Category: Safety and Security Planning

  • Bring a Unique Trainer and Presenter to Your Group: trowetraining@comcast.net

    When I say hello to a group before I teach about Law Enforcement Leadership, Strategic Patrolling, Police Promotional Preparation, or Church Safety and Security, I get a kick out of knowing that many are probably wondering, “What on earth can she teach me about this?” It doesn’t offend me, because I know by the time…

  • Church Security and Safety: Free Material-Bringing a Seminar to Your Area

    I’m happy to offer free material in Word and some in PDF format, for your church’s current or new security and safety program. I hope you will use it to help your church keep the Big Picture in mind, rather than focusing only on response to a violent assailant–as important as that is for concern.…

  • Whole-Church Safety and Security

    Whole-Church Means Everything and Everyone, All the Time. The theme of all my material and seminars on developing church safety and security plans is this: The most effective programs consider all of the People, Places, Property, Programs and Processes of a place of worship. 365 days a year, 7 days a week, 24 hours a…

  • Three Steps To Getting a Project Finished–Finally

    How to Think and Grow Rich (and also how to get things done). Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), the author of the most well-known self-help book ever published–Think and Grow Rich–emphasized action rather than only thinking, wishing and dreaming. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” “Patience, Persistence and Perspiration makes an unbeatable combination for success.”…

  • Shortcuts vs The Longer Route

    Sometimes there is a reason the “road less traveled” isn’t used often. Wise travelers have researched it and found it will take you nowhere or it will bypass the very things you need to see or do or it will actually take you twice as long to get to where you need to go–or it can lead to tragedy. Shortcuts…

  • Prickly People and the Problems They Perpetuate

    Some questions about prickly people at work: Do you supervise someone you tip-toe around to avoid setting them off in some way? Do you sometimes feel that you and the rest of your workplace are held hostage by one person who is incredibly difficult for others to work with? Does it sometimes unnerve you? Aren’t you…

  • A Quick Getaway Kit

    I recently read a supposed true anecdote about a woman who told her daughter she escaped a fire in her apartment and was able to save her new swimming suit. The daughter questioned her about why, with all the valuables in her home, she chose to save a swimming suit. The woman said, “Now that…