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The Difference Isn’t Training. It’s Experience.
At the core of our mission to enhance safety and prevent active shooter incidents, we are proud to collaborate with some of the most distinguished experts in the industry.
Why We Choose Our Partners
Real-world experience changes how prevention is understood.
They bring a wealth of knowledge, ranging from advanced risk assessment methodologies to cutting-edge crisis management techniques. Their insights and contributions are vital in shaping effective strategies and solutions that address the complex challenges of today’s security landscape. Together, we are committed to creating safer environments and empowering communities with the knowledge and tools to effectively prevent and respond to potential threats.
Our Partner Spotlight
A Voice Trusted in Critical Moments
These industry-leading experts are not only pioneers in active shooter prevention, but they also actively engage with wider audiences through various media platforms.
Their appearances on television programs, ranging from news interviews to expert panel discussions, further demonstrate their authority and commitment in this vital field. These segments offer invaluable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and innovations in active shooter prevention.
Through their informed perspectives and real-world experiences shared on national and international broadcasts, our partners play a crucial role in educating the public, influencing policy, and shaping a more secure future. Their media presence underscores our collective dedication to raising awareness and enhancing safety in communities across the globe.
The partners I named in the Department of Justice program
When the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys asked me to build the prevention program, one segment was harder than the rest. They wanted me to name the companies. Most people in this industry will not do that on the record, because naming names means standing behind them.
I did it, and I will explain why. Prevention is not a product. It is a system of layers that have to hand off to each other, and no single company holds every layer. If I recommend a detection system and say nothing about the door it is bolted to, or the analyst reading the alert, I have sold you a component and called it a program. That is the failure I see most often when I am brought in after something has gone wrong.
Regardless of the building you are in, you are the first responder until help arrives.
Chris Grollnek, active shooter prevention program for the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice
How I think about the layers
See it coming. Davista reads patterns across systems that already exist. Alcatraz AI decides who is actually at the door. Scylla turns raw video into something an operator can act on. Garrett finds what a person is carrying. IMRON ties access control together across platforms that were never built to talk.
Buy back time. This is the layer people skip. FutureVu Brands hardens the glass and the entry points. SafeWood Designs builds bullet-resistant walls, doors and furniture that do not look like it. Delay is not glamorous, and it is the difference between a plan that works and a plan that reads well.
Know instantly. Databuoy came out of DARPA research for the Army and Navy, and its SHOTPOINT system locates gunfire indoors and out. Brecourt Solutions built a High Threat Response System where the drone targets the weapon, not the person.
Equip and train the people. Safeware moves responder equipment through GSA and cooperative contracts. Crisis Response Leader Training runs decision-making under pressure in 3D. Blaze Defense Systems handles the fire side. AMP Global Strategies, a Woman Owned Small Business, carries the communications and cybersecurity layer.
Judgment, when it counts. Chuck Savickis of Far Ridge Services, retired FBI and a former Navy SEAL out of the Hostage Rescue Team. Glenn Norling of TBR Consulting, retired FBI and a former Air Force officer. Brig Barker on counterterrorism. Dr. Gregory M. Vecchi of VGI on behavioral threat assessment. Blackfish Intelligence on the investigative side. GSIS in Washington on strategy. ASHER 360 on the nonprofit side with the School Ranger Program. And the National Violence Prevention Hotline, at (888) 664-6652, for the person who is trying to stop themselves.
The advisors who keep me honest
My Special Advisors are deliberately not from the security industry. That is the point. Major General Dave Glaser, U.S. Army (Retired), on biometrics, forensics and rule-of-law operations. Brigadier General Gary Connor, U.S. Air Force (Retired), thirty years of missile defense, command and control and ISR for the United States, NATO and Allies. Dan Zilinski on cybersecurity risk, who leads the information security audit program for a major professional sports league.
None of them sell what I assess. If one of them tells me a recommendation is weak, there is no revenue reason for them to be wrong.
What I am watching next
Counter drone. Indoor mapping. Digital twins. Those three move from emerging to expected inside this program cycle, and the organizations that plan for them now will not be retrofitting later.
I do not sell, resell or take a margin on any product named on this page. That is the whole reason my assessment is worth reading. The full program record is on the DOJ recognition page.
