Statistics show that societies emphasising individual accountability generally experience lower violent crime rates

Emergencies are rarely defined by the hazard itself but by how people respond to it. Yet most people and even policymakers operate under...

A reliable security personnel training manual needs to be based on facts rather than theories.

It's critical to be realistic. The sensory, temporal, and psychological strains of real-world security incidents should be replicated in scenarios.

Assessing training results is a morally serious exercise. It is the method by which an organisation demonstrates to both it and the people it defends that its dedication to security is genuine and not just empty rhetoric.

Technology is ultimately a servant, not a master. Its purpose in security drills and training is to highlight areas of weakness, enhance learning, and make sure that each exercise leaves the organisation stronger rather than just busier.

The purpose of drills is to test policies against the harsh realities of real-world threats, environmental factors, and the unpredictable nature of human behaviour.

When designed well, e-learning modules provide a special ability to impart both fundamental knowledge and situational judgement that traditional classrooms are unable to match.

Induction is not the end of a thorough training programme. It is an ongoing process of improvement that involves learning from actual occurrences, adjusting to new dangers, and not settling for mediocrity.

The facts are clear, settings with well-led, professionally trained security teams have fewer incidents, lower losses, and more public and employee confidence.

If only the 3 questions by Thomas Sowell were forced to be answered by officials, every time they come up with some new way to subsidise chaos.

Seeking justice should no longer be viewed as a risk that needs to be controlled, but rather as the civic obligation that it is.

Because profiling is based on empirical reality rather than ideological abstraction, it is effective. There are patterns. There are risk factors.

The lesson is simple. Criminals take the easiest route. Applying environmental design with expertise and discipline changes that course.

The fabric of society breaks down when productive citizens are forced to invest time, money, and mental capacity in self-defence.

The professional caregivers, a large swathe of unaccountable NGOs, advocacy groups, and not-for-profits whose goal is to manage social dysfunction rather than solve it, step into this gap.

Small business owners, tradespeople, families, and the very people who are essential to local prosperity, the productive heart of the Territory, are caught in a difficult situation.

Look at the concrete evidence if you're still holding onto the idea that minor infractions are only signs of a larger social ill.

In the end, every crime is committed by an individual who made a choice. Every act of restraint, courage, or honesty is likewise an individual decision.

Every tyranny begins not with bullets, but with the distortion of meaning. Control the language, and you control the debate. Twist the terms, and you twist the truth.