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In Uncertain Times, It Pays To Be Certain!
School Safety Leadership Built for the Real World
Tactical Advantage School Safety Group helps school leaders identify vulnerabilities, strengthen emergency preparedness, and make decisive life-safety decisions under pressure. Our approach combines decades of public-school leadership with Marine Corps Special Operations experience and years of collaboration with Local Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS. We change Panic, Doubt and Hesitation into Certainty Under Pressure, Leadership in Chaos.
+27 Years of
Experience
About Us
Where Special Operations Meets Education.
Good intentions are not enough! Under pressure, we do not rise to our intentions. We fall to the level of our training, preparation, and practiced response.
Making command decisions during a crisis is not easy and if you’re not ready for it, the results can be devastating! Our mission is to educate you on how to minimize the threat and maximize the safety for every student and staff member on your campus!What sets Tactical Advantage School Safety Group apart is the ability to see school safety through two very different, but equally important, lenses. My tactical background trained me to look for vulnerabilities, gaps, weak points, and the ways a security system can fail under pressure; my 16 years of experience as a vice principal and principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels taught me how schools actually operate, how people respond in real situations, and how leadership decisions affect students and staff. By blending both perspectives, I am able to evaluate a campus not only as a security problem to be solved, but as a living educational environment where every recommendation must be practical, realistic, and workable for the people responsible for carrying it out.
Why Choose Tactical Advantage School Safety Group
THE WHY
One spring afternoon, I was sorting out a heavy day of discipline as an assistant principal at a local high school. I received an emotional phone call from my middle-school daughter lockdown at her school- due to a man with a gun on campus. She was very nervous, hiding under a table. Her next few words chilled me to the bone, "Dad, the teacher doesn't know what to do and was running around crying, then she left..."
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THE WHAT
Making command decisions during a crisis is not easy and if you re not ready for it, the results can be devastating! My mission is to educate you on how to minimize the threat every student and staff member on your campus. My experience as a United States Marine, combined with over 27 years as an educator and school administrator in at-risk schools and communities is a rare combination that gives a keen insight to challenges you face and an edge over the competition.
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THE DIFFERENCE
The difference between us and other companies is our dynamic problem solving approach and perspective when looking at neutralizing potential threats. This method is used by the military and first responders the world over. When utilized for training you and your team, you will gain key insights that develop a tactical mindset, improve human performance and minimize error factor.
What We Specialize In
Tactical Site Surveys
We conduct a boots-on-the-ground assessment of your campus—inside, outside, and throughout the surrounding environment—to identify vulnerabilities, evaluate current practices, and provide practical recommendations that make your school safer.
Threat Analysis and Assessment
We help school leaders identify, analyze, and assess potential threats before they escalate, providing a structured process for determining risk and making informed, defensible decisions to protect students and staff.
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Team Building
We build stronger, more cohesive school leadership and safety teams by developing trust, communication, clearly defined roles, and the ability to work together effectively when the pressure is on.
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27+ YEARS
Public Education Experience
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16 YEARS
School Administrative Leadership
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K–12
Elementary • Middle • High School Leadership
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Emergency Drills & Crisis Situations
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Hundreds of Emergency Drills Conducted and Evaluated.
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Hundreds of Staff and Thousands of Students Safeguarded.
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Marine Corps Special Operations Leadership Experience.
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Security Contracting and Executive Protection Leadership Experience.
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School Resource Officers Association Trained.
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