School Shootings (Part 2)

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 27th Jan 2014

In last week’s blog piece, I talked about the broad differences between school shootings in urban settings and those in suburban, and rural ones i.e. urban shootings usually involve one individual targeting another, whereas suburban/rural shootings usually involve two or more shooters who target fellow students and teachers in a seemingly random and indiscriminate manner. The main difference between the two is that in one a particular individual is targeted and in the other the school as an institution is targeted. This means the Pre-Violence Indicators (PVI’s) are very different, and different predictive methods need to be employed in order...Click To Read More

School Shootings (Part 1)

Gershon Ben Keren

Sun 19th Jan 2014

When we hear the phrase, “school shooting”, our minds nearly always call up “Rampage” incidents such as Columbine etc. where one or more teenagers/children, armed with an assortment of firearms engage in a shooting spree, against fellow students and teachers. There are however other incidents of school shootings, where an individual, brings a firearm to school, with an individual, and specific target in mind i.e. a particular student or teacher. These two different types of school shooting tend to occur in very different social settings, and have very different motivators. This blog article is the first of two pieces looking...Click To Read More

Training Partners

Gershon Ben Keren

Mon 13th Jan 2014

The New Year always brings an “interesting” group of students to the school. There are those that have no previous martial arts experience, and then those who believe they have something to show and demonstrate to the people they train with. I continue to train in the martial arts, and my attitude has (and always will be), one where I just want to genuinely learn – I recognize that different systems take a different approach to self-defense and fighting, and that this approach can be valid even if it differs from my own. I have trained with enough organizations/associations in...Click To Read More

Multiple Assailants

Gershon Ben Keren

Sun 5th Jan 2014

One of the first assumptions I used to make when working door security, was that the longer an aggressive or violent incident went on the more likely I was to be dealing with more than one aggressors or attackers. Most people visit pubs and clubs as part of a group, and so the chances are that when you have to deal with one individual, you end up having to deal with the group; you also have the added issue of the person you are dealing with having to act in a way that is consistent with how he/she believes the...Click To Read More