Risk Mitigation Technologies, LLC is a Massachusetts based independent security management and expert witness consulting firm with a proven track record of helping businesses, schools and places of worship of all sizes to be safer places.

"Independent" means that we are only compensated by our clients. We have no affiliations with any product or service providers and receive no referral fees. Therefore, our recommendations are purely based on what's best for our clients.

Our principal security consultant Joseph Paul Manley has more than 30 years of experience, including serving as a member of the United States Capitol Police protecting our nation's most sensitive critical infrastructures, to working as municipal police officer, professional consultant, business owner and adjunct faculty member. 

Paul understands the challenges organizations face when addressing the threat of violence because he has responded to them with risk mitigation strategies that have proven effective. Paul has personally assessed or responded to thousands of potentially violent situations, developed numerous violence prevention programs and trained others in the areas of crisis intervention, situational awareness, and workplace violence detection, prevention, response and recovery.

The Decision to Harden The Physical Security of Your Property Can Bring Up Many Questions:

1. What are our biggest risks? 

2. Where are we most vulnerable? 

3. What should we fix first? 

Security risk assessments can answer these questions and put building owners, homeowners and operations managers on a path toward greater safety and peace-of-mind.

What is A Security Site Assessment?

A security site assessment or security risk assessment is an evaluation conducted by an accredited security professional that includes an inventory of the assets to be protected, as well as recommendations on how best to protect them. 

They are appropriate for nearly any organization –from schools to corporate headquarters, to sporting arenas, houses of worship, manufacturing plants, municipalities, residential properties, restaurants, and hotels.

Why Have A Security Assessment?

A security assessment identifies your problems and their respective solutions. An Independent Security Consultant can conduct a security assessment at your home or business to determine:

• Greatest threats to people and property
• Gaps or areas you’ve overlooked
• Priority items to tackle right away

Knowing these things will help you prioritize, budget, and implement the right security solutions.

Why?

Owners are exposed to civil liability if something happens, like a hold up in their parking lot during which an employee is hurt or killed. Obviously, that’s a tragic situation. And if litigation ensues, that property owner will have to provide proof that they had the appropriate physical security plans, protocols and equipment in place and that they did due diligence to protect that employee, customer or invited guest.

Foreseeability is now part of the conversation when it comes to business, corporate or school security and liability. 

In essence, foreseeability breaks down into two basic questions:

1. Would a reasonable person be able to foresee that this event was to occur?

2. What did the organization do to mitigate or prevent it?

You’ll need to be prepared to answer those questions if there’s an incident at your business.

If there’s a lawsuit, counsel might even call in your security consultant and ask him or her to provide proof of a security assessment and your response to their recommendations. They will even dig into the background of your consultant to see if they’re a qualified expert in their field.

Who Needs Security Risk Assessments?

This is a simple answer. Any building, school, house of worship, public space, residential or commercial property of any size, which is open to the public and houses employees or students.

No matter what you provide as an organization, you must protect your people. People naturally come with domestic issues. Those issues spill over into the workplace and can cause violence.

In fact, targeted violence is on the rise and any organization can be at risk. Recent reports of workplace violence coupled with an increase in certain violent crimes, generally means it’s time for employers to update their workplace violence prevention and mitigation plans. Have you?

If You Haven’t Assessed Your Security Risks in the Past Three Years,

• Are you confident your security program is prioritizing the risks that pose the greatest threat?
• Can you state with certainty that your organization is using best security practices to control and manage your vulnerabilities?
• Will you be able to withstand the scrutiny of an OSHA investigation or properly defend against a premise liability allegation?

Security Risk Assessments are an excellent way to evaluate your existing security program and a great first step to take prior to making security improvements at your business, apartment buildings, condominiums, and private residences or when trying to solve a specific security problem.

Our professionals will conduct an independent evaluation of readiness. We help property managers, homeowners’ associations, individual residents, shopping malls, retailers, corporations, grocery stores, arenas, hotels, bars, and restaurants to accurately assess their security risks and to develop cost effective strategies for the protection of their property, employees, customers and invited guests.

Think of it this way, the assessment is your chance to get out ahead it, cover yourself, protect your employees, customers, invited guests and your business before something happens. It’s hard to put a price on that. 

When people feel safe, they perform better -whether they’re students at school or employees at a small business or large corporation. Risk Mitigation Technologies, LLC has the knowledge and experience to guide you through the steps critical to assessing your security risk. 

Let us help you create a safer and more productive environment by helping you manage your risk and preventing safety and security incidents from occurring. 

Overview

We are a full-service security consultancy specializing in Forensic Security Consulting for matters arising from personal injury/death, premises liability, negligent security, and violent crime victimization.

In addition to expert witness support, we are Board Certified Workplace Violence & Threat Specialists, Certified Crisis Intervention Specialists, Certified Homeland Protection Professionals, and Law Enforcement and Security Instructors with extensive training and experience in security and risk assessments of all venues, including critical infrastructure.

How We Help

We can help you create a safer and more productive environment by helping you reduce your operational risk and preventing safety and security incidents from occurring. 

When was the last time you had a professional review of your physical security policies, procedures, environment, and culture? Do you have concerns about the safety of your guests, employees and community? 

Our multidisciplinary approach looks at safety and security from every angle to mitigate risks—from the physical environment to the human element to the role of technology.

We deliver expert consulting and litigation support that will help all groups in business and government sectors make more knowledgeable decisions and reduce their risks.

Aside from our consultations, litigation support, and keynotes, we offer training programs to both private and public companies that will lower the risk of injury, reduce potential liability, and improve relationships both in and out of the workplace.

Our training can encompass broad points of view to narrow solution-oriented presentations to meet the challenges of specific business units. We work with institutions to understand their needs and then customize a security solution around the staff, facility, and risk. Our work is tailored directly to each client for those purposes. 

Security Risk Assessment and Planning

Security Risk Assessments are an excellent way to evaluate your existing security program and a great first step to take prior to making security improvements at your business, apartment buildings, condominiums, and private residences or when trying to solve a specific security problem. 

Our consultants help property managers, homeowners’ associations, individual residents, shopping malls, retailers, corporations, grocery stores, arenas, hotels, bars, entertainment venues and restaurants to accurately assess their security risks and to develop cost effective strategies for the protection of their property. (Case Studies)

Security & Premises Liability Expert Witness

Are you litigating a premise liability or negligent security case? Our experts have the experience and knowledge to provide expert witness and litigation support services to attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a range of negligent security litigation.

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Our experience in law enforcement and public safety, security management, physical security consulting and university teaching provides us the framework to serve as expert witnesses in litigation.

Virtual Director of Security Program

Affordable, comprehensive, expert security solutions for any size business. Regardless of size and scope, just about every organization needs leadership over their security program. Why not receive the benefits of having a board-certified security professional to provide you with consultation and oversight of a Director of Security without the costs associated with full-time employment.

5 Reason People Hire Us as A Speaker

We have been informing and entertaining audiences as a speaker on optimizing workplace safety and security initiatives for more than 25 years.  

Why Choose Us?

Our customized security programs are focused on YOU, your industry, your vulnerabilities, your specific risks, your goals and objectives. Not all companies have the same concerns and issues so partner with us to get the desired outcomes that you want and need. We will do the research, the interviews, the planning and whatever it takes to deliver the value to your organization.

Do you want to talk with Paul? Schedule a discovery call!