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May I Have Your Attention Please:  All CEOs, CISOs, CFOs, CROs, COOs, CDOs, Superintendents, Deans, Principals, Board Members, Trustees, Mayors, and other leaders too. A paradigm shift is taking place and leaders need to be aware because it involves a legal strategy that attorneys are using to win lawsuits and settlements. The legal strategy involves attorneys filing lawsuits that claim organizations are negligent because they “ignored red flags”. The legal strategy has been very successful and is being copied by private attorneys as well as multiple State Attorneys General and others who are winning lawsuits and settlements using this successfully proven legal strategy. In OpioidRead More →

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In: *Connecting the Dots Blog*, Connect the Dots, Risk Management, School Safety, Threat Assessment Team, Warning Signs

How many times have you read a headline or story about an incident or tragedy and it mentioned how warning signs and red flags were missed, ignored, or not acted on? How many times have you had an incident at your organization and found out afterward that others were aware of warning signs and red flags before, but you and your team were not aware of them? Even though more than enough warning signs and red flags were observed, leaked, reported, and available before most incidents and tragedies, prevention efforts still failed again and again. Are you asking yourself why and how you can makeRead More →

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In: Rick's Notes, Warning Signs

Have you ever been involved in a post-incident investigation and found out others were aware of warning signs and red flags BEFORE the incident occurred? Have you seen the headlines after an incident? Data reveals most incidents and tragedies had enough warning signs and red flags recorded before the incident occurred, so why weren’t these tragedies prevented? Hint: It has to do with a Threat Assessment Team’s ability to connect the dots and take action, not just collect warning signs for later. Looking for more information? Click here or use the form to your right to reach out and we’ll be in touch with more information!Read More →

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A lot of schools, organizations, and communities are focusing on threat assessment teams (TATs) right now, are you equipping yours for success? In the DHS School Security Guide (2018) they state that “The importance of detecting and addressing concerning behavior, thoughts, or statements cannot be overstated. In fact, preventing violence by detecting and addressing these red flags is more effective than any physical security measure.” Our data supports this fact, does your threat assessment team have the tools to support this fact? Let’s face it, could your surgical team be successful with a plastic knife? Don’t wait, it’s time to give your Threat Assessment TeamRead More →

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In: First Preventer, Prevention, Threat Assessment Team, Warning Signs

“Child abuse is incredibly common,” Patterson said. “The community as a whole has to be involved in order to make a difference.” Read the full article here. Is your Threat Assessment Team (TAT) seeing all the Warning Signs your community members are? To succeed, it’s time they were… Awareity specializes in helping Threat Assessment Teams learn how to not only connect with their community (First Preventers), but also provides award-winning and proven Threat Assessment Team tools to intervene, disrupt, and prevent incidents before they occur. Are you ready to involve your community in order to save lives, reputations, and bottom lines? Click here to learnRead More →

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The District Attorney’s office says one of the most common problems with domestic violence cases is that victims refuse to come forward. In order for anything to change in those cases, the District Attorney’s office needs victim cooperation and police need victims to report domestic violence. – Megan Abundis To see the whole picture and save lives, it’s important to give victims and their community a way to securely and truly anonymously report Warning Signs so they can feel safe and get the right people the information they need. Does your solution do that? Awareity’s Platform is truly anonymous and is helping communities successfully save lives,Read More →

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“We know that post-traumatic stress and catastrophic events can cause depression. And there can be suicidal thoughts. But we really now are seeing that there’s a big risk and that’s why we want to get these kids the help that they really need to make sure that someone is looking out for them. Usually, the first six months following an event are the scariest because it’s the most acute. But then after that, it’s anytime there’s an anniversary. And anytime that there’s something significant. But we still see that people who are affected, it can happen at any time.” – Dr. Nicole Mavrides Warning Signs andRead More →

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“Investigations will be done and this case will be looked at. And everyone will try their best to figure out what went wrong and how can we prevent it from happening in the future. Somehow there are a lot of people who missed a lot of things.” – Torrie Taj, CEO of Child Crisis Arizona Often it’s not that people miss the Warning Signs, in fact, most of the time there are more than enough Warning Signs they just aren’t connected so the right people (Threat Assessment Team, Behavioral Assessment Team, etc.) can see the bigger picture and intervene, disrupt, and prevent incidents before they occur. ReadyRead More →

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Warning Signs are often seen outside of your organization or school, however, they play a vital role in your intervention and prevention efforts. Are you equipped to collect and assess Warning Signs from social media so you can see the bigger picture and intervene BEFORE incidents occur? Awareity’s “Smart” Platform allows you to collect warning signs from all over your community, including social media, and then automatically delivers them to the right team of people so they can take the right actions to intervene and prevent incidents before they happen. We don’t have to keep seeing headlines like these…take action today! More Warning Signs:Read More →

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How is your school (SRO, student conduct systems, etc.), university (campus police, counselors, etc.), or organization (security, HR systems, etc.) connecting #WarningSigns with community resources (local police, mental health, court systems, parole status, etc.)? Without connecting those silos you can’t save lives, reputations and bottom lines, but we can help! More Warning Signs:Read More →