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Keith Graves's avatar

The only time I’ve ever wore hard armor was doing raids or swat operations. I wear soft armor when I’m working at church. I’ve never had to explain any of this to my church leadership. My pastor wears it when he is on stage.

Trenton Reagan's avatar

Hi Keith, my father is a pastor of Calvary Chapel Knoxville who uses your content in leading his security team there. I've spent the last year creating an app specifically designated for managing church security teams upon his request –it includes secure messaging, scheduling, task management, incident reporting, a resource hub, and a lot more. I have a few churches (including my own) beta testing it currently with great feedback so far. Would you be interested in looking at it? It seemed like it may be a useful tool considering your mission. Thank you for what you're doing. Grace and peace!

https://churchsecurityplanner.com/landing

Sandra Capri's avatar

Wisdom and preparedness from a Christian perspective - common sense that is very uncommon. Thank you!

James's avatar

I thought this would be an appropriate link due to the manipulation of perception that we are seeing.

https://youtu.be/9FCKi5xSdsM?si=A9ayjreSZhyvFjRx

Stephan Waltz's avatar

I've seen after action police reports on cartel attacks where the attackers all wore the same article of clothing so they can identify each other in the confusion.

Noting this could give you a hedge on where to go to avoid an attack, or prevent it entirely if seen before any attack.

Sharon Springer's avatar

What about assisted living places, nursing homes. People are in wheelchair and walkers.

make america constitutional's avatar

Keith do you wear hard armor in the church or is it always your tshirt . And how do you explain the need for arm9red guards at your church to your leadership

Jim Strasma's avatar

Question on the Poclink radio you use (ad was in this article): It has Bluetooth, but can it talk to Bluetooth hearing aids, rather than only to Bluetooth headsets? Several on our team have hearing aids, so we find our ability to hear both Zello and Motorola Talkabout 803 calls directly on our hearing aids very helpful.

Keith Graves's avatar

I have not tried that yet. They are responsive if you ask them. I know in the past it has been a pain because they disconnect from your phone. I do use the radio on my phone with my hearing aids (You can use the phone app and the radio if they are linked together). I find at church using the phone app works well.