News reports reveal that weeks before the “Dark Knight Killer” murdered 12 innocent victims, his psychiatrist told the “the Threat Assesment” committee at the University of Colorado that Holmes was a possible danger to the campus community. But, since Holmes dropped out of school at about that same time, the alerts to the danger he posed fell through the cracks. The debate now begins about what the University should or could have done to prevent the tragic deaths we morn as a nation. Shortly after Holmes’ senseless masacre a Maryland man was arrested for making general threats that he too was “the Joker” and, with a substantial arsenal sitting in his home, that he would shoot up his workplace. He will soon be freed on a misdemeanor. Here is a reprint of a CNN news report that raises serious issues and concerns about how workplace violence can be assessed and prevented: Continue reading
How Should We Protect Offices From Workplace Shootings?
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