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What Sets Teachout Security Solutions Apart?
Teachout Security Solutions was founded in 1981 by Bernard K. Teachout, a former Genesee County Sheriff’s Deputy. CEO Joseph Cozart started as an officer for Teachout in 1985 and in 1995 he purchased the company. At that time, Teachout had about 40 officers. Today we have over 400! Since its beginning, Teachout prided itself on
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Is School Safety a Matter of Perception?
Michele Gay and Alissa Parker are the mothers of two of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims Josephine Grace Gay and Emilie Parker. They used their personal tragedy to form a national nonprofit safety advocacy and resource center committed to protecting every school and every student every day. A recent report authored by Gay and
Cybersecurity in the New Workspace
One of the most unexpected aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the mass migration from the corporate office to the home workspace. The name for this corporate evolution is “distributed workforce” and it is a growing cybersecurity trend for organizations. The challenge of this new trend is that there is often a significant difference between
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Mitigate Risk With A Professional Security Provider
We live in a time when it seems like crime is on the rise. Tensions are growing and violence, especially in the workplace, is no longer a rare occurrence. Business owners outsourcing security is becoming a necessary cost of doing business. It is important to vet your potential security services provider. What happens if a
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The Fallacy of Low Price
If you need to buy 10,000 pencils, the price may be the determining factor once you specify the size and whether they need erasers or not. When you need to purchase services, the process is much more complex. Would you hire a computer expert who just finished high school? They may be less expensive, but
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Is Armed Security a Viable Option?
The workplace is a common site of hostilities, with approximately 2 million Americans falling victim to workplace violence each year. The presence of firearms is not always the answer as it can escalate situations far more than they would have needed to be. However, in today’s world, there are places that should have armed security.
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Drawing from the Same Pool of Candidates
The Teachout Difference “Drawing from the same pool of candidates” is a term we have heard many times over the years In the contract security world. At first glance, it makes sense to many when looking at the available options for a contract security provider. Putting a person in a uniform to fill a post
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Risk Management Equals Peace of Mind
RISK MANAGEMENT (noun) The identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. This starts with the identification of the risk. Risk comes in many different forms. There are the obvious
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Don’t Think Your Business Needs Security?
Think Again. All too often, we hear from business owners in a state of panic because their business has just had its first security incident. They’re worried and frustrated and want to do what it takes to protect their business, employees, and customers from further harm. New businesses and those who have never had a
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Controlling Disruptive Behavior
MAP – Managing Agitated Persons At Teachout Security, we devote a significant amount of our resources to interacting with agitated people. Many times, they are justified. They have just been victimized or assaulted and their world is suddenly in a state of flux. Other times, they are the perpetrator of the crime and have been
