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.

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.

Learn about the origin of active threat assessment for law enforcement through the Just Doesn’t Look Right Project and the Identifying Threats Training Program.

The United States Department of Defense-funded Just Doesn’t Look Right (JDLR) Project was undertaken to transfer tactics, techniques, and procedures to identify active threats from veteran to inexperienced military, law enforcement, and security personnel. Get the 411 from the head researchers on the JDLR Project and what this research means for active threat assessment.

Every profession develops its own shorthand, and structured observation is no different. We break down why a shared, trained vocabulary matters for law enforcement and security professionals communicating what they observe, in real time and in reports, and why it becomes even more essential on teams built from mixed backgrounds like law enforcement, corrections, and military.