Law Enforcement Training
Observation is a foundational expectation in law enforcement, but it is often assumed skill rather than formally taught. Through our Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement program, we provide a consistent, repeatable observation and articulation framework.
Professional judgment improves when officers can consistently recognize meaningful behavioral deviations, interpret behavioral indicators, and clearly articulate what they observed and why it led them to act—before situations escalate into safety incidents or use-of-force encounters.
Turning Awareness into Professional Judgment
Incidents with the greatest operational, legal, and reputational consequences often begin as subtle behavioral deviations—changes in demeanor, movement patterns, or interpersonal dynamics—that may be overlooked during fast-moving encounters.
Second Sight Training helps officers recognize behavioral indicators early and clearly articulate the observations that informed their actions. The result is improved officer safety, stronger case documentation, and greater confidence in professional decision-making during critical incidents.
A STRUCTURED REPEATABLE SKILL
Gain skills to systematically observe during patrol and public interaction
IDENTIFY THE TRUE THREAT
Distinguish benign behavior from deviations that may signal emerging threats
RECOGNIZE PRE-INCIDENT BEHAVIOR
Identify behavior associated with individuals carrying weapons or preparing for potential violence
REFINED ARTICULATION
Improve the clarity and defensibility of reports, testimony, and during supervisory review
Online Observation Training Available for Law Enforcement Professionals
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Threat Observation
$199 Per Participant | 4-Hours
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.
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Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement
$299 Per Participant | 8-Hours
In this 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.
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Threat Awareness in Practice
$40 Per Participant | 45-Minutes
This is an online refresher course designed to help learners review key concepts and practice their active threat assessment skills. Designed for graduates of either the 8-hour Threat Awareness programs.
Investigative Interview Training
Law enforcement interviews depend on more than experience and instinct—they require systematic planning, strategic use of evidence, and the ability to maintain rapport while challenging inconsistencies in a subject's account. Without a structured approach, investigators risk collecting irrelevant information, disclosing evidence too early, losing credibility assessment opportunities, or making decisions that are difficult to defend.
We provide research-based investigative interviewing programs that provide structured approaches for professionals responsible for gathering information, evaluating evidence, and clearly articulating their decisions during formal investigations.
What law enforcement officers are saying about our programs:
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“For the street officer, this is a systematic way to heighten their awareness and provide them a tool to quickly establish norms for the event they are working. It also provides new skills for identifying threats when not evaluating a larger venue, but in a 1 on 1 with a subject they may encounter.”
-Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement | Law Enforcement Officer
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We use these techniques every day, but many of us have never been able to articulate the “why” in what we see. This program gives us a way to describe and explain what it took us years to observe. This is going to be fantastic for our new officers, who will have the fortune of learning this without having to wait for years to experience it.”
-Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement | Training Sergeant in a Sheriff’s Office
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"Excellent scenario, great roleplaying, good constraints, and opportunities to apply the REP (Rapport-based Evidence Presentation) Model"
-Interview Planning and Credibility Assessment in Law Enforcement Investigations
Federal Law Enforcement Agent
Frequently Asked Questions
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Second Sight offers two law enforcement training options: the Observation and Visual Threat Detection Training Path and a standalone Interview Planning and Credibility Assessment program for investigators. The Observation and Visual Threat Detection Training Path includes the Threat Observation course and the Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement program, followed by the Threat Awareness Refresher course.
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Officers will be able to apply a structured, repeatable observation and visual threat detection process to establish behavioral baselines, identify meaningful deviations, and make defensible field decisions, including documentation that can withstand supervisory and legal review.
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Yes. Our law enforcement courses and programs are grounded in validated behavioral research, including the Department of Defense-funded Just Doesn't Look Right project conducted by the Naval Research Laboratory, and have been delivered to thousands of law enforcement professionals nationally and internationally since 2015.
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Yes. Multi-license online purchasing is available for agencies, along with monthly enrollment progress reports so administrators can track completion across their team. Instructor-led delivery is also available for teams that want facilitated in-person training.
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Our law enforcement courses and programs are designed for sworn officers, detectives, investigators, and agencies whose mission involves observing, interacting with, and making decisions about members of the public, or conducting formal investigative interviews.
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No. Second Sight's observation and visual threat detection training is distinct from behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) and predictive threat identification approaches. Our training teaches a structured observation process grounded in validated behavioral research; it is not a threat assessment protocol.
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Yes. The Threat Observation course and Threat Awareness for Law Enforcement program are available in both self-paced online and instructor-led formats. The Interview Planning and Credibility Assessment program is currently available only in an instructor-led format.