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 expected to read text updates while transporting a principal. A team member speaks without confirming who the message is for. [...]
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 medical risk overlooked when the practitioner’s response time is running short. We stop the threat, but the medical necessity to [...]
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 Active Violence (PAV). By Planned Active Violence, we refer to acts of violence that involve identifiable stages of grievance, behavioral [...]
