The CP Journal's Academy
Emergency management, public safety, and security professionals face a lot of challenges in preparing their organizations to respond to and recover from disasters, disruptions, and acts of violence.
Having access to the tools, resources, and knowledge to advance their personal or organization’s readiness shouldn’t be one of them.
The CP Journal’s Academy has been designed to provide professionals with the education resources and guidance needed to get left of bang.
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Resources to Enhance Your Readiness
Explore our carefully curated resources explicitly designed to strengthen your organization's capabilities and help you stay proactively left of bang. Whether you're preparing for emergencies, managing incidents, or enhancing your team's tactical skills, our resources provide structured, actionable guidance.
Read the course description that brings the behaviors and approach to situational awareness written about in the book Left of Bang alive through video lessons and practice exercises.
The Tactical Analysis Program - Basic Course: Develop foundational situational awareness and threat detection skills to proactively identify risks.
The Tactical Analysis Program - Advanced Course: Elevate your tactical analysis abilities to expert levels, sharpening your decision-making under pressure.
Project Management in Emergency Management | A Playbook
As an emergency manager, you already have a lot on your plate—planning initiatives underway, exercises in development, after-action reports to write, and improvement plans to complete. Learning how to manage projects well isn’t about adding another task—it’s about ensuring the work you’re already doing gets
This playbook offers a step-by-step guide to managing preparedness projects and developing the capabilities they need when facing an uncertain future.
When your preparedness projects are managed effectively, your team can respond faster, recover more quickly, and protect your community more effectively when disaster strikes.
Operational Readiness Playbook
The Operational Readiness Playbook is designed for public safety leaders, corporate security executives, emergency managers, and organizational decision-makers responsible for making high-stakes decisions in uncertain environments.
Strategic-level insights and frameworks to enhance organizational awareness and decision-making.
Tools and guidance to develop the localized capabilities you need to monitor threats, hazards, and disruptions in your own city, county, or organization—without relying on anyone to do it for you.