How To Deal With Someone Threatening You With a Weapon

Most workplace violence is committed by strangers while engaging in another criminal act such as burglary or robbery. If you come in a face-to-face confrontation with somebody threatening you with a weapon such as a gun or knife, there are steps that you can do to make the confrontation less dangerous.

Counterfeit Cash - How To Know Your Money

Counterfeiting is one the nation's oldest crimes dating back to the mid-19th century. Counterfeiting of money is the criminal offense of making an imitation of money with the intent to defraud others into accepting it as real. It was a serious problem back then when banks issued their own currency.

Street Savvy Safety Tips - ACPR for Crime with anticrime tactics to avoid becoming a target!

Two former Chicago Police Decoys explain how to avoid becoming the target of a criminal. Topics include pickpockets, carjackers, women's safety tips, elevators, travel safety and many other subjects for men , women , seniors and children on how to stay safe.

Gift Card Fraud

Even though the Holidays season comes once a year, gift card sales are an ongoing business for many retailers. Because of this, there is something you should know about gift card scams. These scams can siphon the value right out of your card before you get to use it.

Medical Examiner or Coroner - What's the Difference?

In this article, I will attempt to explain the differences between a medical examiner and a coroner. I will also discuss what each of their job duties entails.

Cavity Search With No Search Warrant?

In general, police must get a search warrant signed by a judge before any searches of private or personal property can take place. However, there are special circumstances in which police can conduct a search without a warrant. The Supreme Court of the United States has permitted these types of searches to occur in one of several situations.

What Time Did the Stiff Die?

What is rigor mortis and how do parts of the body that have or have not entered the rigor state determine the time of death?

The Toxicology Test - Too Much or Too Little Drugs

Toxicology is a hybrid of physiology and chemistry that deals with drugs, poisons, and other toxic materials, and how these substances change or harm living beings, especially humans.

Stuffing Envelopes Home Business Scam

How many companies could profit if they paid people $4 to stuff an envelope? Why would a company pay somebody to stuff envelopes when there are machines that can quickly stuff thousands of envelopes in a short period of time?

Help Yourself and Others - Don't Panic or Freeze

In the last two years there have been several shocking attacks caught on video of people being attacked and beaten while nearby adults did absolutely nothing to help out. Find out how not to panic and freeze when confronted by violence against you or others.

The Theft of Cables

This growing problem of cables being stolen does mean life and death for many innocent victims throughout Southern Africa.

Check Fraud - Avoid Check Washing Schemes

Thieves are looking for blank checks. Don't give them yours. Protect your checks, and your bank account, from check washing.

MLM Plan on the Outside, Pyramid Scam on the Inside

Many of today's multi-level marketing programs involve some degree of deception. Either they promise unrealistic sales and incomes or they are nothing more than pyramid schemes disguised as MLM programs. A pyramid scheme is when you earn money by recruiting other people into the program with no real product or service sold.

College Campus Workplace Security-Office Security

If you work in a shared office with other people, it becomes a bit more difficult to protect your property than if your office is a single. This article contains advice when observing security measures in an office setting in the corporate world or on a college campus.