Tag: National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4)

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has published the results from its Spectator Sports Safety and Security Survey. In a release from the center, NCS4 revealed that the study aimed to gauge sport spectators’ perceptions of safety and security at live events, awareness and support of policies and procedures, and willingness to embrace new measures and technological solutions...

HATTIESBURG, Miss.—The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) will recognize six individuals as Young Professional Scholarship recipients during the 2023 National Sports Safety and Security Conference & Exhibition on June 27-29 in San Antonio. The event is presented annually by NCS4, which is housed at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM).  The NCS⁴ is committed to educating the next generation of sport security professionals and recently announced...

HATTIESBURG, Miss.—The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) invites you to attend the 13th Annual National Sports Safety and Security Conference & Exhibition. The conference will be held on June 28-30, 2022, at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Orlando, Fla., in conjunction with Title Sponsor inOrbit. The 2022 conference theme is "Game-Changers: Lead, Discover, Innovate."  The conference will offer...

HATTIESBURG, Miss.—The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) conducted a Sport Event Risk Management training course on Feb. 1-2, 2022, at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) National Office in Indianapolis. Twenty people attended the two-day course, including those from the NCAA and representatives of various Indianapolis sport venues and organizations. The Sport Event Risk Management course...

I have to say I miss going to a sporting event and cheering on my favorite team, going to a concert, doing anything other than watching live events on TV! The energy and excitement of being there live, sharing in the moment with thousands of other like-minded people creates, hopefully, great memories. Unless your team loses, or the band stinks, but that is a different story! For sports fans (me included), the sight – and sound – of fans back in the seats and organized sports...

HATTIESBURG, Miss.—Liz Woollen, the University of Oklahoma’s (OU’s) Chief of Police (Ret.), will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2021 National Sports Safety and Security Conference & Exhibition on Nov. 9-10 in Phoenix. The event is presented annually by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) at The University of Southern Mississippi. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the long-term accomplishments and contributions...

BOCA RATON, Fla.—Red Hawk Fire & Security, a provider of fire, life safety and security services based here, is providing resources and integrated systems expertise as a charter donor for the command and control center at the new National Sport Security Laboratory (NSSL) at the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. The lab officially opened on Sept. 1, bringing to life NCS4's vision to be...

SAN DIEGO—Wireless video surveillance provider MicroPower Technologies, based here, announced July 8 that its solar, wireless surveillance system has achieved a positive evaluation by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4). NCS4 officials evaluate a variety of solutions to determine how specific technologies can help solve security issues, such as crowd monitoring, tailgating issues and event management, in and around facilities that host spectator sports. The...

  HATTIESBURG, Miss.—Open-access sporting event security was an especially hot topic at the recent fourth annual National Sports Safety and Security Conference and Exhibition. That topic came in the wake of the bombings at the April 2013 Boston Marathon. “There are different challenges, same principles,” NCS4 Director Dr. Lou Marciani told Security Director News The NCS4 July conference drew a record number of participants and exhibitors to its conference, Marciani...