It’s like clockwork. If an electric company payment office receives a threat, the water company office across town calls to look into getting a bullet resistant barrier. If there’s a school shooting anywhere, Total Security Solutions starts getting inquiries about installing bulletproof vestibules from schools nationwide. A bomb is mailed …
As Total Security Solutions CEO Jim Richards recently noted, “data is where the value is,” making data centers an attractive target for a wide variety of bad actors—from teams of criminal hackers to the Kremlin and other foreign agencies. Even seemingly non-critical services—like Twitter—have become vital resources during disasters and …
One of the nation’s first active shooter response programs for schools was born when Greg Cane asked his wife Lisa, a grade school principal, a simple question about the school’s preparedness for an active shooter event: “What are y’all doing while the police are making their way to the school?” …
Each July, Total Security Solutions vice president Jim Richards finds himself talking to municipalities. As they approach the end of their fiscal year, these government units discover that they have room left in their budgets that can be applied to long overdue capital improvements. Now is the time to act …
Shockingly few commercial landlords are really familiar with bullet proof barriers, even though there’s increasing demand for bullet proof windows among tenants common to suburban mixed-use retail centers. Family-owned pharmacies, precious metal buyers, and store-front financial service business that handle check-cashing, short-term loans, and money transfers all want bullet proof …
British Columbia, Canada, recently passed a law making bulletproof glass in automobiles illegal. The move targets gangs and organized crime in the province. The law also covers secret compartments and armored vehicle plating. In a quote included in an article on the news site Metro, Solicitor General Rich Coleman explained, …
The Australian Federal Police recently invested in five armored cars. The vehicles will be used to safely transport national and foreign dignitaries. According to an article in the Canberra Times, the vehicles will be capable of withstanding M16 fire and a blast from some smaller explosions, too.
At Total Security Solutions, we appreciate any bulletproof barrier that saves a life, especially when it protects someone who’s acting in the line of duty. Earlier this morning, a police officer from Grand Rapids, Mich. was shot during a standoff. The officer credits his bulletproof vest with saving his life. …
As Pope Benedict XVI continues his travels through London this week, he’ll hit the streets in his custom vehicle. Dubbed the Popemobile, the vehicle is specially designed to keep the Pope safe, with armor-plating on most of the vehicle and bulletproof glass. The London Daily Mirror reports that, “the Popemobile …
We were delighted to see this story of crime gone bad! KGTV San Diego reported that bulletproof glass thwarted an armed man’s attempt to rob a Bank of America branch last week. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the robbery attempt and the would-be robber walked away empty handed. The …