This video analysis is part of our recently released training center content. What Is The Setting? We are going to do this in Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Why GCT? Because we aren’t on the practice field anymore. With over 700,000 people passing through the station each day (the traffic exceeds a million...
This video analysis is part of our recently released training center content. The dynamic of territoriality and how that concept leads to the creation of anchor points plays a critical role in the professional lives of our nation’s protectors. Anchor points are the areas where we keep the things that are important to us and,...
As summer approaches its close, schools across the country will again be welcoming students back onto campus. In some locations, great effort on the part of school administrators, teachers and security professionals has been undertaken to assuage the apprehension and fear of parents and students alike in regard to criminal activity within the confines of...
Establishing and implementing a security plan is not a one-time event. It is a process that requires continuous testing and improvement. Security plans are established at anchor points in order to protect those inside from not only outsiders and non-members, but also from any insiders who have criminal intentions. While I believe that behavioral analysis...
We all have our needs – food, water, clothing, cars, iPhones, beer, hanging out with friends, needing new shoes, and the million other reasons that cause us to leave our homes. When we enter into the public sphere, we willingly abandon the defensible security and safety of our personal anchor points, our homes, and take...
Getting Oriented Post-Attack Not every attack is going to be prevented. While the ultimate goal of the Journal and our training is for every citizen to become a trained observer, and for everyday people to become aware enough of their surroundings to take preventative action, this will not happen overnight. As the number of people...
Often when Marines or Soldiers are taught how to search a house while deployed, the focus is on finding weapons or contraband that ties them to the insurgency. It’s the sure-fire way to providing a clear link to the fighting and ensuring that the subsequent arrest doesn’t get thrown out for a lack of evidence. ...
Since the shooting in Newtown, CT, on December 14th, I’ve spent a lot of time talking to school administrators, concerned parents, and security staff, about ways that schools can protect the children in their charge. I’ve found myself answering many questions about specific steps schools can immediately take, and I have come to realize that...
Like animals, humans are territorial. Territoriality is rooted in our DNA. On a daily basis we make a claim to the space around us. We protect our “personal space.” We place pictures and other personalizing items on our desks and workspaces to ensure that other people know this is our space. If we are students,...
I’ve been very fortunate to have some very smart and very capable people in my life, especially as I transitioned out of the Marines and started my own business in the private sector. Every time that I talk with people who are marketing professionals or business owners (people who have thrived on successfully predicting human...
Recently, a question was brought up regarding our (The CP Journal’s) use of “Natural Lines of Drift”. To be clear, when we discuss the domain, “Geographics”, identifying a natural line of drift is a key principle. Understanding this principle can help us determine which route the enemy has used, the suspected route the enemy has...
I hate to admit it, but that jerk you saw swerving on the Southbound 5 Freeway last week, playing on his cell phone, well, that may have been me. I would say I’m sorry, but I know you were probably the guy next to me doing the same thing. We can’t help it. Technology has...
There are 6 domains used in Tactical Analysis that provide us with 6 different ways to look at the world. When you put these domains together, they allow you to predict what human beings are going to do. For all of the following domains, a profiler has to establish a baseline (the norm for the...
The Combat Hunter Program that we teach consists of much more than just combat profiling. The other significant portion of the program ties in combat tracking. (The Marine Corps really likes to add the word “combat” to things to make it sound intense: human profiling became “combat profiling” and man-tracking became “combat tracking.”) These two...
If you’ve sat through the class you know the definition: a habitual area is a place where anyone can come or go at any time, without any restrictions. So that’s it? I teach the class, but I can think of a thousand different questions regarding behavior that I might see at habitual areas. While the...