Management: Security
On High Alert
Feb 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
In December, mall security returned to the spotlight when a suicidal teen entered the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., killing eight people and wounding...
Talking Points
Jan 1, 2008, By David Bodamer
Last month's tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., in which a disturbed teen killed eight people and wounded five others before turning...
Expert Q&A: Who's Accountable?
Jan 1, 2008, PAUL T. KINNEY Executive Director of the National Retail Tenants Association
In the wake of last month's shootings at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, the retail industry is searching for answers as to why, for the third time in 2007,...
Mall Security Back in Spotlight After Omaha
Dec 12, 2007
Last week's tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., in which a disturbed teen killed eight people and wounded five others before turning the gun on himself, once again raised the question of whether mall security standards ...
Mall Cops: The Movie
Nov 1, 2007
Kevin James the former King of Queens star has signed on to write, produce and star in an upcoming comedy called Mall Cop. The plot focuses on a mall...
Cracking Down on a 4-year Old
Oct 1, 2007
Security guards in a shopping center in Britain threatened to throw a 4-year-old girl out of the property for wearing a hooded sweatshirt, according to...
Forget Curfews. Try Mosquitos
Oct 1, 2007
An increasing number of U.S. mall owners are adopting curfews to control teen populations at their properties. But here's an interesting alternative being...
Curbing the Mall Drive-Thru
Sep 1, 2007, By Riccardo A. Davis
In the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, one of the most famous scenes is an over-the-top car chase in which Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi, on the run from...
Preparing for the Worst
May 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
Anyone driving past the Northpark Mall in Ridgeland, Miss., early one March morning saw a nightmarish scene. About 50 people were strewn on the ground, being helped from the property by emergency crews as a veritable army comprised of mall security, government agencies and local first responders attended to the sick...
Safe And Sound
Mar 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
For years, industry experts have complained that shopping center security departments are under-staffed and under-trained. Those shortcomings became painfully obvious last month....
