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That said, this “active shooter” event could not
have been prevented as the space is currently
designed.
Fortunately, there are technologies that could be
implemented now that would keep a future event
from being as bad as it was or at best, stopped it
almost as quickly as it started.
We teach that the first mitigation strategy for
line-of-sight weapons (weapons that the user
must be able to see the target to engage it) is to
remove the lines-of-sight.
In other words, take away the vantage points or
high ground.
That’s kind of hard to do for a 90 story building
but an option could be to modify the building en-
velop with laminated glass windows.
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Coupled with the laminated glass it might have
been enough.
Another option would be to create and install an
explosion screen on the outside of the building
(a geotextile curtain if you will) so that when the
projectile hits it, it either detonates or is stopped.
The image of a big curtain hanging off the side of
a luxury hotel may be a bit much for most folks.
A more practical solution could be to
plant large trees along the perimeter or
a covering (geotextile fabric) of some
sort over the top of the concert area or a
combination of both to shield the lines-
of-sight.
It would be expensive but so are the law suits
that are coming.
I don’t know for certain but I imagine the windows
of the hotel rooms are tempered class instead of
laminated glass. We need to start thinking about using building
design to our advantage for security and not just
for aesthetics or as an afterthought.
Laminated glass would have required the shoot-
er to repeatedly shoot at it to break it. This might
have been enough but probably not if this was
the only solution in place. 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland
Awards Recognition
There is technology that exists that can “hear”
gun shots.
Security
Doug Haines, owner and CEO of Haines Se-
curity Solutions has been recognized for ‘Ex-
cellence in Homeland Security’ in the 2017
‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Pro-
gram at ISC East, which was held in the Ja-
cob Javits Convention Center on November
15th.
(Learn More. Courtesy of Louroe Electronics and YouTube)
If it had been installed it would have automatical-
ly notified the security office about the exact lo-
cation that the shots were coming from and even
notified guest and staff on what to do (shelter-in-
place or seek cover).
Michael Madsen, AST Publisher, and Doug Haines, MPSE,
Owner and CEO of Haines Security Solutions Accepting the
award for ‘Excellence in Homeland Security’ in the 2017 ‘AS-
TORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program at ISC East
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