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Monday, August 13, 2012

Cool Stuff: Memorial Motorcycle Run In Honor Of Security Contractor Jonathon Coté

What an awesome legacy and memorial for Jonathon. This is the fourth year that they have done this memorial ride and hopefully this will continue for a long, long time. They also have a website in dedication to Jonathon where folks can go to read about what happened to him and his team and even donate to a fund for future scholarships. If you live in New York or nearby, this would be a cool one to check out if you are a rider. –Matt

 

 

Motorcyclists hit the road in memory of local man
Jonathon Coté was kidnapped, killed in Iraq
By Kathleen Ronayne
August 13, 2012
More than 300 motorcycle riders turned out Sunday afternoon for the fourth annual Memorial Motorcycle Run in honor of Jonathon Coté, who was kidnapped and killed in Iraq while working as a private security contractor.
In the on-and-off rain, the group rode from Williamsville North High School, from which Coté graduated, to Lewiston. The motorcycle ride represents Coté’s fun and active personality, his family said.
“[Jonathon] saw the motorcycle as a way for freedom,” said his father, Francis Coté.
Proceeds from Sunday’s ride will go to a scholarship for a local high school student and to Western New York Heroes.
For family and friends, it didn’t matter how soaked their clothes were when they completed the ride. Instead, they focused on remembering Coté and celebrating his life.
Coté served in Iraq and Afghanistan in the Army, and later went back to Iraq as a security contractor. In 2006, he and four others were kidnapped, and their bodies were found a year and a half later.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Jobs: Protective Security Specialist, New York

This is a quick one. SCG is looking for EP guys in New York, and you must be able to deploy with in 24 to 36 hours. So this is all about timing, being in the right place at the right time and having the right qualifications for the job.

I am not the recruiter or POC for this. At the end of the ad, there is an email to contact. You will not see this job on their website. Good luck. –Matt

 

EMPLOYMENT CALL-OUT
Protective Security Specialist
Location: Manhattan area of New York
Reports To: PSD Team Leader??Position Summary: Provide protective security as part of a team and fixed site security in / around Manhattan area of New York.??Position Responsibilities
•    Provide close protection for designated personnel
•    Perform the day-to-day protective security functions as specified in daily post and detail orders
Essential Skills and Experience
•    US or UK Citizen
•    Must have a valid US Driver’s License and US Tourist or Official Passport
•    Completed or served at least three years in special operations  or DSS within the last five years.
•    Must be able to deploy immediately (within the next 24-36 hours). If you can’t, please don’t respond to this message.
•    Must be able to obtain a secret clearance
•    Excellent interpersonal and troubleshooting skills
•    Ability to adapt to different cultures, mentalities and circumstances
•    Trauma or advanced first aid training is required
•    Must have no felony or domestic violence conviction. Record of recent recurring misdemeanors may adversely impact candidates’ suitability rating
•    Employment is contingent upon a favorable background check
Physical Demands and Work Environment
•    Must be prepared to live and work in an New York for 30 day deployment.
•    Must be willing to work seven days a week, 12 hour shift.
•    Compensation $400 p/day, plus lodging and travel expenses.
•    Position is Independent Contractor (1099)
Application Process:
•    Submit one page resume in MSWord format to dion@scginternational.com

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Law Enforcement: Mafia Takedown The Largest Coordinated Arrest In FBI History

     Authorities said the indictments resulted from years of investigations, including the use of wiretaps and cooperating witnesses.

     “These cases are the cumulative results of years of investigative work, including the development of key cooperating witnesses, a trend that has definitely been tilting in law enforcement’s favor,” said Janice Fedarcyk, head of the New York FBI. “The vow of silence that is part of the oath Omerta is more myth than reality today.” 

     This is awesome news and congratulations to all those in the FBI and other agencies that put this together and pulled it off. I also love this quote up top about ‘Omerta’. lol The snitches win, and this is yet again a prime example of how effective an insider can be to tearing apart an organization. Now if we can just get a snitch to help us tear apart Al Qaeda and capture or kill UBL. –Matt

Mafia Takedown–Largest Coordinated Arrest in FBI History

127 Busted in Largest Mafia Roundup in FBI History

Mafia Takedown–Largest Coordinated Arrest in FBI History

01/20/11

Early this morning FBI agents and partner law enforcement officers began arresting nearly 130 members of the Mafia in New York City and other East Coast cities charged in the largest nationally coordinated organized crime takedown in the Bureau’s history.

Members of New York’s infamous Five Families—the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Luchese crime organizations—were rounded up along with members of the New Jersery-based DeCavalcante family and New England Mafia to face charges including murder, drug trafficking, arson, loan sharking, illegal gambling, witness tampering, labor racketeering, and extortion. In one case involving the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) at the Ports of New York and New Jersey, the alleged extortion has been going on for years.

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Funny Stuff: Darth Vader Robs A Bank In New York

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Law Enforcement: Broken Window Theory, By George L. Kelling

    Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it’s unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside.

    Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or breaking into cars.

    A successful strategy for preventing vandalism, say the book’s authors, is to fix the problems when they are small. Repair the broken windows within a short time, say, a day or a week, and the tendency is that vandals are much less likely to break more windows or do further damage. Clean up the sidewalk every day, and the tendency is for litter not to accumulate (or for the rate of littering to be much less). Problems do not escalate and thus respectable residents do not flee a neighborhood.

    The theory thus makes two major claims: that further petty crime and low-level anti-social behavior will be deterred, and that major crime will, as a result, be prevented. Criticism of the theory has tended to focus only on the latter claim. 

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   If you ever hear the whole ‘broken windows theory‘ being thrown around in discussions about law enforcement and reducing crime, this is the origins of the idea.  George Kelling wrote this article below, and also has a book that further expands upon the ideas called Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order and Reducing Crime in Our Communities. So I wanted to put this out there for the readership, because I believe that parts of this theory, if not the general idea of it, could definitely be applied to our industry.

   A really basic way to apply this theory to our industry, is the management of your person and your position/post at whatever contract you are at.  Will others have less respect for your post and your job, if they see that your post or even you is in complete disarray(broken window)? First impressions make lasting impressions, and if your post or you looks sloppy or looks unorganized, then will others feel more inclined to disrespect your post or ‘break another window’?  It is an interesting idea that I often come back to when I think about the defense or crime.

   Take it a step further.  If a town or city in a war zone, was organized and sharp looking, complete with defenses that actually look impressive, will an enemy or even bandits be less inclined to attack it?  If a ‘jundi’ in Iraq is manning a position at a site, and the sand bags are all leaking out and the gun is covered in rust and dirt, and trash is all over the post, would insurgents be more inclined to pick that post to focus a coordinated assault with? (you could also use this to your advantage for a ‘counter’ strategy–hidden surprises anyone?)

   How about for minimizing crime in war zones?  Obviously law enforcement is weakened in war zones, because these officers are busy with a lot of stuff. (like not getting killed).  If there is not an effort to clean up the bullet holes, or fix the windows, or repair the homes that are damaged by war, will criminals naturally feel like they can get away with anything?  That no one in the community cares about their community, and that they could easily be manipulated by criminals imposing their will?  Interesting stuff, and I would like to hear what you think about Broken Window Theory, as it applies to CONUS or OCONUS? –Matt

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Broken Windows

March 1982

The police and neighborhood safety

By George L. Kelling

In the mid-l970s The State of New Jersey announced a “Safe and Clean Neighborhoods Program,” designed to improve the quality of community life in twenty-eight cities. As part of that program, the state provided money to help cities take police officers out of their patrol cars and assign them to walking beats. The governor and other state officials were enthusiastic about using foot patrol as a way of cutting crime, but many police chiefs were skeptical. Foot patrol, in their eyes, had been pretty much discredited. It reduced the mobility of the police, who thus had difficulty responding to citizen calls for service, and it weakened headquarters control over patrol officers.

Many police officers also disliked foot patrol, but for different reasons: it was hard work, it kept them outside on cold, rainy nights, and it reduced their chances for making a “good pinch.” In some departments, assigning officers to foot patrol had been used as a form of punishment. And academic experts on policing doubted that foot patrol would have any impact on crime rates; it was, in the opinion of most, little more than a sop to public opinion. But since the state was paying for it, the local authorities were willing to go along.

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