Workplace violence and threats are widespread phenomena around the world. At Pinkerton, we aim to protect your people, workplaces, assets, reputation, and brand from negative outcomes, including targeted violence, disruption to operations, emotional distress, financial vulnerabilities, and other harms.
We take a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach grounded in the science of contemporary threat management, tailored to your unique needs. We help to identify, assess, and manage external threats, insider threats, and other types of workplace assault and violence.
We are here for you.
The Pinkerton Threat Management Group
The Pinkerton Threat Management Group (PTMG) is a specialized multidisciplinary team of threat assessment professionals, staffed in-house, with dedicated resources and expertise in private, public, and non-profit sectors. Our team is grounded in law enforcement, investigations, human resources, legal, mental health, operational psychology, and the judicial system.
With more than two decades in each of their professions, our team brings a depth of knowledge and experience, complemented by their contributions to scientific research and thought leadership on relevant professional topics. Additionally, they regularly present at regional, national, and international conferences
Range of Services
Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management
We examine situations in which a person poses a threat of targeted violence or other adverse outcomes. Our team can conduct urgent threat triages, complete threat assessments regarding the level of concern, and provide strategic threat management solutions for problematic or concerning situations involving:
- Criminal elements
- Customers
- Coworkers or employees
- Domestic violence or interpersonal violence spillover into the workplace
- Stalking
- Executive or celebrity protection
Insider Threat Behavior and Investigations
We examine situations in which a person with insider knowledge or access poses a threat of causing organizational harm. Similar to our behavioral threat assessment and management capabilities, we can handle threatening or risky situations involving:
- Economic or criminal espionage
- Sabotage
- Supply chain disruption
- Financial, intellectual, or physical theft
- Organized retail crime
- Cyber misbehavior
- Reputational harm
Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
We build Workplace Violence Prevention (WPV) plans and programs, advise on specific aspects of start-up programs and policies, review existing programs and policies, and conduct gap analyses. This includes:
- Workplace violence policy and program development and review
- Gap analyses, measuring against industry standards and best practices
- Compliance with California’s SB-553, New York’s Retail Worker Safety Act, Quebec’s Bill 42, and other jurisdictional regulations
Training Development and Delivery
We build and deliver training on any topic related to preventing workplace violence, threat assessment, and threat management. This includes:
- Workplace violence prevention, preparedness, and response for management and employees
- Threat management team development
- De-escalation and crisis communication tools
- Table-top exercises
- Learning management system modules
- Training in-person and online at conferences, symposia, etc.
Safety Planning
We provide safety and security consulting and threat assessments in schools and workplaces, and regarding threatened persons, concerned persons, or bystanders. This includes:
- Situational awareness and personal safety briefings
- Victim advocacy referrals
- Liaison with law enforcement and other legal entities
Human Resources Consulting
We consult on threat-informed human resources practices, labor relations, legal, and compliance issues, including:
- High-risk separations
- Layoffs and reductions in forces
- Policy reviews and compliance
- Labor relations
- Crisis communications
- Employee engagement
- Organizational culture
- Reducing risk exposure
Psychological Consulting
We support and advise on mental health, clinical, forensic, and operational psychology topics, including:
- Understanding mental, emotional, and behavioral illness
- Behavioral analysis
- Behavioral threat assessment
- Forensic and criminal psychology topics
- Investigative psychology topics
- Violence risk and threat assessment
- Rapport-based interviewing and related strategies
- Supportive strategies for psychological health
- Liaison with the mental health system
- Fitness for duty evaluations
- Direct psychological or forensic evaluations
Protective Intelligence Analyst Support
We provide active, near real-time (NRT) protective intelligence threat assessment services, including:
- Criminal, civil, and record reviews and monitoring
- Open-source information discovery, reviews, and monitoring
- Social media reviews and monitoring
Responsiveness and fast turnaround times:
- Triage threats rapidly within 24 hours of notification, 24/7/365!
- Coordinate threat management services in real-time as high-risk situations unfold.
- Deliver full threat assessments within 3-5 business days.
