A pair of images in the news media recently focused national attention on an all-too-common occurrence: Workplace violence and mass public attacks. The first, captured by a photographer from the Dallas Morning News, depicted a man outside a federal building in Dallas, Texas, dressed in black and green clothing, rifle in hand, in the midst of a shooting spree. The other, taken on a bright, sunny day in Virginia Beach, Virginia, showed sobbing survivors of a workplace shooting at the city's municipal government complex.
The Virginia Beach attacker killed 12 of his co-workers before he was killed by police. In Dallas, the gunman was the only casualty. In a recent column, Scott Stewart, Stratfor's vice president of tactical analysis, noted that while incidents of workplace violence and mass public attacks are a persistent concern, there are steps that organizations and businesses can take to stop them before they can begin. He recently discussed the topic with Stratfor Chief Security Officer Fred Burton.
Reading List:
Lessons from a Workplace Shooting in Virginia Beach
A Mexican Senator's Escape Points to the Importance of Mail Screening
Terrorist Attacks on Houses of Worship: A Vicious Cycle Goes Global
Fred Burton's Beirut Rules
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