Threat Response is focused on developing leadership and crisis readiness.

Mission Statement: At Threat Response, we train, support, and encourage the communities to be part of their own individual accountability, while respecting their natural fears and focusing on courage when challenged with immediate threats.

Our Story:

Threat Response was founded in 2017. Our mission is to empower people to learn and apply security methodologies to realize the desired outcome: safety for all community stakeholders which includes students, parents/guardians, and staff.

Our founding president, Jake Edwards was inspired to start this company by his  parents’ roles as educators, his service in the United States Marine Corps and Government contracting as contingency skills instructor. His ambition led him to work for one of the largest school districts in the nation where he leads crisis training and response for more than 90,000 K-12 students.

At Threat Response, we train, support, and encourage the community to be part of their own individual accountability, while respecting their natural fears and focusing courage in the face of violent threats.

While most organizations have plans in place, we will work with you to support your terminology and procedures. Those that have nothing in place, we recommend our LEAD Tactics material for response to an immediate hostile threat. 

 ACTIVE THREAT RESPONSE

• Our 'Active Threat Response' program teaches LEAD Tactics℠ (These options flow in no order)

1. Lock -  Hide with layers of protection (consider barricading) and set yourself up for a counter attack 
2. Escape -  If in a common area, hiding isn't working, or most advantageous get as far away as possible from the threat 
3. Alert -  Inform all those in your immediate area of the known threat (call 911/alert app/team radio) 
4. Defend -  Closing the distance and physically counter the threat while in your immediate area 

We believe LEADERSHIP is one of the most important characteristics to embody under stress.

Lead - "The initiative in an action"

Tactics - "The means to accomplish growth" 

Training churches, businesses, schools, and hospitals that want the best for their customers, employees, and clients. Unfortunately we all have insurance for certain urgent matters, having a policy for continued life is often limited. Our program is designed to give thriving options under stress and help maintain the desired outcome of continued life when faced with the immediate fear of death or grave bodily harm.     

Threat Response is working with veterans and creating regional training teams throughout the country. One of our visions is to take veterans and develop them for a part time role into our public schools across America, providing the staff/students the opportunity to thrive in a crisis situation. Almost all 50 states require active threat / lockdown / intruder drills by law, we want to help provide the practical application training that is often overlooked for all stages of a school day. We call this program 'Serving Outside of Uniform'.    

We are registered as a Federal Contracting Vendor and State of Virginia Contracting Vendor. Threat Response is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business / Veteran Owned.