Winter Road Safety Starts With Preparation
Winter driving starts with preparation. (Canstockphoto)
When your vehicle is stranded in a snow bank miles from help, and your cell phone battery is dead, it’s too late to think about winter driving safety.
Executive Security Contracting: What Not To Do
The National Post has recently run a series of stories on a botched executive exfiltration story with characters that could be straight out of a Tom Clancy novel.
2012 May See UK Bodyguard Shortage: Group
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) is suggesting that VIPs and dignitaries visiting Britain next year may face a shortage of qualified, licenced close protection officers, according to a video released earlier this month.
Mike O’Neill, BSIA’s Chairman of the Close Protection Section, says that public policing resources will allocated to visiting heads of state and other internationally protected persons, and that private visitors in the VIP or dignitary category will require private close protection services.
This could include heads of international corporations, especially in the financial and energy sectors, and other international organizations that do not normally receive government or diplomatic protection.
Close Protection services in the UK are regulated by the government, and according to the BSIA bodyguarding companies should be licenced by the Security Industry Authority, and hold a UK Close Protection standard. The BSIA also recommends VIPs choose providers who are BSIA members, which are required to meet ISO standards, employ holders of first aid certificates, and have knowledge of London geography and culture.
To view their video, click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RdTrud0oX08
Firearms Ownership on the Rise
Firearms ownership is more popular in Yukon and Newfoundland according to RCMP statistics. (RCMP Facts and Figures September 2011)
The number of licenced gun owners in Canada increased by over 50,000 individuals, or 3%, in one year according to RCMP statistics released in September 2011.
The stats showed that at the end of Septem there were 1,886,057 holders of valid firearms licences across Canada, including possession only, possession and acquisition, and minor types of licences.
Over half of those licence holders reside in Ontario and Quebec, which combine for about 1 million gun licences.
Despite the large numbers of licences in Canada’s largest provinces, the terrirory of Yukon and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador were by far the most licenced populations per 100,000 people. About one-fifth of Yukon residents hold a valid licence, and nearly 15% of Newfoundlanders are licenced Ontario was the province where the least number of population hold a firearms licence, at just 4% of residents.
The numbers also showed over 7.8 million registered firearms in Canada, about a quarter in Ontario. Non-restricted rifles and shotguns remained the majority.
The number of registered prohibited firearms declined year over year from 202,056 to 200,285. These represent mainly handguns with a barrel length of 105mm or less or that are .32 or .25 calibre, which were added to the prohibited category in the late 1990s. At that time only those licenced owners who already owned one could be grandfathered to continue to own them. Firearms are normally deregistered when they are destroyed or deactivated according to RCMP guidelines.
For more information about firearms ownership and registration in Canada, see the RCMP Facts and Figures for September 2011, http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/facts-faits/archives/quick_facts/2011/se-eng.htm.
Please, excuse us
Featured
Over the next several weeks we will be redeveloping the Wellesley Consulting Services website to streamline our information, focus on our training and consulting services, and deliver high-quality multimedia and web 2.0 content.
Our training schedule remains available, as well as all existing content, however from time to time, the visual format and layout of the site will change as we progress through our redevelopment.
To be sure not to miss anything, check out our social media pages: