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.


The Tactical Analysis Course

The Tactical Analysis Course

Prevent Violence. Recognize Threats. Make Informed Decisions.

  • 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.


Project Management in Emergency Management | A Playbook

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

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.