7 Tips for developing your safety program
Developing and implementing a safety program can be a difficult endeavor, especially if you are in charge of facilities, operations, or when your job has secondary responsibilities. Where do you begin when there is so much to learn? What should you do in...
Making Organizations Safer
"The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty "
-PROVERBS 22:3
When starting a security program there is a desire to jump straight towards implementing a safety team, but this can cause many organizations to overlook what perhaps...
(November 03) Bell Stolen From Baptist Church In Rockingham
A bell has gone missing from a church in rural North Carolina, and deputies are looking for a suspect who left behind a pile of rubble where the bell rang. According to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, someone destroyed...
(October 27) Gulf Breeze Church's Negligence Opened Door For Youth Pastor's Sex Crimes, Lawsuit Claims
Gulf Breeze Methodist Church officials did not follow their own policies, which opened the door to a 13-year-old girl being sexually assaulted by a youth pastor, claims the lawyer who filed a...
(October 19) New Orleans Minister Admits Stealing Almost $900K From His Church, Parishioners
Rev. Charles Southall III has pleaded guilty to money laundering after defrauding First Emanuel Baptist Church and a charter school of close to a million dollars. A New Orleans minister has admitted...
(October 12) Woman Gets Prison Term For Embezzling From Athens Church
A Madison County woman was given a prison sentence recently in Athens following a plea of guilty to stealing approximately $185,000 from Young Harris United Methodist Church in Athens. Lacey Lelynn Shubert, 39, of...
Events like the civil unrest across the world following the death of George Floyd, in Minneapolis Minnesota in 2020 showed that when the unexpected strikes, emergency operations plans (EOP) need to be ready to prepare church staff and volunteers in how to respond to those emergency situations....
(October 06) Thousands In Credit Card Theft Stolen From Church
CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - According to the Cabell County Sheriff’s Office, thieves drained thousands of dollars in credit card funds from Norway Avenue Church of Christ in Huntington. The sheriff’s office is searching...
(September 28) Three Women Seen On Video Breaking Into Corpus Christi Church, Stealing Several Items
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi police are looking for three women that were caught on video breaking into a Corpus Christi church. The crime happened on Sunday, Sept. 25 on the...
(September 22) Former Holy Cross Catholic Church Official Arrested In Embezzlement Case In Vero Beach
VERO BEACH — A former parish administrator at Holy Cross Catholic Church was arrested Monday after police accused her of using nearly $550,000 of church donations over several years to pay...
(September 15) Burglars Take Tablets, Laptops From Green Bay Church
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A Green Bay church was the victim of a burglary earlier this week. Officials say the suspect was caught on surveillance camera, but the motive behind the crime is still under review.
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(September 8) Toledo Pastor Accused Of Pulling Gun On His Wife Facing Charges
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local pastor was court-ordered to stay away from his wife after an alleged domestic incident involving a gun. According to court documents, Reverend Charles Ross of New Prospect Baptist Church...
