Topic: risk-assessment

APSU to host House of Worship crime prevention workshop

June 13, 2009 |

The Department of Public Safety of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee will host a House of Worship Crime Prevention Workshop on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 from 9:00AM till 1:00PM. Crime prevention specialists from Crime Prevention Training Concepts, LLC will serve as instructors. Churches represent a unique crime prevention challenge for law enforcement.  Because of their very nature, churches are open and trusting.

Many find it hard to believe that someone would steal from God! Unfortunately, churches are frequent targets of property crime, financial fraud, vandalism, arson, and hate crimes. «Read the rest of this article»

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Suicide: Did it have to end this way?

By Christine Anne Piesyk | March 17, 2009 |

“Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.”

Suicide.  Self-inflicted death. The pain that drives an individual to commit suicide is mirrored by the pain experienced by those left behind to mourn.

In the past year, suicide has touched a number of families and individuals in our community. Two newly married men.  A high school boy. A college student. A friend. We react with shock that spirals into grief punctuated by a simple question: Why? And “was there something we could have done? Or noticed?” «Read the rest of this article»

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