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The 2024 Guide to Threat Assessment Approaches for Law Enforcement

An updated guide to threat assessment approaches for law enforcement, this guide is meant to define, provide resources, and also help you identify threat assessment training and resources that might help you, your officers, or your community.

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5 Threat And Risk Assessment Approaches for Security Professionals in 2024

An updated guide to threat and risk assessment approaches for security professionals, this guide is meant to define, provide resources, and help you identify threat assessment training and resources that might help you and your personnel.

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School Threat Assessment and Identifying Active Threats

Lethal and non-lethal violent acts on school property are becoming more and more common, ranging from the most horrific shooting events to schoolyard fights. In this post, we will describe school threat assessment and the challenges associated with school safety. Also included are resources on critical topics. Lastly, we describe how active threat assessment and situational awareness training can help school personnel prevent violence.

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Threat Assessment Training: Identify and Defend Against Your Threat

The type of threat assessment you need may vary based on the type of problem you are trying to solve. In this post, we share various research and resources related to threat assessment training and our own active threat assessment methodology.

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Active Threat Assessment: Identify Potential, Imminent, and Immediate Threats

Active threat assessment is an observation methodology that can help you identify threatening individuals or groups who require immediate attention while dismissing people who don’t present a true threat. This method involves systematic observations, recognizing people who deviate from the pattern of consistent behavior, and identifying persons of interest (POI) who warrant further investigation. This methodology can also help you assess threat indicators, which can help you conduct safe and effective interdictions with POIs when necessary.

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Threat Assessment and Active Shooter Prevention

As the prevalence of active shooter incidents continues to increase, the need for active shooter prevention and preparedness is becoming more relevant. There are a number of things that organizations can do to prepare for and respond to these types of incidents. Some are proactive and focus on active shooter prevention, while others are short-term and help officers better respond to these incidents. For example, threat assessment can be used to identify different threats that come up at different points in time. In this post, we explain some of these options and help you find resources that might help you.

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