A lot of media attention, and rightly so, has been focused on the psycho with lethal weapons massacring children teens, and adults in our schools, movie theaters, shopping malls, you ...
Posted on March 21st, 2013 by Hammer
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Newspapers spend a lot of time and ink on disasters and catastrophes like Sandy Hook and Aurora, Colorado and spectacular workplace violence shootings, and hell's bells, I can't much blame ...
Posted on March 1st, 2013 by Hammer
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I believe if parents, students, schools, and even local and other law enforcement officials work together and implement some simple, common-sense observation skills, we can identify active hostile surveillance through ...
Posted on February 23rd, 2013 by Hammer
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I suggest to schools and institutions of all types to remain on the alert for future active shooter events such as the catastrophic and devastating massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. ...
Posted on February 21st, 2013 by Hammer
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Now is the best time to think about it. Doesn't matter much who you are or what you do: school administrator, Dean of Students, Elementary School teacher, school resource ...
Posted on February 20th, 2013 by Hammer
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Maybe I am overreacting, but since Sandy Hook and Aurora and the hundreds of random shooting all over Chicago, I thought mayhap we might chat about providing a mechanism of ...
Posted on February 20th, 2013 by Hammer
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In light of some disturbing recent acts of violence in and around our schools, malls, movie theaters, and other entertainment venues, I thought maybe it was time we revisited the ...
Posted on February 10th, 2013 by Hammer
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Christmas night we always have friends over for a little party. Plenty of wine, beer, booze. And then there's lazagna, sausage and roasted vegetables swimming in tangy sauce. Lots of ...
Posted on December 26th, 2012 by Hammer
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My last post ("No Words"), I admit, was about as instructive as a community college course on Decorum taught by Lady Gaga. But, now that I have collected my senses, ...
Posted on December 21st, 2012 by Hammer
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Me. Glib me, I sit here with no ability to devine a simple title for this post. I am drained of whatever creative skills I might have ever possessed. Taken ...
Posted on December 16th, 2012 by Hammer
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