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Volume 18 A Highly Unlikely Scenario That
December
2017 Edition
Vegas:
Will
Happen Again Unless We Change our Thinking
The Vegas event and those in Lon-
don, Berlin, Barcelona and else-
where should make event planners
and security officials all over the world
pause for a second and realize that threat
scenarios no longer fit neatly into the box
like they’re supposed to, according to Haines
Security Solutions CEO Doug Haines, MPSE. (Im-
age courtesy of David Becker, Getty Images via Task &
Purpose and YouTube) other gathering
places within the
hotel, near eleva-
tors, game table etc.
would have caught Mr.
Scumbag’s, what now
seems to be bizarre behav-
ior and someone monitoring the
cameras would have noticed it to be suspicious.
By Doug Haines, MPSE, Owner and CEO of Haines Security
Solutions The reality is nothing he did was suspicious.
“In Las Vegas, the casino is always watching —
and yet it missed XXXXXXX XXXXXXX (the title
had the shooter’s name but I refused to acknowl-
edge this scumbag),” that was the headline I
read today from the LA Times.
The headline and article suggest that even
though Las Vegas is a miniature surveillance
state, Mr. Scumbag’s behavior somehow should
have set off alarms bells and hotel security could
have intervened and prevented the unfortunate
events of 1 October from occurring.
He brought in his weapons hidden in suitcases
just like so many guests everyday bring their
suitcases, golf clubs or other oversized bags into
the hotel, check-in and take them to their rooms.
Even if he had brought in all ten suitcases/bags
at one time, it still wouldn’t have drawn attention.
Unfortunately, nothing could be further
from the truth.
Let me explain.
The reporters of the article, and many people
of the public, are assuming that closed circuit
television cameras mounted in the lobbies and
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