When you say the words “first responders” who comes to mind? Police, Fireman, EMT? But what about teachers? It is no longer adequate to place all of the responsibility for our children’s safety in the hands of our teachers during an attack and not take the time to properly train them to accomplish that task. Nor is it acceptable to simply tell them, "Lock your classroom door, turn out the lights, hide in a corner and pray that the attacker doesn’t pick your room." Today, the na...
David J. Morris, a former Marine infantry officer, has suffered with PTSD for years. In a fascinating first-hand account of his experience, which appears on The New York Times‘s website, he writes eloquently about his negative experiences with one VA’s most popular treatments for PTSD, prolonged exposure therapy. After one month of treatment, Morris began to have problems.If you have members suffering from PTSD following a traumatic incident, they might find this article interesting. You can als...
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London Cops Testing 500 Wearable Cameras on the Streets BY KEITH WAGSTAFF In London, 500 police officers will hit the streets on Thursday armed with wearable cameras. The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is not the first police department to try this. Cops in Cincinnati, Oakland and Rialto, California, have all been part of trials involving wearable Axon cameras built by Taser International, the company famous for making electronic self-defense weapons. METROPOLITAN POLICE / HANDOUT ...