Twenty years later... (9/11)

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The Constitution (simply put) regulates the government's actions towards the people. Private property owners do have more leeway in certain respects. The gray area is when we (security) start doing things that are the job of the police - using force, detaining people, doing interrogations. The courts...

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I'm waiting to see how the "defund the police" movement plays out. If private security is going to step in and fill the gaps, the law is going to have to change, and the training and wages are going to have to improve for something like this to work.

In WA we still have "citizens...

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A reminder that ordinary people can do extraordinary things in a crisis. I'll leave the political and social analysis to the talking heads. The world is still a dangerous place - thanks to all the emergency services and armed forces personnel who protect us.

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Enforcer brings up a problem Security is facing because of the rising crime and the declining number of police officers. Biggest problem I see is the insurance carrier - if they allowed it, you'd have so many restrictions it wouldn't be practical.

In the old days, we could detain at the...

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I appreciate the input. SpecialAgentKC's recommendation solves the accuracy problem, but we couldn't carry a device like that - Seattle's special snowflakes would be all over us for carrying "guns." DetJohnShaft, - thanks for the recommendation. If you have to carry gel, carry the most...

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Glad I got Homeland Security training back in 2002 - looks like I'll be using it again, Don't be fooled by any politician that speaks of "Over the Border" capability. We have drones and Tomahawks and stealth bombers, but without real time, in country intelligence, you're mostly being reactive...

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-o...122234122.html

Good article for without a lot of technical jargon. This really isn't new; we've known the Chinese have been manipulating tech for their own spying capabilities for over a decade.

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https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/na...august-13-2021

This was prepared before Kabul fell. Keep your eyes open and the coffee hot in September - it may be interesting...

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An absolute debacle, if ever there was one. Biden has united the country finally - everyone agrees, this is a disaster. I watched the footage of Saigon 1975 run side by side with Chinooks leaving Kabul, and I thought it was FOX News - nope, it was CNN, the station that up until now was telling us...