This DAP highlights – Neo-Nazis in Ohio and faith-based organizations targeted by multiple ransomware gangs. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 27 June 2023
Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against, and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Church in Turtle Creek increases security after burglars steal $12,000 worth of items
A Pennsylvania church lost $12,000 worth of equipment used to run its operations. It also suffered $3,000 in damages. Four or five other churches have been broken into in the area.
Analyst Comment:
Burglaries can severely hamper a Faith-Based Organization’s (FBO’s) worship services and programs. Burglaries are not only a problem in this community, they continue to pose a problem across the country. Further, burglars can do additional damage to a house of worship with vandalism or arson. The Douglas County Sentinel reported that a man was recently arrested for burglarizing and vandalizing a Georgia church years earlier. NBC Bay Area news reported yesterday that a California church was burglarized and a bible and crucifix were burned.
Analyst Comment:
Connecting with local law enforcement to obtain crime data and threat intelligence data can help an FBO prepare for all threats to include burglaries. Local law enforcement can also do an inspection of your facilities and make recommendations for making them more secure. The Secure Community Network provides a valuable resource, their Low-Cost/No-Cost Safety and Security Measures.
Risk considerations for churches opening their doors for sanctuary
Eric Spacek, Assistant Vice President — Risk Control with Church Mutual, answers a few of the most commonly asked questions about the potential risk of opening up your building to immigrants.
The article covers:
- Will our church face legal action for harboring undocumented immigrants?
- Do we need a special kind of insurance to provide housing for people at our facility?
- Besides legal concerns, what are some of the other risks associated with having people stay in our church building?
- Are there local codes or regulations that apply if people stay at our church for an undetermined amount of time?
- What kinds of written guidelines should we have in place?
Analyst Comment: Faith-Based Organizations considering providing sanctuary should consider reviewing their security plans and making adjustments to those plans if needed. Exercises designed to test the plans could reveal some gaps that might necessitate further revisions of the plans.
More Faith-Based Stories
Arkansas Episcopal church damaged by blaze, latest of several recent fires churchwide
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OH: Euclid man admits to vandalizing Wickliffe church, police say
CT: Security changes after church service disrupted in Enfield
Massachusetts Police respond to pro-LGBTq+ graffiti vandalism at local church
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp denounces neo-Nazi demonstrations that occurred outside synagogues
Hundreds gather to support Macon’s Jewish community after antisemitic rally
GA: U.S. synagogue targeted in first antisemitic attack in its 165-year history, rabbi says
Tired of hiding: Jews at US colleges face rising antisemitism from left and right
White nationalist broadcaster knows what’s behind the Titan’s sinking: the Jews
FL: Swastikas found etched into bathroom at Broward school hosting summer camp
CA: A Carlsbad church has been mobilizing opposition against the school district’s diversity plan
Scientology sued by worker who claims she was forced to marry abuser
Select All-Hazards Stories
FBI and Homeland Security ignored ‘massive amount’ of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says.
New Report Reveals CISA Tried to Cover Up Censorship Practices
Simplified mobile abuse reporting has seen widespread uptake in the U.S. and is launching in Canada
FAA Requires Secondary Barrier on Aircraft to Prevent Another 9/11
Areas of Severe Thunderstorms, Excessive Rainfall, and Heat into the Weekend. NWS
United Nations taking over EU Covid certificate program July 1
5 people contract malaria within U.S. borders, the first such cases in two decades
Political hackers strike City of Fort Worth, in protest at anti-trans legislation
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