by Jeff Price | Mar 9, 2022 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
Domestic terrorism is clearly on the rise. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies[1], as of 2020, right-wing groups and individuals comprise the majority of domestic terrorism incidents, particularly between 2014 and 2020. The assault on the...
by Jeff Price | Sep 11, 2020 | Are We Safer, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Passenger and Baggage Screening
Is this real life? Or is it just dystopia? When 9/11 happened, most of us couldn’t comprehend such a tragedy. Now, 19 years later, most of us live our pandemic lives every day, still unable to comprehend such a tragedy. Just how different are the two disasters...
by Jeff Price | Dec 4, 2019 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security
On July 17 of this year, police responded to a drone with fireworks attached to it discovered on top of a building in downtown Los Angeles. Further details have not been released about the incident, but it does represent just one of the many threats drone operations...
by Jeff Price | Apr 19, 2019 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
Would you rather live life blissfully unaware of the hazards around you, but exceedingly happy and fulfilled, unafraid and experiencing all that life has to offer, only to be killed suddenly in some sort of violent attack, or would you rather live your entire natural...
by Jeff Price | Jun 18, 2018 | Crime and Terrorism
Have you ever played a game with a kid who is making up the rules as they go along? And if you start winning they’ll just they change the rules until you finally just get frustrated and quit? Frustrating, isn’t it? Well, at least it is for the adult. The kid had a...
by Jeff Price | May 3, 2017 | Are We Safer, Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs, Existing and Emerging Threats, Passenger and Baggage Screening, Policies and Procedures, The Role of Government
(Part 5 in a 5 part series that takes a look at whether we are safer since 9/11) Much has happened since I started this short series in August 2016: We have a new President, there’s been an active shooter at another US airport and TSA has lost its Administrator and is...