Church Security Alliance has created an inclusive id badge package that contains all you need to make your own badges.

The kit permits you to issue a simple ID Card with a clip on holder to you team members. The ID badges may be worn during church services, special events, or anytime you need to be easily identified.

We have provided 10 different templates for the front of the ID Card and an Information template for critical phone numbers and radio assignments on the back of the card.

This kit includes a CD with Word based template, blank ID cards, ID card holders and removable clips to permit easy placement on your shirt or belt.

Simply open your preferred template in Microsoft Word and add your church name or logo, enter the name of the officer and simply print the ID Badge.

Templates are included for Security Officer, Safety Officer, Medical Team and Emergency Medical Technician. The same Templates can also be used to create ID Cards for Greeters, Ushers, and others.

Kits are available to create 25, 50 or 100 ID Cards and includes a holder and removable clip for each badge. The Badge holders are self sealing to protect the ID Badge and prevent tampering.

This church security related article appeared in the Grand Forks Herald and was written by David Roepke.

Wheaton, MN-An argument over a used washer and dryer led to the death of a 14-month-old girl after she was hit in the head with a baseball bat during a church service in Wheaton, Minn., pastor said Friday.

Shortly before 7 p.m. on Thursday, Wheaton police responded to a report of an altercation at Thy King-dom Come Church, where the Rev. Danny Barnes said two men confronted the father of the girl who died.

Police believe that David Eric Collins interrupted a prayer service and tried to hit the father with a base-ball bat, according to a Traverse County Sheriff’s Office news release.

During the alleged attack on the father, whom police identified as Claude Hawkins, Hawkins’ 14-month-old daughter was struck in the head with the bat. Police said Hawkins defended himself with a chair.

The toddler was taken to Wheaton Community Hos-pital and later to MeritCare in Fargo, where she died about 2 a.m. Friday, Barnes said.

The pastor, who was not at the church at the time, said the argument was over a used washer and dryer that had been donated to the Hawkins family. Collins thought he was in line for the appliances, Barnes said.

“There’s a baby dead, and we’re talking about a washer and dryer,” he said. “I think a baby lost a life, and there’s no reason to it.”

Hawkins declined to talk about his daughter’s death. In an e-mail sending a photo of the girl from an account belonging to Barnes’ wife, Dena Barnes, the toddler was named as Aundrea Brownlow. Also, Hawkins identified his surname as Hankins.

Thy Kingdom Come Church was founded by Barnes, who has described himself as a former career criminal now reformed. The nondenominational ministry is designed to reach out and rehabilitate marginalized populations, such as substance abusers and the homeless.

Authorities stated in news releases Friday that the investigation is ongo-ing and that an autopsy will be done by the medical examiner in Ramsey County. The results of that autopsy weren’t available Friday.

In addition to Collins, 50, police arrested 43-year-old Darryl Glenn Kennedy. Police stated in a news release that they believe Kennedy arrived at the church at 305 5th St. N. in Wheaton shortly after the attack on Hawkins and was armed with a wooden 2-by-4 board.

Barnes said Kennedy was a friend of Collins.

Both suspects were held at the Traverse County Jail in Wheaton. A news release from the county sheriff’s office stated the men were suspected of second-degree assault but charges haven’t been filed. The Sheriff’s Department didn’t release mug photos, and Wheaton Police Chief Michael Jo-hannsen did not take phone calls on Friday afternoon.

Authorities also said they wouldn’t release the identity of the girl until all family members are notified.

Barnes said he doesn’t believe the girl was struck with the bat on purpose.

“I don’t think anybody’s thinking that,” he said. “But I also don’t think he had any regard at all. He (Collins) had been drinking, and he didn’t care whether there was a baby in the room or not a baby in the room. He felt like he had been offended and was inappropriate in his response.”

Barnes said he gave the washer and dryer to the Hawkins family because they had four children, while Collins’ family has none. He said the Hawkins family recently moved into a home.

Barnes said Collins came to Wheaton from the Dorothy Day Center, a homeless shelter in St. Paul. Collins was in Thy Kingdom Come’s transitional hous-ing program and was not being treated for alcoholism, he said.

Glen’s Thoughts:
This is a tragic, senseless death of a precious little baby girl. We often urge our members to begin the process of subject control with verbal skills, but there are times when immediate defensive action is justified and reasonable.

The suspect entered into a church during a prayer service, armed with a large piece of wood, and was attacking a church member with deadly force. The man being assaulted defended himself with a chair. However, this man’s rampage with a deadly weapon struck a defenseless baby and she was killed.

Prepare for the worst, pray it never happens, but be ready to quickly and reasonably intervene to save lives.

Church Security Incident-Three men burst into two seperate churches this past Sunday yelling, “God is dead!” The incident caused a disruption and they were escorted out by church members.

It was a situation that caused fear for church members.

Shreveport Police say the man first ran into the Heritage Baptist Church at Kirby Street and Creswell Avenue, yelling ‘God is dead,’ and a few other things, before getting escorted out.

“I thought it was humorous in the sense that if there’s no God why spend so much of your time trying to disprove that which doesn’t exist,” said Heritage Baptist Church Pastor Earl Blackburn.

The suspects repeated the offense again just a mile away at First Baptist Church of Shreveport.

“It was right in the middle of service. He just came in and started screaming about God isn’t real and it’s all fake, it’s all a lie,” said church member Michael Morales.

“It was just very disturbing,” said Morales wife, Elizabeth.

Morales says he and several other men watched the man go outside and get into a pick-up truck with two others passengers.

“A couple of guys called the cops as soon as he walked out and we gave them a great description of the guys and of their truck and we got their license plate number,” said Morales.

This is a church security incident that could have escalated very quickly. Notice the church members were able to keep their wits, and reportd a great description, which led to the suspects being apprehended.

Due to the descriptions, police quickly found the truck and charged the driver with DWI. They believe he had just dropped off the other two men at Highland Park, where the men were eventually arrested.

A police spokesman stated, “I just checked with detectives in major crimes and we’re going to try to book them in under a hate crime. This could have gotten out of hand quick.”

ANADARKO, Okla. — A pastor in southwest Oklahoma was killed and her body was found inside her church, but authorities had few leads in the investigation, officials said.

The body of Carol Daniels was found Sunday inside the Christ Holy Sanctified Church in Anadarko. The small A-frame building sits along a main road in the Caddo County town of about 6,600 people, which is about 60 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown said Daniels had trauma to her body, but officials did not disclose details about the killing, including how, when or where she died.

Investigators said they have no suspects in Daniels’ death and few leads to follow. Officials on Sunday spoke with several people who gathered around the building after word about the slaying spread. Many of them wept and hugged each other.

Brown said Daniels, who was in her mid-50s, lived in Oklahoma City and drove to the church each Sunday for services.

Mitchell Pendarvis, who lives next door to the church, was surprised to hear about the killing.

“I don’t know what to think and I’m trying to think,” Pendarvis said. “I mean, who would do this to this woman?”

A fired church janitor is facing a burglary charge after employees of Main Street United Methodist Church found him inside an office, allegedly rummaging through a desk.

The suspect, Victor T. Branch, 45, of the 2500 block of College Avenue, is in custody with bond of $50,000.

He is not being charged with theft of any items that workers at the church, 1400 Main St., discovered missing last weekend.

An Alton Police Department report says a church employee discovered $300 missing from an office storage room at noon Sunday.

The next day, an employee noticed that a black, Latitude brand E6500 laptop computer worth $1,120 and a silver-colored Nikon digital camera were missing from one office. Some $25 to $28 in currency was gone from a cash box in another office.

The report says there was no sign of forced entry to the church, leading the workers to suspect either a visitor or employee stole the items.

Because of the recent thefts, at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday, an employee asked police to check the building before workers went inside, to ensure their safety. A secretary found a drawer to her desk had been rummaged through, and $1 and keys were missing; another desk drawer was found forced open, and $200 and checks for an upcoming golf tournament had been stolen.

At that time, an employee allegedly saw Branch rummaging through a desk drawer in another office, saying he was looking for a key, the report says. The employee, though, told police that Branch – who church workers suspected of the thefts – had been terminated Monday and was not allowed on church property.

The report says the burglar apparently broke a window in a door to gain entrance to the church on Tuesday.

A church shooting occurred where six people were wounded at a Chicago area church on Saturday, August 1, 2009 during the funeral of an admitted gang member.  A man approached a group of people standing outside the west side church and shot one man.  As he fled, he turned and was able to shoot five additional people. Inner city churches face violence on a daily basis, and many have an informal church security plan.  It is apparent the sacred place of a church is no longer protected from anyone bent on violence. (Picture by John White, Chicago Sun Times).

This appeared in the Chicago Sun Times  and was written BY Mary Houlihan and Mile Lanso Staff Reporters

Chicago-Six people were wounded in a shooting outside an Austin church while a funeral was being held this afternoon.

At noon, the Gospel Truth Life Church at 5301 W. Madison was filled with an overflow crowd — with more funeral attendees standing outside when shots were fired, Chicago police said.

At some point during his funeral, police said, a male shooter approached the storefront church on foot, aimed a gun at a man standing outside and shot him multiple times in the abdomen.

“We were clapping our hands and praising the Lord when the shots started, and we hit the floor,” said a woman at the funeral. “It’s obvious somebody was out for revenge,” said the woman, who did not want to give her name.

As the shooter fled the scene, he fired several more shots randomly into the crowd, police said.

The shooting was “definitely gang-related,” said spokesman Kevin Kilmer.

Four men and two women between the ages of 27 and 45 were injured, authorities said, and were taken to area hospitals. One remained in serious condition; the other five were in good condition, officials said.

“It’s very tragic. People just don’t have respect for the house of God anymore,” the Rev. Renaldo Kyles told WBBM-Channel 2.

Authorities said they were reviewing footage from two police cameras in the area and interviewing witnesses.

“We have a couple of witnesses that are cooperating, but most of the witnesses out there are not cooperating,” Grand Central Deputy Chief Roberto Zavala told Channel 2.

No one was in custody as of this evening.

“It’s sad, really sad, that something like this has to happen,” said Robinson’s cousin, Taikwan Cooper, 17.

I located a video from a local news station regarding the incident involving to men who were demonstrating public displays of affection. They were approached by church security and asked to stop and leave, when they became verbally abusive, they were handcuffed and the police were called. A few days later a “kiss-in” was held close to church property in protest. Below is a video and the SLCPD police report.

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Download the report by clicking here.

See a video where I talk about the incident on my Church Security Today blog.

The Church of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah trespassed two men from their property after church security guards witnessed the men engaging in offensive behavior. The property, located in downtown Salt Lake City, is apparently not easily identifiable as church property, but when the men were asked to leave, they allegedly became angry and began cursing at the security guards.

One news report stated church security guards restrained the men and contacted SLC police, who arrived and cited the men into court for trespassing.

The incident sparked a “kiss in” where supporters of the homosexual men came to the church property and engaged in behavior reportedly offensive to the church.

This incident made me think of a few things church security practicioners may want to consider if confronted by a situation where you may have to trespass someone.

Watch the video below to learn more.
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