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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

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SIA New Member Profile: Riley

Security Industry Association

JA : Riley is a veteran-owned small business that Phil Dwyer and I co-founded in 2011. The pandemic has depressed revenues for most companies, and in the near term, security budgets will remain constrained. The question, however, shouldn’t always be about cost reduction; it should be about risk reduction.