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By Patrick J. Brosnan Published Dec. 26, 2025, 5:55 p.m. ET This week Brown University scrambled to shield itself from blame in the aftermath of its deadly Dec. 13 campus shooting, placing its head of public safety on “administrative leave.” But the facts are undeniable — and damning. That Saturday, at 4:03 pm, a gunman wearing a partial face mask walked into the Barus & Holley Engineering Building on the Brown campus in Providence, RI, during finals study sessions. He enter

January 27, 2022 We often think of snow and ice when we think of winter weather. But as Mother Nature has shown us with the latest La Niña cycle, winter can also bring devastating tornadoes , flooding, mudslides and fires . No area of the country seems to have escaped this winter's impacts. Weather events are costly not only to the state and federal government, but to individual businesses. The winter storm last February in Texas brought the state to a standstill, and the co

New York City has deteriorated into a lawless state of crime thanks to recent “riots,” budget cuts and police reform, a retired NYPD detective said — challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio’s frequent explanation that COVID-19 is to blame. Pat Brosnan, the CEO and co-founder of national security and intelligence firm Brosnan Risk Consultants, said the coronavirus pandemic is only part of the problem plaguing the Big Apple. “It’s a convenient narrative to lay the blame on the doorst

By Patrick J. Brosnan Nearly two months after the shocking near-assassination of former President Donald Trump , Americans are still learning alarming details about the event. Just last week, as reported by Fox News, whistleblowers told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., "that Secret Service personnel are ‘woefully unprepared’ and have been given inadequate training to properly protect candidates – including former President Trump." The senator shared this information in an appearanc

By Patrick J. Brosnan While any act of political violence is shocking, the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump on July 13, 2024, captured on video and re-broadcast numerous times to a worldwide audience, is arguably the most jarring to the national public psyche since video was broadcast of President Ronald Reagan being shot in 1981. Former President Trump was spared not by the vast law-enforcement contingent protecting him, but by chance, by sheer luc

Published July 14, 2020, 7:58 p.m. ET Police officers search for evidence at the scene of a double shooting in the South Bronx last month. Robert Mecea What’s amazing about handguns — apart from the tragedy and devastation that 20 ounces can unleash — is their indestructibility. Like the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards or Cher, they are timeless and, operationally, ­immune to the ravages of aging. In fact, with minimal maintenance and care, a handgun from 1920 will discharge a

By Joshua Nelson Published November 23, 2020 The coronavirus in combination with other issues is leading the crime uptick in major cities across America, retired New York Police Department detective Pat Brosnan said on Monday. “A law that is not enforced is not a law and until that changes, until that equation changes, and crime becomes illegal, we will see skyrocketing gun violence straight across all of our major cities,” Brosnan told " America's Newsroom ." Brosnan sug

By Aaron Feis , Jennifer Bain , Aaron Short and Laura Italiano May 31, 2015 | 7:15am A surge in New York City murders — including four people slain in just five bloody hours as the weekend began — has grieving family members begging Mayor de Blasio to bring back the NYPD’s right to search for guns. “We need stop-and-frisk,” Stacey Calhoun, the devastated uncle of one of the four fatalities, said Saturday afternoon, tears filling his eyes over the nephew he had just lost.

CONTACTS Vast network of contacts in law enforcement throughout the United States. Myself and my executive team at Brosnan have developed and maintained a deep base of contacts in both large and small departments. On numerous occasions throughout the past 13 years, I have been asked by various Fox reporters to verify or refute ambiguous information, particularly in the very early stages of a developing incident (car chases), or immediately following a catastrophic

By Patrick J. Brosnan Four NYPD officers have been slaughtered in NYC the past 12 months including Police Officer Randolph Holder who was shot in the head last night during a gunfight in Harlem with two armed robbers. ​My strong belief, and it is shared by many in the law enforcement community and elsewhere, is that the corrosive effects of vicious anti-police rhetoric (the spectre of protestors chanting “What do we want? Dead cops,” a few months back, is forever seared in t

August 4, 2016 The non-stop bashing of police threatens safety. Strides in community policing, and declines in major crime, are also at risk. It is so bad, so sad, that it is almost more than one can bear. The brazen assault on America's police officers in Baton Rouge — three officers murdered and three more injured — took place just 10 days after the murders of five officers and the wounding of seven others in Dallas. The 900,000 men and women who are sworn to protect 320 mi

By Patrick J. Brosnan The cowardly slaughter of two uniformed NYPD officers while they ate their lunch in a radio car is unspeakable beyond words and will shift the world of law enforcement in America on its axis. It struck a direct blow in the heart of civility, of society, and although New York’s Finest will always protect and serve with the highest degree of professionalism, they will now be more wary, more fearful, of being the victims of sudden violence for no reason oth

By Patrick J. Brosnan The recent slaughter of nine students in Oregon has once again, brought public mass murders and the individuals who perpetrate them to the forefront of public debate. Prior to 1966 when Charles Whitman climbed a tower at the University of Texas and killed 16 people, instances of mass murder in a public space were virtually unheard of; however, since then, these senseless shootings have been on the rise in the United States. The Congressional Research Se

By Patrick J. Brosnan It was less than a year ago that protestors in New York City chanted: “What do we want? Dead cops When do we want it? Now." Less than two years since Judge Shira Scheindlin virtually stopped active policing in the Big Apple with her subjective and constitutionally questionable decision finding the NYPD’s stop-question-and-frisk policy had been illegally applied. This toxic combination of vicious rhetoric coupled with ideologically driven attempts at so

By Patrick J. Brosnan Lets start with the facts, as disturbing as they are in hindsight. For many years we have lulled ourselves with the idea that radicalization was not happening inside the United States. We believed American Muslims were immune to radicalization because, unlike their European counterparts, they are socially and economically well-integrated into society. We were seriously wrong. However, it is important to note that radicalization- the process of acquiring

In the devastating wake of yet another bloody terrorist attack in Orlando, it is time for Americans to pause and clinically assess our present laws and policies governing terrorist watch lists, gun purchases, background checks, terrorist investigations and sustained surveillances. The value of these protocols and laws, both as a specific deterrent and as effective investigative tools, must be examined against the confirmed facts of Omar Mateen’s life and the confluence of cir

By Patirck J. Brosnan The single deadliest terror attack since 9/11 has happened. They are here, living amongst us- shopping alongside us; eating at our favorite restaurants; perhaps even bringing their children to the same day care center. They are known by several names- lone wolves, home grown terrorists, Muslim Jihadists or, as Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook who murdered 14 Americans on Dec 4 in San Bernardino are characterized- self-radicalized supporters of radical Isla

By Patrick J. Brosnan For the second time in ten months, terror, has struck Paris. In its bloody aftermath, 129 were murdered and 90 critically injured. The multiple and simultaneous attacks were executed flawlessly and with military precision. Logistically, from the known facts, it would appear that at least a dozen individuals would be needed to mount this complex operation. That is twelve terrorists, minimum, required to pull off these attacks. From both a tactical and

Patrick J. Brosnan On October, 31, 2015, 224 people died when Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 from Egypt to St. Petersburg, Russia crashed in the Sinai desert. The next day Russia concluded that a bomb was responsible for the crash and a new image surfaced online of the bomb, hidden in a soda can. The image, published in the Al Quaeda magazine, Inspire, showed a soda can and what explosives experts concluded were a blasting cap and an electric initiator. The magazine said the im

By Patrick J. Brosnan The bloody ending on Friday of two hostage crises in Paris shines a bright light on the fallacy of the effectiveness of surveillance of known jihadists and reaffirms a potentially deadly chink in anti-terrorism programs in the United States. The burning question facing the French government: How did several known jihadists elude surveillance and successfully mount a daring and deadly attack despite being well-known to France’s Intelligence services? Bo

By Patrick J. Brosnan Myth 1 - Stricter Gun Control Laws Will Reduce Crime. Facts: Criminals, by definition, do not obey laws. Stricter background checks and longer waiting periods have zero impact on a criminal’s decision to carry a gun: they purchase guns in hallways, apartments, schoolyards, etc. and as “straw” buyers. Myth 2 - Stricter Gun Control Laws Will Diminish Public Mass Shootings. Facts: This fable has been spun for decades and is the most dishonest of all th

In a gunfight, the most important rule is….. HAVE A GUN! Here is some shooting advice from various Concealed Carry Instructors. If you own a gun, you will appreciate these rules. If not, get one and learn how to use it…..then learn the rules: RULES: (Take special note of 13.) Guns have only two enemies: rust and politicians. It’s always better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Cops carry guns to protect themselves, not you. Never let someone or something that threa

1 Profiling: If you “See Something, Say Something.” Alert Americans can prevent attacks. We must unchain ourselves from outdated notions of racial profiling. The need for profiling is greater today than it has ever been. It is a powerful and vital tool to identify, thwart, chase and capture bad guys. Had the neighbors of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik in San Bernardino dialed 911, as they admitted they should have- but didn’t for fear of being accused of profiling- fourte

Bank Robbery Pattern: Suspect Captured by Brosnan Risk Security Officer On January 28, 2016 a male attempted to rob several banks in upper Manhattan by passing a note. He succeeded at an Apple Bank on Broadway. The Brosnan Intelligence Center (BIC) became aware of this robbery through a public tweet and transmitted a description to all their 700 guards assigned to the five boroughs. A short time later, Brosnan security officer, Justin Fay, who was assigned to a TD Bank te

You’ve already booked a suite at Le Bristol Paris, checked the menus at top-ranked restaurants and reserved your flights. But have you checked “financial security” off your summer vacation to-do list? Many people don’t, like the American family who arrived in Rome in 2011 for Easter week. Before they could even see the Sistene Chapel, pickpockets nabbed their wallets, passports and cash. What should have been the trip of a lifetime turned into a nightmare as they spent hours