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 [...]
What Escalation Looks Like in Real Time: A Direct Alignment Between Behavior and Action
This article is a follow-up to our recent piece, When Reaction Replaces Reflection, which examined how behavior in our communities is changing and how reactions are outpacing reflection. This article takes a closer look [...]
When Reaction Replaces Reflection: The Shift in How We Treat One Another
Across our communities, patience is thinning, and reactions are happening more quickly. Everyday disagreements are more likely to escalate, and opinions are often treated as facts before the truth is known. These changes are [...]