Gun Safety Isn’t Child’s Play

Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2011 in What's Happening | 1 comment

On a quiet afternoon in nearby Somerville, an eight year old boy, left unsupervised at home after school, found his stepfather’s 9mm handgun under a couch and shot his 9-year old stepbrother to death with it. The shooting was ruled an accident.

With increasing numbers of people buying firearms to protect their families and property, gun owners must take precautions to make sure their loved ones don’t become shooting victims like the boy in Fayette County, says Mick McCune, president of Corporate IQ Security.

“The entire country, especially Shelby County and the surrounding areas, have a tremendous problem of accidents and deaths involving a child’s access to a weapon that could have been prevented,” he says. “ It is a tragedy to lower a child’s coffin into the ground because of negligence of an adult.”

Vigilance Creates Safe Harbor in Sea of Crime

Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2011 in What's Happening | 0 comments

Officers routinely stop cars that seem out of place in the neighborhood.

Turn on the television or open a newspaper and stories of crime jump out at you constantly.

The residents of Audubon Park and Greater Kings Arms/Pleasant Acres Extended Area neighborhoods patrolled by Corporate IQ Security officers rarely show up on those reports. A check of the Memphis Police Department’s Crime Mapper shows no major crimes – from murder and robbery to car theft and burglary – reported in the past month within a mile of either neighborhood.

That doesn’t mean you should let your guard down.

Take the Colonial Acres area, about a mile and a half Southeast of the Audubon Park neighborhood. One morning last week, two men – at least one had a gun – followed a 70 year old woman inside her home, bound the woman and her daughter and robbed them.

Is Anyone Home – Criminals Want to Know

Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2011 in What's Happening | 0 comments

You, your child or children are at home alone. It’s mid-afternoon and the sun is shining brightly. The doorbell rings. You’re not expecting anyone.

What should you do?

Or rather, the first thing you should think about is what not to do — which is pretend you’re not home, especially if you suspect the uninvited guest may be sizing your home up for a burglary, says Greg Woods, executive vice president of Corporate IQ Security and a former Memphis City Police officer.

Most home break ins occur during broad daylight, Woods says. That’s when a majority of homeowners are at work and, from mid-August to late May, when children are in school.

“I was a detective in the burglary bureau. The suspects we’d interview would say their main motive was they wanted to make sure nobody was home before they tried anything,” Woods says. “Most burglars said their biggest fear was running into someone who could identify them.”

If a burglar knocks on the front door and no one answers, he checks the back door, looks for open windows and, if he decides no one is home, assesses which way they can get into the easiest.
You can prevent that.