b'LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENTSecurity in the Workplace In addition to the PVA Alternative Security and Beyond Program that is available to all members on the new and improved PVA website, www.As the former Chair of the PVA Safety andpassengervessel.com, you can also find a Security Committee and still an activeSecurity Drill Digital Primer Security Drill member on that committee, I find myselfTemplates, Guides and Scenarios including thinking about security and talking to othersAwareness, Bomb Threat, Active Shooter, about security more and more. Even awaySuspicious Person and Attempted Boarding from work I ask my family to discuss security.Bob Lawler all created by your fellow members from the They immediately talk about our home alarmPVA Safety and Security Committee. There system or our video doorbell. When I ask myare also links and access to U.S. Department friends who do not work in the marine industry aboutof Homeland Security training on a variety of topics from security, most immediately think of airport security,Passenger Screening to Soft Target Security and Vehicle mall security guards, or the security guard at work thatRamming. All of this is available for free through the DHS controls access towebsite www.dhs.their office building.gov/hometown-I, on the other handsecurity. find myself con- As I write this stantly thinkingletter, the U.S. has about security atsuffered two active home, at work, orshooter incidents in wherever I am. Ithe past 72 hours in pay attention toplaces wed expect peoples behaviorto be among the and try to pick outsafest in the nation: off duty police ormilitary bases. One former military. Iat Pearl Harbor take note of CCTVand the other at camera systemsNaval Air Station in public on thePensacola. These subway and inincidents are tragic private businesses.reminders of how I am aware of sus- vigilant we all picious activity andmust be and how I think about theimportant security what if scenariosis in our daily lives. whenever Im inUS Coast Guard boat protecting the Manhattan - Staten Island Ferry and the New York Upper Bay.I encourage you to a crowded publicStock photo. take advantage of place. I take an extraall the PVA security few seconds to look for exits or escape routes or saferesourcenot because you are paranoid but because you places to hide in the event of a active shooter or similarwant yourself, your coworkers, and your friends and incident. I dont feel like Im paranoid, I feel more like Imfamily to be prepared. trying to be prepared. Ever since the passing of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, and the implementation of VesselSincerely,Security Plans on certain PVA vessels, security has become a primary duty for captains, owners and managers across the country. Through PVA, I taken active shooter courses, Ive participated in tabletop andBob Lawler live exercises. Ive led countless drills and trained manyPresident nco-workers on what do in a security situation, but I am far from a security expert. I have simply taken advantage of the resources provided by PVA and its Safety and Security Committee. 4DECEMBER 2019FOGHORN'