare Daddario and its ever smart solutions that boost efficiency, enable cost savings and bring safety and reassurance to people inside of buildings very relevant to this conversation. You can also subscribe to the podcast Manifest Density there or download it on Google Play and iHeartRadio and iTunes and Spotify. We have not dropped off a Spotify yet, but that'll do it for this week on behalf of Microshare and all of its global employees. I'd like to say thank you again to to Terry Patterson and wish you all wellness and a good week. See you next week.

This week on The Liberty Cast, Big E talks about the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and the spike in violent crime, the left's insistence on masks and jabs despite the science that undercuts their argument, one unhinged leftist literally foams at the mouth while ranting about  people not getting jabbed and the tyranny on display in Australia is coming to a town near you, if it's not already there. He gets in to all of that and more. Don't miss it!!SUBSCRIBE: ApplePodcasts | iHeartRADIO | Spotify | Spreaker | AndroidThe left continues to blame guns for violent crime.They seem physically incapable of blaming criminals for their behavior.Mayor Beetlejuice's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad summer. Real time data on Chicago's violent crime.Minnesota implements racist policy to fight systemic racism.First cruise out of NYC with jab requirements is a superspreader event.

This week on The Liberty Cast, Big E talks about the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and the spike in violent crime, the left's insistence on masks and jabs despite the science that undercuts their argument, one unhinged leftist literally foams at the mouth while ranting about  people not getting jabbed and the tyranny on display in Australia is coming to a town near you, if it's not already there. He gets in to all of that and more. Don't miss it!!SUBSCRIBE: ApplePodcasts | iHeartRADIO | Spotify | Spreaker | AndroidThe left continues to blame guns for violent crime.They seem physically incapable of blaming criminals for their behavior.Mayor Beetlejuice's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad summer. Real time data on Chicago's violent crime.Minnesota implements racist policy to fight systemic racism.First cruise out of NYC with jab requirements is a superspreader event.

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According to the Uniform Crime Report released last month by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the number of reported violent crimes in Minnesota last year went up by 17 percent over the previous year. That includes a record high number of homicides.  Much of those numbers are driven by rising crime in larger cities, a trend mirrored by other larger cities around the country.  However, some suburban communities are also experiencing upticks in certain kinds of crime. Recently the police chiefs of Crystal, Maple Grove, Plymouth, and New Hope told FOX-9 TV that this year, they're seeing a level of violence they haven't seen before.  Guest host Brandt Williams talked with two criminologists and a public policy expert about how crime trends are impacting Minnesota's smaller towns and communities. They explored domestic violence, gun violence, addiction, and policing in exurban and rural areas. Guests: Ralph Weisheit is a distinguished professor of criminal justice at Illinois State University Walter DeKeseredy is director of the Research Center on Violence and a professor of sociology at West Virginia University Julie Tesch is president & CEO of the Center for Rural Policy & Development Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

According to the Uniform Crime Report released last month by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the number of reported violent crimes in Minnesota last year went up by 17 percent over the previous year. Much of those numbers are driven by rising crime in larger cities. But some suburban communities are also experiencing upticks in certain kinds of crime. Recently the police chiefs of Crystal, Maple Grove, Plymouth, and New Hope told FOX-9 TV that this year, they're seeing a level of violence they haven't seen before.  Guest host Brandt Williams talked with two criminologists and a public policy expert about how crime trends are impacting Minnesota's smaller towns and communities. Guests: Ralph Weisheit is a distinguished professor of criminal justice at Illinois State University Walter DeKeseredy is director of the Research Center on Violence and a professor of sociology at West Virginia University Julie Tesch is president & CEO of the Center for Rural Policy & Development Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.

On this episode of The Unlovely Truth we're going to see just how hard families have to work when their loved ones' cases go cold. Once leads are exhausted, these cases often get put on the back burner as police work new cases with fresh leads. That's why your involvement is so important! By sharing the podcast and asking your friends to do the same, we might get Ernestine Hurt's cold case murder heard by someone who has information that can blow the case wide open! Mirya loves her grandmother the way I loved mine, and I want us to do all we can to help her find answers. Based on data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, the US has over 250,000 unsolved murders, and every year nearly 6,000 new cases raise that number even higher. As our police agencies are given fewer and fewer resources, that number is only going to continue to grow unless we do something. Let's not let this murderer get away with their crime any longer. You have a voice and a circle of influence. Become a True Crime Hero when you share the podcast and social media posts about this case and others. Visit my website and join my email list Connect with me on FaceBook And Instagram! Ohio Attorney General cold case information Submit a tip

This episode reviews the most popular posts of August: * Reader poll results: What's your favorite restaurant? * City launches public input survey: The city is looking for feedback as part of a downtown strategic plan that's in the works. * Three properties win tax appeals: The three properties were 195 W. Main St. and two of the Riverwalk townhomes. * Second phase of The Mint-North tweaked again. The Planning Board approved changes, adding one residential unit and four parking spaces in the six-story building planned at Poplar and Main streets. * 2020 Crime data: The Uniform Crime Report showed that reported crime in Rahway was up about 28% -- from about 190 incidents in 2019 to 224 in 2020 -- one of six towns in Union County to report an increase. Access crime data going back to 1999 by becoming a Patron of RahwayRising. * SID transition continues: City Council held its first meeting at the new Downtown Management Corporation, including a report from the new SID director. * Taxi rates going up: City Council approved a $1 increase in taxi cab rates, the first hike in eight years. * Reader poll open: What's your favorite summer outdoor event? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahwayrising/message

Content Warning: Discussions on IPV fatalities Every year, TCFV creates a report on intimate partner violence (IPV) fatalities in Texas. This report highlights how deeply rooted IPV is in the state of Texas and pays tribute to those who lost their lives. In this episode, Mikisha Hooper and Sarah Hilderbrand -- from our Support to Service Providers team -- discuss the complexities of putting this report together, the fatality numbers for 2019 and their hopes for this project. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail us at prevention@tcfv.org. References and Resources: HTV Report: https://tcfv.org/honoring-texas-victims/ TCFV Service Directory: http://tcfv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tcfv_srv_directory_2019.pdf Uniform Crime Report: https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

In this episode, I discuss the methods of crime reporting in the United States and how using crime statistics out of context can be harmful. I go over the Uniform Crime Report, the National Incident-Based Reporting System, the National Victimization Survey, and Self-Report Surveys. I describe each report in detail and their shortcomings. Afterwards, I discuss how statistics can be misleading and that they can be used to promote harmful narratives specifically in regards to race. Lastly, I talk about the factors that should be considered to provide context to crime statistics, as well as debunking the myth of black on black crime. Sources for today's episode: Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2018). Data Collection: National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Office of Justice Programs. Retrieved from: https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245Cullen, F., Agnew, R., Wilcox, P. (2014). Criminological Theory: Past to Present (5th Edition). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Graif, C., Gladfelter, A., Matthews, S. (2014). Urban Poverty and Neighborhoods Effects on Crime: Incorporating Spacial and Network Perspectives. Social Compass, 8(9), 1140-1155. Hanks, A., Solomon, D., Weller, C. (2018). Systematic Inequality: How America's Structural Racism Helped Create the Black-White Wealth Gap. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2018/02/21/447051/systematic-inequality/Karmen, A. (2016). Crime Victims: An Introduction to Victimology (9th Edition). Boston, MA. Cengage Learning. NIBRS. (2018). National Incidient-Based Reporting System.Federal Bureau of Investigations. Retrieved from: https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr/nibrs Uniform Crime Report. (2017) 2017 Crime in the United States. Federal Bureau of Investigations. Retrieved from: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/tables/table-43United States Census Bureau. (2018). ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved from: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/all?q=race&hidePreview=false&tid=ACSDP1Y2018.DP05 

In this episode of our BryghtCast edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast for the week of September 30th, 2019,  Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and Consultant Bray Wheeler take a look at three current risks and upcoming events: South China Morning Post:  As it happened - Hong Kong protester shot in chest, six live rounds fired on National Day. New York Times: In Pictures - China's National Day Parade Features Pomp and Artillery South China Morning Post: China's National Day parade, as it happened FBI: 2018 Crime Statistics Released FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program //static.leadpages.net/leadboxes/current/embed.js Episode Transcript Bryan Strawser: Hello, and welcome to the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. This is Bryan Strawser, principal and CEO at Bryghtpath. Bray Wheeler: This is Bray Wheeler, consultant at Bryghtpath. Bryan Strawser: This is our BryghtCast edition for the week of September 30th, 2019 where we take apart two or three events, stories, announcements, and talk about what it means for companies and nonprofit organizations in the private sector. Bray, what do we got today? Bray Wheeler: We have today just a couple of items today, everybody's favorite topic that we've been talking about all probably be for quite some time, Hong Kong. What is new? We've avoided talking about this just a little bit to avoid fatigue and the fact that the situation remains as is until over the last few days, particularly Monday here this week where Hong Kong police for the first time in all these months of protests actually fired a live round or more at protesters, but actually hit a protester with the live round. Bray Wheeler: This is the first time that violent force has been used by Hong Kong police against the protesters. The protesters reignited some pretty heavy protest and different actions over the last few days, including setting fires, shutting down the subway, blocking traffic, kind of all of their MOs, but very much picked up the intensity of what they had been doing over the last couple of weeks anyway. The reports are that this police officer fell threatened, he was being attacked according to him and so ended up firing off shots. Bray Wheeler: In addition to that, Hong Kong police have also fired live rounds into the air over the past 24 to 48 hours, so more live ammunition being used, not necessarily directed at people, but definitely being discharged. That's all to say in the context. This is all happening in the context of China's National Day or the 70th anniversary of communist party rule. There are a big celebration and parade here on Tuesday this week in which all the pomp and circumstance that China does with these different national days. This being the 70th anniversary, it was a little bit bigger, unveiled some new weapons, but kind of the unique piece to Hong Kong was a couple of things. Bray Wheeler: One, Carrie Lam was an honored guest, which isn't out of the norm, however, was highlighted as kind of a guest. Then the president of China Xi Jinping actually made comments in his speech almost from the get-go around "no force can shake the status of our great motherland, no force can obstruct the advance of the Chinese people and Chinese nation." He also went on to say that they would maintain the lasting prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macau, so- Bryan Strawser: Specifically called them out. Bray Wheeler: Specifically called them out, so it was definitely left no mistake, as the New York Times reporter points out left, no mistake that Hong Kong is on the minds of Chinese leaders right now. Bryan Strawser: There's a couple of things to unpack here around all of this. I think the first is this appears to be an escalation on the part of the governments in Hong Kong. They arrested over a hundred protesters, I believe it was, during this weekend's protest. They shot at the one individual and wounded him, I believe. I don't know what... what was the size of the protest this weekend? I don't know that I caught that in the news, but how did this compare to some of the protests we'd seen previously? Bray Wheeler: I think in terms of the... so there were two simultaneous protests going on. I... trying to see if I can find the numbers right in front of me. The more violent actions I think are just within the norm of what they have been over the last couple of weeks, but their intensity of what they were doing increased, which was notable, but there was also a peaceful protest March in Hong Kong as well, kind of an anti-Chinese day parade, which was much better attended in terms of protest side, or protest size rather. Bray Wheeler: But I think it's all within the average norm of what we've seen. I don't think it's surged to the millions like it was at the height of it, but it was definitely enough to get attention of security forces as well as, kind of notable in terms of counter parade to China. Bryan Strawser: The second part of this was just the other part here to unpack I think is the 70th-anniversary celebration that kicked off today, October 1st as we're recording this. These are some pretty strong statements from the president, not just about Chinese dominance and expected Chinese growth as a great power in the years to come, but these specific commentaries around Macau and Hong Kong, Hong Kong in particular. I think it just goes back to the New York Times' take on this, that we're going to see the change in Hong Kong now. Maybe not at a more glacial pace as we were expecting for a long time, but a more aggressive and deliberate manner to bring Hong Kong more in line with Chinese norms. Is that your perception from this as well? Bray Wheeler: Yeah, and I think it was also pointed out in some of the opinion and commentary pieces, which I also agree with, maybe not as on the same timeline as it was suggested, but kind of Hong Kong's diminishing importance due to the trade war battles, skirmish, whatever you want to call it between the US and China. The fact that Hong Kong's importance is diminishing as a part of that right now coupled with these democratic protests. It was suggested that we could see a definitive change in Hong Kong eventually, and sooner rather than later just based on the fact that China feels like they can get away with a little bit more now that it's not as important, they will face less international pressure, there's less domestic pressure, there's more violence going on, kind of asserting their needs to get the situation under control. Bray Wheeler: It also flies, this was suggested in some of the reporting, around China National Day that the president of China has been working to kind of homogenize China rather than expanding on the diversity that China has touted a little bit for several decades as a part of what they're trying to accomplish, that they're actually going in the opposite direction, which is probably going to cause him more problems in the future, but there's that part of it too where they're trying to assert the one-China homogenous idea what's going on. Bray Wheeler: There's a lot of contexts. There's a lot of factors at play with Hong Kong right now that probably doesn't bode well for what we were used to as Hong Kong a year ago, two years ago, six months ago to what we're going to see in six months, a year from now, two years from now. I think it's potentially at a tipping point, and it certainly has continued to escalate. Bray Wheeler: For companies, we've been talking about this in different ways of do you have a BC plan, do you have an EVAC plan, are you thinking about how your operations work in Hong Kong, those kinds of things. I think if you haven't already, not to sound too alarmist here, but if you haven't already, now really is the time because as we've seen since the beginning of this, 115 days I think it is of protest activity, there's been no de-escalation of what has gone on. There have been no real signs of getting back to what was considered normal. It's only increasing now, and the fact that there are some violent tactics being used both by protestors and by security forces, it's probably going to continue. There's no way, kind of- Bryan Strawser: Right. Bray Wheeler: You can't put the lid back on that. Bryan Strawser: Can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. Bray Wheeler: Yes. Bryan Strawser: As we were talking to this morning in my office prior to recording the podcast, this is also probably the beginning of the time when companies need to think about is Hong Kong in the longterm where we want to operate? Is... For a lot of companies, Hong Kong is their base of operations for Asia. That's where their headquarters or regional headquarters is. That's where a lot of American expats, for example, base themselves. Same for the Commonwealth countries, Hong Kong, of course, being part of the United Kingdom for so long. Bryan Strawser: But a lot of these companies, many of these companies are starting to consider is Hong Kong the place we want to be 20 years from now if we're going to see more movement towards Hong Kong looking more like the rest of China? Do we stay there, or do we decamp to another westernized country that plays by a western ruleset here, and for a lot of countries, that Singapore where, again, we have a former British, mostly British base of operations that's an independent city-country, city-state, now and operates in that way and typically follows western norms, leaving out the caning and things like that that goes on. Bryan Strawser: But this isn't a today thing, but as you pointed out if you haven't already looked at your BC plans now, it's really the last chance we're going to get to take a solid look at this. It's also I think the beginning of the time in which you need to evaluate is Hong Kong where you want to be in the longterm or is there another location that is going to be better suited for you 5, 7, 10 years down the road? Bray Wheeler: Yeah, and we don't get a cut from Singapore for saying it. I think all preference would be to be able to have those of basis of, or entry points into Asia both through Hong Kong, through Singapore, through other locations in that region, but the viability of Hong Kong right now going forward as of now, if the current trajectory stays in place- Bryan Strawser: Yeah, the longterm thought process, where does it take us? Bray Wheeler: ... you have to really look, you have to really look at that. Bryan Strawser: Back in... when was the handover, in 1997? Bray Wheeler: Yes. Bryan Strawser: Right? I was 23 in 1997. I remember watching this, and I had no clue what this would mean in the longterm, but here we are almost 22 years, we're 22 years past the handover, or close to. I think that it's the end of the year is the anniversary, and you're starting to see those first big steps towards significant change there. Definitely, one that you need to keep an eye on, and our recommendations are to look at your BC planning and start to think longterm. Is this where you want to be? Bray Wheeler: EVAC plans as well, travel itineraries- Bryan Strawser: If you need to get out of there quickly. Bray Wheeler: ... just kind of taking a holistic look and assuming that, "Hey, this gets shut down, this goes martial law, this goes in a direction where we're kind of isolated," what is it that you're going to need to do in order to keep your people safe, continue your operations, things like that, so holistic look right now is, as you mentioned, kind of your last opportunity while it's still relatively... there's some stability left. Now is the time. Bryan Strawser: Our last story for this episode is from the New York Times, but the release is really the FBI releasing the 2018 Uniform Crime Reporter, UCR, which was released yesterday, Monday, September 30th. The big headline here is that violent crime in the United States including homicides declined in 2018 for the second straight year according to FBI data that was released on Monday. Overall, the nation's crime rate dropped by 6.5%, which was led by us 6.9% decline in the property crime rate that 16 years in a row in which property crime dropped. The homicide rate dropped by 6%, primarily driven by significant declines and homicides in both Baltimore and Chicago. On the other side of the equation, rape, sexual assault, as the FBI calls it, and aggravated sexual assault climbed in 2018. Bray Wheeler: Now, they're suggesting it's a... they're wondering if that's a little bit as a result of the Me Too Movement where there's been greater reporting, greater documentation of those crimes, excuse me, that that's a part of the reason that that kicks in. There's also been a lot of work around that particular crime type in terms of the crime reports over the last 10 to 15 years, better documentation of that because it's a little bit inconsistent in terms of how states and counties report those in, so I think there's been an improvement on defining and accounting for those as well. Bryan Strawser: The New York Times says that the number of rapes reported in 2018 increased by 2.7%, and it was the only category of violent crime that rose last year, according to the Uniform Crime Report. Criminologists said that it was not clear whether more sexual assaults were occurring or whether more people were reporting assaults amid the Me Too Movement. The FBI also complicates the results because they revised the way they classified rape to include both males as victims and expanding the definition of rape to include types of attacks that were not previously counted. Bryan Strawser: By the way, those guidelines were changed in 2013, and since those guidelines have changed, the number of reported rapes to law enforcement has grown more than 18%. We should point out the Uniform Crime Report, although this is usually the crime stats that folks use, it only includes crimes that have been reported to law enforcement. Bray Wheeler: Correct. Bryan Strawser: There's another survey that's conducted by the Department of Justice called the National Crime Victimization Survey, which is also done every year, and that is a sampling of individuals to determine if they have been victims of crime, and it reports that data. Those numbers are always higher because some folks are involved, or I'm sorry, some folks who are victims of crime, and they never report it to law enforcement, but you can look at the increases between the two and draw some correlation. Bryan Strawser: For companies, some ways that you can use this data, it can be a key source of objectable, objectable, objective data that you can use in policy discussions. You can use it as a source of data to assess your security posture and actions that you may want to take or not take. We consider this of the key annual reports to read and understand for the security profession, particularly looking at actions around your major site locations, cities, states, et cetera, counties. Bray Wheeler: Yeah. It's a good reference document. It's kind of a good, I want to say the source of truth because to your point, it's only reported, and it's only those cities and counties and law enforcement entities that report in. Not all do or do in the same way, but it really is a good bellwether, especially as you're looking across the nation. If you operate in different cities and different locations, understanding what the trends are there to make sure that your posture's, depending on your industry, are appropriate to what's happening in those areas and where you should add resources or potentially subtract. Now, of course, this data is from 2018, so it's almost a year old, which is always the case because they take a lot of time to scrub through it, but it definitely the, in terms of the trends and things that they see, you can take a look at those and use those as you're planning out your security posture. Bryan Strawser: I was always like to see this data. I mean, I'm a data guy by nature. I like things to be... I like to have things proven to me using data. But I think of the things that always helps me with as a security professional is, although I think the world is more uncertain and riskier today than it has ever been in my lifetime, and it never, to me, the world never really gets safer, I do think that most people in the United States, in particular, think that there's this enormous amount of violent crime and homicide. Bryan Strawser: In fact, we're at a near 50-year low of violent crime and homicide rate in this country. It's down by more than half from the 1990s when I was coming out of high school on my own into a college, so I like to see the data, but most folks are totally shocked by that when they see a graph of this and how far it's dropped, and particularly when we look at news coming out of Baltimore in Chicago and Washington, D.C., which I will note that D.C. is way up 2018 into 2019. Bray Wheeler: D.C. and Philadelphia- Bryan Strawser: Philadelphia. Bray Wheeler: ... I think were the two high risers. Bryan Strawser: Washington, D.C. was up 36% for homicide rates, and Philadelphia was up 10%. I should point out here that the important data because we're looking at crime data, although they do report whole numbers, the important data is the crime rates because you need to control crime, you need to control crime data by population. A rise in population doesn't necessarily mean an increase in crime. Bray Wheeler: Well, and I think to your point, I think it's an important point to reiterate that you made in terms of it's a good reality check to what we're seeing, how we're feeling, how we're perceiving things, to be able to go back and just gut-check ourselves against some of the data to go, "Okay, let's put this in the appropriate context." It's a focus in on the areas that we are seeing increases in, but also understanding in totality what's going on to make sure that we're not making big assumptions, we're able to explain and weigh decisions in terms of security strategy or other operational decisions to leadership who may read this in the paper going, "What are you talking about? Crime's down. Why are we investing in that?" Well, here's why, and understand that this is the context, so yes, you are correct. It's down nationwide; however, in Washington, D.C.- Bryan Strawser: It's up. Bray Wheeler: ... it's up, and we need to account for that, and we're seeing this impact here. Bryan Strawser: We're experiencing this locally right now here in the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has had an increase in violent crime, particularly homicide involving firearms this year, but St. Paul is, on the other side of the Mississippi River here, is having a huge spike. They've got some gang conflict that's driving the bulk of this, and it's not been a good summer for the city of St. Paul in this area. But this kind of data helps kind of see that in context and put it in reality over time. There was a spike in '16, '17, and '18. We saw some uptick in violent crime, and now we're seeing it come back down. Bray Wheeler: Yeah, I think it was 2015, 2016. There was definitely a spike, and so that's part of it too is to understand that we'll go through these ebbs and flows of a lot of increase, and then some decrease to figure out where at in the norm. Although it's a 6% decrease, it's obviously an improvement, but compared, it's still dropping those increases from 2015, 2016 potentially. It's all good context. It's good information. It's kind of vetted. Like I said, they take months and months to scrub this and organize it and make sure that they feel confident with the data that they have before releasing it and making it official because a lot of law enforcement and other agencies use this to account for budgetary things and their strategies as well, so they want to make sure it's accurate. Bryan Strawser: You can find the... we'll put the link to the FBI data in the show notes, but you can also find it and other contexts that fbi.gov. They've got some court reporting tools you can use to slice and dice and extract this data of the way that you want. That's it for this edition of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast. We'll be back with a new episode next week.

This week on The Liberty Cast we explore the left's continued unraveling and efforts to impeach President Trump. We'll look at the flimsy case they are attempting to build and how they are getting spanked at every turn. We'll also take a look at what transpired at the Gifford/March for Our Lives gun safety forum and how none of the left's proposals make any sense, especially in light of the FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report. Crazy Auntie Max and Rashida Tlaib are out there showing us their true colors. Again. We'll get into all of that and much much more!! Check it out!!

This week on The Liberty Cast we explore the left's continued unraveling and efforts to impeach President Trump. We'll look at the flimsy case they are attempting to build and how they are getting spanked at every turn. We'll also take a look at what transpired at the Gifford/March for Our Lives gun safety forum and how none of the left's proposals make any sense, especially in light of the FBI's latest Uniform Crime Report. Crazy Auntie Max and Rashida Tlaib are out there showing us their true colors. Again. We'll get into all of that and much much more!! Check it out!!

How to help others understand the proper, limited role of government. The FBI's 2018 Uniform Crime Report is out. Those pushing for gun control won't like what it reveals. Lawrence W. Reed's take on the transformative power of forgiving others. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

Silicon Valley veteran Chuck joins us to talk a little about Social Media Marketing in the firearm industrylink for reporting: https://bit.ly/2PEmEvx A little about Chuck: Social media can be a potent tool in promoting your business. But navigating the rules and regulations can be challenging. Facebook’s Chuck Rossi works with the company’s Policy and Operations teams, and will provide guidance for members looking to optimize their Facebook presence. A 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley as a software engineer and manager for IBM, Google and other corporations, Chuck is also a USPSA and 3-Gun shooter, and an NRA Certified Instructor, an NROI certified Range Officer, and he leads corporate team building shooting events. Through the United States Digital Service, he’s worked as a consultant at the FBI’s CJIS division, working on the Uniform Crime Report and NICS 2.0.

The Austin Police Department is one of the largest police departments in Texas. Over 2500 commissioned and civilian employees are part of this organization. Austin itself became the best place to live in the US. I live near Austin. It’s a great place for culture, fun, entertainment, outdoor activities and much more. The current population is estimated to be close to 950k people. Many people from all over the US are moving here. As you know, not everyone who lives or moves here have the best intentions or behavior. The city likes to brag about the low crime rate reported by the FBI. Uniform Crime Report. Although I have some personal knowledge of a little trick to skew the results (completely legal), Austin is just another growing city in the US. However, Austin is experiencing a cultural change, like no other city in the US. Many people are moving here with their job from places like California, Colorado, etc. They bring their ideology, customs, and political views with them though there is nothing wrong with that, in my opinion. A few months ago, I was sitting in my patrol car when I heard on the radio about a story which didn’t make sense to me. A few former cadets (some classes after I graduated) decided to sue the city because they believe the training was too severe. Also, they mentioned they felt the Austin Police wasn’t teaching them to be guardians. I thought this was funny and said to my self : “Dude, you didn’t make it through the academy, and now you are all butt hurt.” Well, I dismissed the news story and moved on with my day. Last month, the same story came up during my morning commute. However, this time, the Chief of Police was talking about the issue. According to Bryan Manley, Chief of Police for the city of Austin, he was considering changing the training academy curriculum. He explained he spoke with citizens, and some raised concerns how police officers were too aggressive. This cultural change was not just any change. The chief wanted to change the academy from “Warrior” mentality to a softer version of “Guardians.” I believe those are two different ideologies. He wanted to make the academy more like a “college experience.” Initially, as any other cop would say, I thought this was some real BS! What do you mean guardians? Are we supposed to ask people if they feel like being arrested today? Or ask them how they feel when they have a knife on their hand? I decided to see if I could change my mind about the issue. I researched and read articles about cultural change, and this is my final verdict. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a guardian is defined as “one who has the care of the person or property of another.” Yes, as police officers, we are here to take care of people. We take care of people in many ways. Some is protecting them from each other like street fights or domestic violence. The property part is self-explanatory. We perform business checks at nighttime to make sure no one is stealing or damaging anything. But a guardian is a defensive position. When I hear the word guardian, I imagine a person just standing there waiting for the criminal to arrive. Security officers are the closest profession to guardians. They usually stand or walk through a specific area to prevent criminals from hurting others or stealing property. Many businesses like supermarkets prohibit security officers from stopping thieves due to liability concerns. Guardians in nature aren’t in the offense position. How can we be guardians as police officers? Is it our job to be in the offense to prevent crime? Crime is afoot all the time; crime is mobile; crime is not static. Police officers play offense. Stopping suspicious vehicles after minor traffic violations is a good example. Police officers are considered productive by their supervisors when they prevent crime. The mere presence of police in a neighborhood partially deters crime. It’s not a good idea to place an officer in one spot and pretend all the crimes will stop. Police officers have to be in the offense all the time. Yes, they have to be warriors. We aren’t dealing with 70-year-old Mrs. Thompson failing to stop at a stop sign. Yes, she is part of the public interaction. No, we are looking for the bad guys transporting drugs on the highway from Mexico. We are looking for the burglar who was speeding. Then after the investigation turned to something else because many red flags are going up! Sometimes we have to be more aggressive towards crime. We do this because we want you to live in a safer community. Take a look at other places around the world. Our southern neighbor, Mexico, can’t control the violence. We don’t want those problems here. Yes, that’s why we don’t like crime and criminals. Do we have to chose which one fits better for police? After considering those two the ramifications of being a guardian or warrior, I concluded that the public, media and some police departments don’t want to hear. Police Officers are both Guardians and Warriors. As police officers, we wear many hats on the job. Some areas, counselors, and therapists, as well as tactical operators. The fact is we can’t be warriors all the time. When you have a collision call which turns out to be a fatality, you can’t be all tough big macho tactical man. You have to get down to the level of the victim and give the bad news. Think about it. What if this was your wife, husband, daughter, etc. who just died in a crash? Do you want the officer to be dry and emotionless? Probably not. I’m not saying cry with the victim’s family, but have some compassion and empathy. In contrast, when sh$@ hits the fan, you need to be ready to kick some a$$. You need to use the most reasonable force according to your training and experience, plus whatever policy your department implemented. However, you need to make sure you and your partners go home safe! Right now, the public has a skewed view of law enforcement and our tactics. You can see many videos online where the person filming, aka video lawyers, give their comments to the current viewers. “Why do they have all those guns out?…. It’s just a lady with her hands up!” Unfortunately, the media and their agenda twist stories to get the most views and attention. Don’t let the news about warrior vs. guardian fool you. Remember, you are both. You are here to protect people, but protection also means going on the offense when the situation warrants it. Go out there and do your job with dignity, respect, and bravery. The best lesson I can share for new and future LEOs is something I learned from a good book. Every officer should read, “How to Win Friends & Influence People”: “Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view.” Sometimes, this technique will change the outcome of the call. I practice this technique daily. In the meantime, be safe! https://youtu.be/e5XkKVNzmQw