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Earlier this month, another tragic shooting occurred on the grounds of a church.  A minister and deacon were shot at the Ninth Street Baptist Church in northern Kentucky when they arrived to attend a funeral.  Rev. Donald Fairbanks died from the injuries he sustained.

CNN.com recently published an article about the utilization of armed security guards in houses of worship.  They also posted an interesting (and humbling) interactive map of recent church shootings.  Click here to link to the map.

Another eye-opening email about church burglaries was waiting in my Inbox this morning.  This time the article that stood out the most involved a church in California that lost almost $45,000 in two separate burglaries.  It seems that burglars broke into the church office during Sunday mass and stole a small donation box, but returned later that night through an exterior window to steal the entire church safe.

According to the article, the church was burglarized two years before when musical instruments and a PA system were stolen

It is another tragic example of thieves taking advantage of churches as soft targets.  To read more about this story, ...

As a professional in the crime prevention industry, I often follow current crime prevention trends in an effort to keep current on certain topics.  Thanks to the wonderful (and free) tool of Google Alerts, I receive daily emails that notify me of news activity pertaining to specific key words.

This morning I was particularly intrigued by three separate crime sprees involving church burglaries, vandalism, and arson....

It does not happen very often, but every once in a while I find myself doing a double take at that strange email looming in my email Inbox.  Did I recently ship something from UPS with an incorrect address?  Why has the bank lost my account information?  Do I even have a Discover card?

As my brain scans through the cobweb-covered files of my antiquated memory, I assess the authenticity of the email on my computer screen.  It appears to be a legitimate request from the Commonwealth Credit Union Online Department.  They have disabled my account because of three unsuccessful login attempts.  It figures, I can never remember all of the passwords anymore.I just need to click here to start the update p...