This week’s episode of Personal Security in Challenging Times is now available for viewing on the Continuity Insights website. In this installment, series host Steve Crimando, MA, CHPP, CTM, discusses Street Smarts, which encompasses a wide swath of topics including using your mobile phone as a safety device, street precautions, driving awareness, riding mass transit, alertness while flying, elevator safeguards, and home caution.

Street Smarts is the third episode in Personal Security in Challenging Times, a short video series for personal and family safety against potential violent situations. Series presenter Steve Crimando is an internationally known consultant and educator specializing in the application of the behavioral sciences in homeland and private security, violence prevention, crisis management, and disaster response. He is the Principal of Behavioral Science Applications, an innovative operational risk management consulting firm based in the New York Metro Area serving a global client base. He is also a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals.

Personal Security in Challenging Times is based on Crimando’s innovative RADAR training program (Recognize ● Avoid ● Defuse ● Redirect). Individual short-from video segments (5-10 minutes) will deal with Situational Awareness, Street Smarts, De-escalation, Handling Hostile Encounters, Approaches to Upstander Intervention, Civil Unrest, and Vehicular Violence.

Personal Security in Challenging Times is being presented in partnership with Everbridge.

Watch previous episodes of Personal Security in Challenging Times by clicking on the links below.

Premier Episode
LESSON ONE: KEY CONCEPTS
Recognizing and Responding to Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violence (REMV)
(Length: 9:23 minutes)
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Episode Two
LESSON TWO: SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
(Length: 8:04 minutes)
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