Along with unimaginable terror, sadness and anger, the shooting massacre in Las Vegas brings about many questions that may take months or years to answer. The most obvious societal questions are what could have been done to stop this shooter and what can be done to prevent someone like him from doing the same thing? While our political leaders tussle with those questions and lobbyists move to effect those decisions, discussions of mental health counseling seeps into the general narrative of debate.
For the security industry this tragedy brings about questions that may never be answered. The prime question being what realistic measures could security teams at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Route 91 Harvest Festival have taken to prevent this from occurring. Is there anything that could have been done to prevent this horrible tragedy by those two entities? Could and should hotels in major metropolitan cities where there is a high density population start adding metal detectors in the lobby? Do organizers of outdoor concerts in the middle of densely populated urban areas have to begin employing security guards or look-outs placed on roofs? Do outdoor concert-goers now need the same protections as a high profile figure receives when visiting a city?
