APB Consulting Solutions, LLC

12/19/2025

Understanding the difference between cover and concealment is just a small step in building a comprehensive emergency response plan that is adaptable to any scenario.

Our Survive Your Environment course also covers topics like:
-Identifying the items in the trauma kit and skills necessary to use them
-Working as a team to fortify and defend a location
-Understanding the “Window of time” once the attack has begun

When employees are properly prepared it minimizes the chances of warning signs going unnoticed and potentially reduces casualties and injuries in the even of emergencies.

Make safety a priority in the New Year. Explore all of our options on our website and schedule a meeting with our team to start prepping for emergencies as soon as possible.

12/17/2025

Situational awareness is not just useful for walking around dark alleys in bad neighborhoods. It is vital for those working in construction zones, schools, public facing businesses, businesses in highly trafficked areas, and more. All professions and job types should be training their employees on situational awareness and fostering a workplace environment that allows them to use their skills unhindered.

These five common threats to situational awareness can be minimized through proper training, good communication, and teamwork. Our situational awareness courses help develop this skillset without using intimidating tactics. This course, and several others of ours, can also be taught in our M3 model by certified safety coordinators. We give the coordinators the material and training that they need in order to confidently lead their co-workers.

Our online situational awareness course is available to purchase as a stand alone course or in our three course bundle that will also include Verbal De-escalation and Responding to an Active Aggressor. All of the options are available to browse on our website.

12/12/2025

Convenience without sacrificing vital content. Our Modern Micro Model learning, or M3, helps businesses and organizations cover safety lessons and training sessions in 45 minutes or less. Finding the time to train can be difficult for many professions and businesses. Our solution gives them the time and content they need to train their employees in a wide variety of topics.

We've helped our clients gain invaluable skills in verbal de-escalation, situational awareness, and create courses tailored to their needs like robbery prevention. Our clients designate one or multiple employees to become certified safety coordinators and learn how to teach our content so that they can keep workplace violence prevention in house. This allows them to learn more about the recognition, response, mitigation, and recovery methods that make up a complete prevention plan and education.

The average out-of-court settlement for one workplace violence incident is approximately $500,000. Prevention and education help protect the lives of employees and the livelihood of the business. You can learn more about M3 and our safety team certification on our website here: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/safety-teams

12/09/2025

We recently taught our Survival, Awareness, and Movement (SAM) course to University of Kentucky nursing students. Healthcare settings see some of the highest rates of workplace violence. Teaching situational awareness and safety strategies early in the career helps. This course focuses on:

- Analyzing your environment

- Observation techniques

- Developing a plan of action

While healthcare settings should invest in security teams, safety infrastructure, and other response measures, training nurses in personal safety is a part of the solution as well. Thank you to the UK College of Nursing for the opportunity to strengthen the next generation of nurses.

We teach more on this topic in our Survive Your Environment course. Read the full course breakdown here: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/survive-your-environment

12/02/2025

Curating a space for safety is important on a large scale effort for organizations and businesses, and on a personal level as well. These considerations are not limited to office and work spaces. Building a safety and escape plan for every environment that we frequent is not as complicated or intimidating as it may sound. These 3 simple considerations will help improve your situational awareness and planning:

-2 Minute Drills

-Exit plans

-Cover vs. Concealment

It is important to think about these things in various locations that are a part of your environment. If a fire starts while you're in the break room and not at your desk, do you know where the closest exit is? If a workplace violence incident begins while you're in a conference room two floors above your office, do you know what objects in the room can be used as cover or concealment? If an incident began at the regular entrance and exit of the grocery store you shop at every week, do you know enough about the surroundings to escape or take cover? Do you have an exit plan at church? Your child's school? Your favorite coffee shop?

While we specialize in workplace safety and training programs it is not our intention to stop there. The information and directions in our courses are designed to be adaptable any environment that participants may frequent, or be in for the first time. We cover these concepts in our Survive Your Environment course. The course is offered in a 1, 2, or 4 hour time block. The content of the course may also be adapted to fit the specific needs of your organization. See the full breakdown here and contact us today: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/survive-your-environment

11/27/2025

11/20/2025

Our President, Scott O'Brien, was interviewed on the Consulting Leaders podcast by Guillaume Jouvencel. They discussed the importance of building a culture of safety and trust within a workplace and APB's mission to train without traumatizing. The full interview is available on YouTube.

If your business or organization wants professional guidance to the next level of safety, security, and proficiency, contact us today.

Description: Scott O’Brien is a retired law enforcement veteran and President of APB Consulting Solutions, where he helps organizations reduce risk and prote...

11/14/2025

We the pleasure of speaking at the Abound Credit Union employee event on Tuesday. Our President, Scott O'Brien, spoke about enhancing skillsets in verbal de-escalation, situational awareness, and strategically watching people.

These skillsets are an important investment for public facing businesses. Businesses that handle cash transactions are at an especially heightened risk for criminal workplace violence.

Thank you to the Abound Credit Union team for having us. Our team is dedicated to providing workplace violence prevention, education, and response plans for organizations of all sizes, professions, and purposes.

Read more about courses and training sessions on our website: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/store

11/07/2025

Workplace violence prevention, education, and response is difficult to plan and implement. Where to start, what to cover, what kind of security infrastructure to invest in, how to train efficiently, how often to train-- just a few of the questions that safety coordinators begin to ask themselves. Many safety coordinators or leaders have zero background in security or large scale safety planning. APB Consulting Solutions is here to be the easy button.



With a facility threat assessment we can thoroughly inspect your physical security and vulnerabilities that are unique to your business. Our upgraded safety team training will certify individuals within your structure to train other staff members in just 45 minutes. Our Survive Your Environment course will provide a hands on learning experience that will give your employees the ability to respond to violence and emergencies confidently without traumatizing them.



We provide a free online course for any individual to take to learn more about workplace violence prevention, education, and response. The course can be completed on your own time and provides definitions, resources, and guides to help expand your safety and security knowledge and point you in the right direction.



To sign up for the free course you can contact us today in the comments of the post or head to our website here: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/store

11/04/2025

A simple solution that goes overlooked. Situational Awareness is not an over complicated skill that takes CIA training to be good at. Anyone is capable of being aware of their surroundings if they simply make it a habit to look around.

When we put our devices down and take the time to look around as we walk from the car into our workplace, we can take note of suspicious vehicles or persons, broken windows or locks on the building, or emergency sirens in the distance. Understanding the patterns and regularities in your environment will increase the chances that you notice something out of the ordinary when needed.

Limiting distractions is not just a personal safety tip, it can help limit accidents and increase awareness of dangers in the workplace as well. While some workplaces already ban the use of personal devices, implementing phone free zones at any business can help increase the response time to emergencies, or reduce the chances of them happening all together.

Last year we interviewed a bank robbery survivor who was working as a teller. She immediately noticed that something was wrong when the man walked in because of his open backpack and nervous demeanor. This gave her time to prepare how to react, remain calm, and activate the necessary panic alarms and safety features. From years of interacting with regular customers she had a baseline understanding of what to expect from individuals who walked through the door. Taking mental notes helped her get through that frightening event without physical harm.

Focus on scanning your environment in each direction as you move through it. This can apply to being outside and walking into buildings or navigating your workplace as you walk from one part of the building to the next. Take note of the regularities at each new street or floor. Who is normally at the front desk? Which doors should be closed and locked on a regular basis? Which cars do you notice daily and which seem to be out of place? Try to learn the names of the regular delivery workers or third party service workers that interact with your business.

APB Consulting Solutions offers situational awareness courses for both large groups and individuals. This can be included in a single course or our popular three course safety bundle that also includes Verbal De-escalation and Responding to an Active Aggressor. View the course breakdown here: https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/safetybundle

10/30/2025

The information gap is the discrepancy between what is known and what is not. APB Consulting Solutions exists to bridge that gap for our clients. Investing in safety, security, and threat response is often an intimidating process for businesses and organizations. Some believe that by the nature of their organization they don't need to worry about security beyond locking the doors at night.

A facility threat assessment is the first step in bridging the information gap. No one can account for the vulnerabilities of the building, surroundings, and operations until they know what exactly they are.

Our team has created the most comprehensive Facility Threat Assessment on the market. The assessor will provide an in-depth report on the findings and suggestions to combat the weaknesses in infrastructure and procedures.

Watch a brief video on our website and contact us for more information.

https://www.apbconsultingsolutions.com/facility-threat-assessments