Alvarez Associates, LLC
Workplace Violence Prevention

Data from the recently released Secret Service Report on mass attacks is striking; 147 people killed and nearly 700 injured at different locations and venues across the country in the last year. As a society, we know that there is problem, but this report, from a single year, helps highlight a pathway towards intervention before the next attack. People don't just snap and this report is a stark reminder 100 percent of the attackers were impacted by one or more significant s

I feel like we are settling into a "new normal" and its very frustrating on multiple levels, but most significantly as a father who happens to also be a security professional trying to help keep people safe. The pattern seems to go like this: there is a mass shooting or major security incident, people are concerned, outrage grows, we discuss and debate the "best" way to fix the problem. At some point a stream of professionals show up on TV and the speaking circuit (myself i

Recent shooting highlights challenges businesses face On a brisk November morning a female employee at a small electrical company in Winters CA arrived at work and was ambushed as she sat in her car. The alleged gunman was her estranged husband, whom she had a long and violent history with, including an active restraining order. Tragically, the protective order would not be enough to keep her safe and she was killed that morning. It’s unknown what, if any, knowledge the o