According to a January survey in USA TODAY which measured the safest places to live in the world, the United States ranks at 129th with a score of 2.44, marking the country's score "low." Just above the U.S. is Azerbaijan, and just below is Brazil.
“Civil unrest continues to be the primary driver of the deterioration,” the GPI report says about the U.S., noting rises in the political terror and political instability categories. “However, there were also significant improvements in indicators across all three domains, with largest being in the UN peacekeeping funding indicator.”
Born and raised in England, Simon C. Osamoh is the founder and CEO of Kingswood Security Consulting, a Minneapolis based security risk management firm. Simon first moved to the United States to Head Counter Terrorism at Mall of America, Minnesota.
The largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America where he oversaw counterterrorism and the internationally recognized behavior threat assessment team. He quickly established himself as one of the country’s leading experts on security at soft targets where his work gained national media attention. He spent 14 years as a Detective in England working serious and organized crime.
One of his notable cases includes working with the British Security Services during the investigation of the “liquid bomb terrorism plot” against the U.S.A in 2006, which changed aviation security regulations worldwide limiting the amount of liquids that can be taken onto planes. Simon is a former Director of Risk and Compliance having worked for three of America’s largest financial institutions that include Wells Fargo, US Bank, and Equiniti Trust Company.
Where he oversaw programs that included risk management, business continuity, crisis management, anti-bribery and corruption, regulatory compliance, testing programs and third party risk. He is the author of three books, 10 Powerful Strategies for Verbal De-Escalation, Securing Church Operations and Church Safety Responding to Suspicious Behavior.
Simon’s work on conversational interviewing is featured in the award- winning book How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Project. Simon is a writer for the Worship Facility online publication sent to 30,000 organizations each month and serves as a member of the editorial advisory board.
He joined me this week to tell me more.
For more information: https://www.kingswoodsc.com/
Email: simon@kingswoodsc.com
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