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?”
Many church security personnel, both volunteer and paid, may be confronted with the possibility of using force on someone who is attempting to harm a member of the church. Use of force and self defense for those who choose to provide security for church is a confusing area wrought with potential liability. The security plans your church puts in place, and the prior prep work you do, can considerably lessen church liability, as well as protect the person who is confronted and uses defensive force for self protection, or to protect the safety and life of others.
In Part 1 of this six part series, Glen Evans, Church Security Alliance co-founder discusses how to limit use of force liability and steps you can take in advance to limit potential problems in the future. In providing security for church, your people must understand what is permissible as a civilian, how their role differs from a police officer, and the steps they need to take after an incident of force.
In this first video Glen discusses how your role as a church security operative differs from law enforcement and the liabilities each faces if the use of force is deemed “unreasonable.” Read More…
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Here is an interesting article we found from The Des Moines Register. It has a very nice summary of why churches are starting security teams.
Keeping members safe is modern mission
By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE REGISTER RELIGION EDITOR October 30, 2005 Churches have long been considered safe havens from the evil of the outside world. No more. Across Iowa and the nation, churches increasingly are taking precautions to protect members by:
Issuing identification cards that are required before parents may pick up children from Sunday school classes.
Training and screening church leaders to recognize child abuse.
Monitoring sex offenders who may move from church to church.
Congregations face walking a fine line in fulfilling their mission to lead sinners to salvation while keeping members – especially children – safe. Churches today must be “wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove,” said Lori Jones , church administrator for Christ United Methodist Church in Davenport. Read More…
Understanding when the use of force is appropriate and what level of force can be applied is critical to both the police officer and the private security officer.
Earlier stated differences in the concepts of excessive and reasonable force do not help the average layperson or officer remove the ambiguity in the meanings of these phrases. Because it is not possible to specify the appropriate police response to every given situation, police department trainers and academics have developed numerous ways to conceptualize the escalation of police force. These conceptual models have been since labeled as “use of force continuums.” Use of force continuums acknowledge that police force is not a static concept or an issue that an abstractly stated policy statement can deal with. Rather these typologies recognize that police-citizen confrontations are dynamic. Faulkner (1991) states that force is “not just a word, a push or a pull, but all of the above in a rapidly advancing random order.” Furthermore he states that it is best to think of police-citizen encounters in terms of areas of resistance and control. It is within these areas that police force must be understood.
Faulkner (1991) and others claim that proper training on the use of force through the avenues of resistance and control can help define within modal categories, when and what officer responses are necessary given a narrowly defined scenario (O’Linn, 1992; Graves et al., 1992). Serving as a training officer with the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy, Faulkner defined an “action-response use of force continuum” that explains officer’s responses to a resistor’s actions. As shown in Figure 1.1, Faulkner (1991) conceptualizes that officer responses to individual actions vary along 12 dimensions. The lower end of the responses begin with the officers’ presence while the upper end culminates with the infliction of deadly force.
O’Linn (1992) explains that since law enforcement officers are expected to make split second decisions based on rapidly evolving situations, the incorporation of a use of force continuum into departmental policy will provide the guidance to officers in making force decisions.
The following chart is from the Ohio Police Officer Training Academy.
The need for volunteers for ministry is essential to a healthy, growing church. Scripture teaches that every believer has been equipped by God for ministry in, or through, the church. When everyone in the church is doing his or her part, the church normally grows spiritually and numerically (Ephesians 4:16). Therefore, a healthy church utilizes a large number of volunteers in a variety of ways both within and outside the church. The children’s programs receive a large benefit in the use of volunteers. In most churches, the children’s program is not possible without these dedicated people. But how do you insure that the volunteers have the right spirit need to tend for our smallest charges? The following sample policy lay the groundwork for providing a safe place for our children. Read More…
Here is a initial interest form to use at church job/ministry days to gather the basic information on interested volunteers. Free free to down load and use as is or modify ir for your specific needs. Read More…
The need to have an accurate record on any event that occurs in the church is critical. The sample report will lead the team member through asking the right questions and recording the needed information in a specific manor. See the companion video for details on completing this form.
Many church security personnel, both volunteer and paid, may be confronted with the possibility of using force on someone who is attempting to harm a member of the church. Use of force and self defense for those who choose to provide security for church is a confusing area wrought with potential liability. The security plans your church puts in place, and the prior prep work you do, can considerably lessen church liability, as well as protect the person who is confronted and uses defensive force for self protection, or to protect the safety and life of others.
For a limited time, buy both the How to Start A Church Security Manual and the Easy Start Up Manual and save $10.00 The total price for both products is normally $135.98, but for a limited time you can order both products for $125.98 (plus tax, shipping and handling). Simply click on the Add to Cart and we will ship both information products to you by United States Postal Service. If you are just starting out, this is a great way to get going in a hurry and save a ton of time. We have done all the work for you, and this is the most comprehensive guide and start up CD available.
