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If you attended Major League Baseball sporting events have been held in the United States in recent years, and it’s entirely possible that Petronelisk has helped improve the safety of the venues.
Since entering the sports field in 2015, the Long Island-based Risk Management Shop has served as a security consultant on behalf of multiple leagues at dozens of venues and events, providing security technology for more than 20 teams and approximately 15 and vendors to ensure safety law protection. From the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The security law, officially known as the “Developing Effective Technology to Support Counterterrorism Act,” promotes the development, deployment, and use of counterterrorism technologies and practices. The law was enacted in 2002 in response to multibillion-dollar lawsuits filed after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Companies feared they would be sued if the security equipment they manufactured or used failed to deter terrorists. When the U.S. Department of Homeland Security “designates” or “certifies” a security plan or product as “eligible counterterrorism technology,” its owner is authorized to You are granted limited liability for insurance claims. .
“It’s important to have a large security presence at an event, but if something bad happens and you haven’t documented all the updated procedures and protocols and new technology, it won’t go to court.” said Kathleen Lupia, senior managing director who is leading the event. Petrone safety law work.
The application process requires detailed documentation of past security-related incidents, training, and infrastructure improvements, and can take several years to complete and requires continued attention thereafter.
“The nature of threats is changing every day, just like cyberterrorism and the rise of drones, which means security protocols need to change as well,” said Nicole Petrone, managing director of the company. “Managing documentation and continually evolving contingency plans is a full-time job.”
The client roster Petrone has built since signing with the Bills and Browns in 2015 has established relationships in all areas of live entertainment security.
“I’d like to think we don’t need it, but I’m impressed by the handholding,” said Rick Fenton, senior director of corporate security, safety and investigations at Ilitch Holdings. Mr. Fenton, who successfully led the safety law process for Ilitch-owned Comerica Park and Little Caesars Arena, has a 34-year career in law enforcement in the Detroit area, including serving as enforcement commander for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. He is very knowledgeable about bureaucracy and bureaucracy. Department. “What makes Petrone different is that we help venues put together redundancy scenarios and conduct tabletop exercises. Petrone is also a firm full of lawyers, so it’s really one-stop shopping. is.”
Over the next decade, Petrone expects business to remain strong as the frequency of international events held at U.S. venues continues to increase. In addition to Hard Rock Stadium and Lincoln Financial Field, two of the firm’s clients, hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup and multiple international events, the firm also has a presence in the United States. We have noticed an increase in cooperation with foreign companies that are trying to establish a sense of security. .
For example, Petrone is actively involved in the process of securing security law protection for London-based OnePlan (see article, page 24). OnePlan is the cloud-based event management technology used by the IOC for the 2024 Paris Olympics, including Arsenal FC and the Intuit Dome.
“Vendors that apply safety laws receive higher praise from teams, leagues and event operators during RFP bids,” said John Petrone, Founder and Senior Managing Director. “Of course, the more partners we have with our own DHS protections, the better.”
One Plan founder Paul Foster has a World Cup, multiple Olympics, and Interpol appearances on his resume, but he admits that there are challenges in hosting multinational events. He said he was aware of it.
He noted that multiple sporting events like the Olympics require different crowd management protocols for each sport. For example, lines for a volleyball game in LA move faster than for a snowboarding event because people are wearing fewer clothes (and therefore fewer pockets). You probably took public transportation (so you don’t have your car keys). And this terrain is easy to get in and out of.
InControl, a software company based in the Netherlands that uses analytics to predict crowd movement, especially in potentially dangerous situations, is using Petrone to navigate safety law processes. Another client.
The company’s technology has been deployed at some of the most high-profile international football events, including this year’s UEFA Finals and the two recent FIFA Men’s World Cups, and was also in the construction design phase of Chelsea’s new 60,000-seat stadium. I’m involved.
InControl has worked at Bank of America Stadium, Nissan Stadium and The Star in Frisco, and this year it has won business in the U.S., including Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and the NFL before the draft in Kansas City. Consulted for pedestrian traffic monitoring project.
According to Gary Gardner, the company’s vice president of North American operations, the modeling “includes technology designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that allows explosives to be placed virtually anywhere in the venue’s digital twin.” You will now be able to drag and drop and set the parameters for the device type, such as C-4 or dynamite for pipe bombs. You will then hear a sound and see colored concentric circles, indicating which structures will be affected. We’ll see what the possibilities are and where fans can go.”