Observation and Visual Threat Detection
Threat Awareness in Practice
Reinforce your threat awareness skills and access key resources.
Observation that informs appropriate action
This course is designed for graduates of our 8-hour Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement and Threat Awareness for Security Professionals programs.
Of 143 law enforcement and security professionals who completed this course, 50% report using their observation and visual threat detection skills daily.
After 143 participants completed this course:
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97.2%
indicated course techniques helped them observe their environment and identify suspicious persons.
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97.9%
reported that Threat Awareness techniques improved their ability to identify threatening behavior.
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96.5%
shared that the Threat Awareness program techniques helped them articulate their decisions.
Trainee Testimonials
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“Working in surveillance, I am able to identify a person of interest faster than before I had taken this course.”
-Surveillance Agent
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“I have used this course to identify armed suspects multiple times and use the threat indicators often.”
-Security Professional
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“Observing the actions of people in my facility after knowing our baseline on a daily basis. Threat assessment is part of my daily tasks and this training allows me to utilize the information and apply it every day to my organization.”
-Airport Police Officer
What you will learn
The class combines lecture material, interactive videos, and practical exercises. All participants receive a certificate of completion.
Review important methodological concepts associated with systematic observation and assessing threats
Complete three practice exercises to hone observation and behavioral assessment skills
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Duration: 45 Minutes
Format: Self-paced Online
CPE Credits: .75 credit (online)
Prerequisites: Completion of the Threat Awareness for Security Professionals or Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement Program
Starting at $40 per participant
Volume discounts, subscriptions, and instructor-led pricing available — schedule a meeting with the Second Sight team to learn more about our observation and visual threat detection training.
Related Training
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Threat Observation
This course equips learners with a research-validated, structured, repeatable observation process that strengthens systematic observation skills to identify behavioral threats. Participants will be able to distinguish benign behavior from deviations that may signal emerging concerns.
In-person and online versions of this course are available.
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Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement
In the Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement program, learners are provided a research-validated system for recognizing early indicators of threat, interpreting behavioral deviations, and clearly articulating professional judgment in ways that withstand legal and supervisory scrutiny.
In-person and online versions of this program are available.
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Threat Awareness for Security Professionals
The Threat Awareness for Security Professionals program equips learners with a comprehensive system for identifying early indicators of risk, assessing threat levels through visible behaviors, and articulating defensible decisions before situations escalate.
In-person and online versions of this program are available.
Frequently Asked Questions
45 Minutes | Online | Graduates of the 8-hour Threat Awareness programs
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The Threat Awareness in Practice refresher is designed for graduates of the Threat Awareness (8-hour) programs. It is not a standalone introduction to the material. It assumes prior completion of one of those programs.
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Three practical, interactive exercises focused on the core concepts of the structured observation process. It is not a lecture review; it is applied practice designed to reactivate and reinforce skills that may have faded since initial training.
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Threat Awareness in Practice is the final step in our observation and visual threat detection training path, designed to be completed approximately six months after finishing the Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement or Threat Awareness for Security Professionals program. It is not a starting point. It assumes prior completion of one of those programs.
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We recommend completing Threat Awareness in Practice approximately six months after finishing your core program. Retention of structured observation skills naturally decays over time, and the Refresher is designed to counteract this decay before it affects field performance.
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Threat Awareness in Practice is included at no additional cost with the eight-hour program and is recommended six months after completion to support continued skill retention. The program can also be purchased at a reduced cost without the refresher. Graduates who did not purchase it at the time of their original enrollment can purchase it separately.