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On Friday, July 13, 2012, I delivered a presentation titled Workplace Violence Awareness: Prevention, Preparedness, Empowerment to 85 members of the Community Development Corporation of Long Island in East Patchogue. The presentation as organized by Lisa J. Dolan, CPP, President of Securit, covered basic issues of workplace violence and it was designed to increase awareness and initiate additional training, programs and protocols.

As tragic headlines continue to punctuate a culture of violence affecting schools and campuses nationwide, parents, faculty, administrators and staff must answer the questions: "Are we doing all we can to foresee and prevent a crisis? Are we ready if our school does experience a crisis?"

In the shadow of my most recent workplace violence awareness and prevention initiative and just a short drive away is another new tragedy of violence at one of the world's most famous locations.

As with so many workplace violence tragedies, the shooting at the Empire State Building once again clearly highlights the issue of warning signs.

Published reports expressed a long history of antagonism that even led to complaints on each other (killer and murdered victim) to the NYPD.

As detailed below in my July 14, 2012 post, America's culture of violence demands full force vigilance with continual assessments, training, warning sign intervention, plans, programs and protocols:

"... and I encourage you to have courage, be inspired to community, and live by the virtue of compassion."

As America mourns the senseless loss of a third student from Chardon High School, I am reminded of another school shooting tragedy in Ohio 5 years ago. The heart of my message posted on October 11, 2007 remains a clarion call to our nation. Schools must become communities of caring especially to those most in need. This compassion must be complimented by sound security practices including violence prevention, crisis management, school resource officers, security vulnerability assessments, bullying prevention and responding immediately to warning signs.

On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, I was a privileged guest at the promotion ceremony of the City of New York Police Department at One Police Plaza in New York City. The program included remarks by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on the remarkable reduction of crime in New York City over the last ten years. After his remarks the promotion of 76 sergeants and 6 sergeant supervisor detectives took place in an impressive ceremony befitting the most renowned police department in the world.

The ceremony was uniquely significant to me because of the promotion of my godson Daren D. DeMarco to Sergeant Supervisor Detective. His achievements demonstrate his leadership, determination and character which I memorialized in my February 4, 2008 blog: