Communication Discipline Under Stress: The Operational Skill Most Teams Overlook
In protective operations, communication is often where problems arise. At PGI, we see communication failures surface in small ways before they become operational problems. A message is sent but not received. A driver is [...]
Medical Readiness: The First Minutes
In the days after high-profile incidents, much of the discussion centers on security presence, threat recognition, and response capability. Those elements matter, but they rarely tell the full story. At PGI, we often see [...]
Planned Violence: Understanding the Increasing Threat Environment
Introduction The volume of Planned Active Violence has continued to trend upward over the past six years. We, meaning PGI, have increasingly discussed behavioral trends that we have always tracked in relation to Planned [...]
Teen Takeovers, Crowd Escalation, and the Emerging Public Safety Threat
What is developing across parts of the United States should not be dismissed as a simple juvenile disorder or merely as large youth gatherings. Law enforcement agencies, municipalities, shopping districts, entertainment venues, and private [...]
Safe Havens: The Pre-Identified Options That Buy Time
PGI Protective Intelligence Brief #4: Safe Havens: The Pre-Identified Options That Buy Time In protective operations, the safest decision is rarely made under pressure the first time. It is made earlier, during planning, advance [...]
When Controlled Spaces Breakdown
PGI Protective Intelligence Brief #3: When Controlled Space Breaks Down: The Hidden Failure Point in Executive Protection In the days after the incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, much of the public conversation [...]