What Do The TSA, Law Enforcement, Politicians, Educators & Corporations
All Have In Common Regarding Risks?
By Nick Ashton, CEO/CTO CommSmart Global & CommSmart US
The latest information of the TSA at our airports is alarming and expected.
Dysfunctional is an understatement to say the least!
Sure, I have a horse in this race and I am by far, not the favorite!
Dysfunctional is an understatement to say the least!
Sure, I have a horse in this race and I am by far, not the favorite!
Worldwide
and especially America, Duty of Care is being negated
regarding public safety and the quality of officers, regarding violence in the workplace, schools, colleges,
universities and all public gathering places.
Many of you
have no earthly idea what your Duty of Care is, what it means or
how it affects the day to day running, obligations and ramifications of you and
everyone who enters your facilities.
Since 1998 I have been preaching this necessary
characteristic of business, life and social understanding, it is our
responsibility to others and always a high priority. Logically you would think everybody would
understand the need for this important factor in our society, Your Duty
of Care!
Duty of Care requires everything reasonably practicable to be
done to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace and anywhere
basically people gather or live. This duty is placed on all employers, their
employees and any others who have an influence on hazards, security and
day-to-day activities in a, neighborhood, community, school, college,
university, public gathering location or workplace.
The latter includes contractors and those who design,
manufacture, import, supply or install plant, equipment or materials used
within a workplace.
Reasonable practicable means that the requirements of the law vary
with the degree of risk in a particular activity or environment, which must be
balanced against the time, trouble and cost of taking, measures to control the
risk. It allows the duty of care holder requiring change in technology and knowledge to
be incorporated but only as and when it is efficient to do so. The duty
of care holder must show that it was not reasonably practicable to do more
than what was done or that they have taken reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence.
Refusal to
admit that social unrest in everyday society does not exist, negates the Duty
of Care! Corporations,
Educators, Politicians and Law Enforcement leadership are as guilty as
anyone. Why should not everyone know of
the risks of today’s society and have a full understanding of what remedial
steps must be taken?
I had a
conversation the other day regarding education leadership and their resistance
to admitting that the rouge cop, active shooter or bomb maker scenario
must not be discussed or even addressed, as it would be an admission of an
overall threat and you would not want parents to think that the school could
fail in the protection their child.
The fact
is, if they took action to install technology and train their staff correctly with Street Smarts, it would
be an admission of a problem! It seems
they are not problem solvers and sweep the issues under the carpet.
I actually
remember the day people resisted the seat belt law for motor vehicles or go
back further and the invention of the horseless carriage and the law that
stated that a man must walk in front of the car waving a red flag. Silly is it not?
What
happens when you fly? Is the TSA an
admission of failure of a security factor in these times? Of course not!
It is a fact
that someone knows something all the time, especially in the case of those that
wish to do harm to others. Intelligence
gathering starts with family members, friends, associates, co-workers and close
ones. Changes in personality show in
many different ways and of course we notice when we are close or it affects the
pattern of work. Attitudes are a mark of
concern, then why do we not show concern or share the worries?
Society hates
snitchers!
The truth is, snitchers are brave and
concerned people and have common sense to want to protect their fellow man or
woman. We must increase the ability to
spread the need for communication regarding the threats and the admission of
potential threat is not a failure, it is a merit fueled move in the right
direction.
Protection of
those we come in contact with, should be a human trait, but it seems business
gets in the way and some, do not want to be seen to be weak or fail their
masters by admission of the true risk.
In the
aftermath of the IRA attempt in 1984 to kill the Prime Minister, Margaret
Thatcher by planting a bomb in the hotel she was using in Brighton, the IRA (Irish
Republican Army) released a statement. It
ended with the words “You have to be lucky all the time. We only have to be
lucky once.”
Can you
afford to set yourselves up for failure?
Those in so called leadership positions, which include Police Chiefs,
Education Superintendents, Politicians, and Corporate Leadership, please change
your failed mindset regarding the threats in today’s unsocial society. It will happen on your watch and you will
wonder what the hell you did wrong!
Simple, you did nothing because you were afraid you did not want to
upset the apple cart of life.
I stated at
the beginning, “Sure, I have a horse in this race and I am by far, not the favorite!”
CommSmart Global are on the stick for solutions to
lessen the risk, we have amassed techniques, solutions and partners who have
the wherewithal to address and resolve the issues at hand. All you have to do is listen to those that
have a different proven mindset and achieve their objects they are entrusted
with.
We Believe in the Duty of Care!
WE are in the NOW and
KEEP YOU; in the KNOW…
Worldwide, Call: +1 (614)
655-1247
Email: info@commsmart-global.com
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