

Security threat assessment training and education addresses a comprehensive spectrum of topics, specifically designed for personnel responsible for identifying, investigating, assessing and managing threats. It’s essential that these key personnel be focused on better understanding the motivations and behavior of persons with the interest, capacity and willingness to mount an attack before they approach a target. The training brings processes and procedures aimed at identifying and preventing persons with the means and interest to attack someone and, when possible, reducing the likelihood that they would decide to mount an attack. The curriculum focuses on the four critical functions of threat assessment:
While establishing a threat vulnerability assessment program may, on paper, seem straightforward, developing one that truly is functionally capable requires time and practice. Since by their very nature, threat assessment teams are designed to be interdisciplinary, many of the team members may not work together on a regular basis. For this reason, conducting a thorough orientation and training program is very important. Hillard Heintze’s training programs:
The final design of our behavioral threat assessment training is ultimately tailored and designed around your selected attendees – particularly with respect to factors such as the evolution of your threat assessment process, the degree of your understanding and comfort with the process, the current state of your policies and procedures and the degree of experience and training that your threat assessment team members may or may not already have.
Primer on Assessing the Potential for Violence
Preventing workplace violence requires action on many different fronts. One of the most critical – and least understood – is behavioral threat assessment.
Setting a World Class Standard in Workforce Protection for a Global Corporation with more than 200 Branches
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Concerned about the daily headlines about violence in various offices, plants and workplaces nationwide? This company's management team was. And they decided to take action before a crisis unfolded. What did they do?
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Applying Experience and Best Practices in Managing a Stalker Incident
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When someone began stalking one of the company’s receptionists, local law enforcement was called. But after a flurry of initial reports and filings, progress petered out. How did this company help protect this employee?
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Assessing a Former Employee's Potential for Violence
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Stalking is one issue. Inappropriate behavior or mental illness - while sometimes though not always related - are others. What's the difference? And how should an employer be prepared to change tactics quickly if rapidly changing circumstances threaten the safety of an individual?
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