Law Enforcement
Optimize Law Enforcement Resources with an Operational Psychologist Partnership
Behavioral and psychological factors are inherent in threats of targeted violence. Law enforcement officers must account for how the subject’s behavior and intent will affect the threat management strategy. Our experts partner with you to translate the subject’s behavior and communications into an operationally useful threat management strategy.
Whether it’s a communicated threat from a known or unknown subject, a pattern of concerning behaviors, or a crime already committed, we can help you navigate the complex investigative process. We leverage psychological models and theories to help you:
- Identify investigative leads and assess the information’s validity and relevance
- Consultation on interview strategies: Identify and prioritize who to interview and what to ask
- Interpret behaviors, mental illnesses, and cultural elements
- Assess the person’s motivation and intent
- Identify unknown subjects or persons of interest
Our experts have decades of experience conducting psychological consultations for law enforcement investigations, including:
- Threat assessment
- Counterterrorism
- Insider threat
- Death investigations & psychological autopsies
- Cold case homicide
- Arson
- Sex crimes
- Serial crimes
- Threat assessment
- Counterterrorism
- Insider threat
- Death investigations & psychological autopsies
- Cold case homicide
- Arson
- Sex crimes
- Serial crimes
The Operational Psychologist & Law Enforcement Partnership
The partnership between law enforcement officers and operational psychologists is a valuable relationship to leverage in threat assessment investigations. The psychologist provides ongoing case consultation as the investigation progresses, but the investigator remains in control of the case management decisions. The resulting team functions efficiently to maximize resources, with the investigator collecting information and the psychologist assessing the subject’s mindset, motivation, behavior, and intent. Equipped with the threat assessment, the team collaborates to develop the most effective the threat management strategy.
Our Services for Law Enforcement:
Investigative Consultation
From threat assessment to cold case homicide, we are your ally through the complex investigative process.
Operational Training
Let us teach your officers to use behavioral threat assessment and management effectively.
Program Development
Whether it’s still an idea or a well-oiled machine, we can apply our holistic model to your program.
