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  2. Target hardening - Wikipedia

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    Target hardening, also referred to simply as hardening when made clear by the context, is a term used by police officers, those working in security, and the military referring to the strengthening of the security of a building or installation in order to protect it in the event of attack or reduce the risk of theft.

  3. Nonprofit Security Grant Program - Wikipedia

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    The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), previously the Urban Areas Security Initiative Nonprofit Security Grant Program (UASI NSGP), is a grant program administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that provides funding for target hardening and physical security enhancements to non-profit organizations at high risk of terrorist attack.

  4. Hostile vehicle mitigation - Wikipedia

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    This hostile vehicle mitigation is a common form of target hardening and is designed to prevent a vehicle being rammed into the building or into people on the pavement next to the building. It also enforces a zone of protective stand-off from any explosive detonation location.

  5. AP: Lawmakers buy industry fix to protect schools from guns

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    Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from "ballistic attack-resistant" doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. But sales were ...

  6. Inside the $3 billion school security industry as shootings ...

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    Just in the last four years, school shootings have killed more than 200 people and injured more than 600, according to a CBS News analysis of the K-12 School Shooting Database.

  7. Counterterrorism - Wikipedia

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    Whatever the target of terrorists, there are multiple ways of hardening the targets to prevent the terrorists from hitting their mark, or reducing the damage of attacks. One method is to place hostile vehicle mitigation to enforce protective standoff distance outside tall or politically sensitive buildings to prevent car bombings. Another way ...

  8. Paterson burglary spree targets Hondas for steering wheels ...

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    Burglars broke into 12 Hondas parked in the city's normally low-crime Hillcrest, Riverside, and South Paterson neighborhoods two nights this week. Paterson burglary spree targets Hondas for ...

  9. Security theater - Wikipedia

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    Security theater is the practice of implementing security measures that are considered to provide the feeling of improved security while doing little or nothing to achieve it.