WASHINGTON—The near-fatal shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which claimed the lives of six people in the parking lot of a Tuscon, Arizona Safeway supermarket, was a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of an active shooter event.
TUCSON, Ariz.—A shooting spree during a political event that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killed one of her staff members and five others and wounded 19 people, has resulted in a Congressional call for review of security measures.
The end of the year is a good time to step back and review what made the news this year. I wrote a series of articles for last week’s Newswire that focused on some of the biggest issues of the year. You can check out the Top 10 stories here. I also broke it down into sectors and wrote a small synopsis and listed the Top 5 stories for each sector. Check out what was hot in educational security, retail security/loss prevention, aviation security, and municipal security/port security/public transportation.
So to go along with that theme, I decided to post the Top 10 blogs from this year. Below is a list that I think you’ll find quite interesting:
