Strategic research for proactive safety leaders.
Open analysis on AI-powered physical security, detection architecture, compliance, policy, sector risk, and the operational shift from recorded video to verified response.
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IntelliGence is organized for security directors, facilities leaders, risk teams, and operators who need to understand what is changing and what to do next.
What threats are changing?
Track emerging physical security risks, attack patterns, safety mandates, and response gaps.
Threat intelligence 02How does the technology work?
Understand computer vision, local inference, model validation, alert routing, and integration architecture.
Technology briefings 03How do we justify action?
Use ROI, grant, liability, and operational frameworks to move proactive safety into planning and budget cycles.
ROI frameworksSix ways into the library.
Each stream is tuned to a different decision mode: signal, architecture, sector risk, standards, business case, and autonomous workflow design.
Threat Intelligence
What is changing in schools, public facilities, healthcare, workplaces, venues, and critical infrastructure.
ArchitectureTechnology Briefings
How AI video analytics actually works, where it fails, and what architecture choices matter.
EnvironmentsSector Playbooks
Industry-specific planning for education, healthcare, manufacturing, public sector, and commercial facilities.
StandardsCompliance
Privacy, safety policy, DHS SAFETY Act, workplace violence mandates, and procurement context.
Business CaseROI Frameworks
Practical models for evaluating cost, risk reduction, staff efficiency, and incident response impact.
AutomationAgentic AI
How autonomous workflows can help teams move from detection to coordinated response.
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Working Threat IntelligenceThe Late-Night Retail Homicide Threat: A 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Robbery-Shooting Pattern, the OSHA General Duty Clause Record, and the Detection Gap in Extended-Hours Retail
Federal fatality data concentrates workplace homicide in extended-hours retail and service work. This briefing defines the robbery-shooting threat surface, the OSHA General Duty Clause enforcement record, and the response gap that separates deterrence from detection.
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Threat IntelligenceThe Late-Night Retail Homicide Threat: A 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Robbery-Shooting Pattern, the OSHA General Duty Clause Record, and the Detection Gap in Extended-Hours RetailWorkplace homicide concentrates by hour, setting, and occupation. This threat-intelligence briefing reads the 2024 BLS fatality census against the late-night retail robbery pattern, the OSHA General Duty Clause record, and the real-time detection gap.Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceAcoustic Gunshot Detection vs. AI Visual Gun Detection: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Field-Confirmation Gap and the Post-Shot/Pre-Shot DivideCity audits put acoustic gunshot detection's field-confirmation rate at 9.1% in Chicago and 13% in New York. This threat-intelligence briefing explains why, and why visual weapon detection occupies the pre-shot window acoustic systems structurally...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceThe Fall Detection Accuracy Gap: A 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Lab-to-Field Collapse, the False-Positive Paradox, and the Alarm-Fatigue Failure ModeVendors sell fall detection on a 99% sensitivity number that does not survive a real camera. A threat-intelligence breakdown of the lab-to-field gap, the false-positive paradox, alarm fatigue, and the metrics that actually predict...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceTailgating and Piggybacking: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Access-Control Blind Spot, the NIST Vestibule Standard, and the Badge-to-Body Reconciliation LayerTailgating is the most preventable breach in physical security and the one a badge reader cannot see. This threat-intelligence briefing maps the access-control blind spot, the NIST vestibule standard, and the AI layer that...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceSwatting and Hoax Active-Shooter Calls: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the Verification Gap, the Campus Hoax Wave, and the Ground-Truth Detection LayerSwatting turns a fabricated phone call into a real armed response. This 2026 threat intelligence briefing analyzes the verification gap, the fall 2025 campus hoax wave, the federal response, and where AI ground-truth detection...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceDrone Incursions and Counter-UAS for Physical Security: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on Airspace Risk, the FAA Fixed-Site Rule, and the AI Detection Layer Between Sensing and MitigationDrone incursions crossed from curiosity to planned-for threat in 2026. This briefing maps the airspace risk, the FAA fixed-site rule, the SAFER SKIES Act, and the detection-versus-mitigation line facility operators must understand.Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceVehicle Ramming Attacks: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on the 27-Attack Global Surge, Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Standards, and the AI Detection Layer Between Bollards and the CrowdVehicle ramming attacks surged worldwide in 2025. This 2026 threat intelligence briefing covers the attacker profile, ASTM F2656 and PAS 68 hostile vehicle mitigation standards, and the AI detection layer that closes the gap...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceCargo Theft and Distribution Center Yard Security: The 2026 Threat Intelligence Briefing on Strategic Theft Patterns, Phantom Carrier Fraud, and the Detection Architecture for Logistics FacilitiesCargo theft losses surged 60% in 2025 to $725M as strategic fraud and phantom carrier schemes displaced highway hijacking. Inside the yard intrusion patterns and AI detection gap.Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceWorkplace Violence in America: The 2025 BLS Threat Intelligence Analysis of Incident Patterns, Industry Risk Concentration, and the Detection GapBLS 2024 Data Briefing: The Scale of Workplace Violence in America 77,780 Serious nonfatal workplace violence injuries in 2024 (BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses)1 60% Of all workplace assault injuries concentrated in...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceLoitering as a Threat Signal: What AI Behavioral Detection Can and Cannot See in the Pre-Attack WindowA 2026 NCTC/DHS/FBI joint assessment found preoperational surveillance in 31.5% of documented attack plots. This report examines what AI loitering and behavioral detection can identify in the pre-attack window, what it cannot see, and...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceSchool Shootings in 2026: The Year-to-Date Data Analysis, Definitional Framework, and What the Numbers Mean for K-12 Security PlanningK-12 School Shootings: 2026 Year-to-Date Intelligence 42+ K-12 School Shooting Incidents Documented in the U.S. Through April 2026 K-12 School Shooting Database (Riedman, 2026) 232 K-12 School Shooting Incidents in 2025, Down From a...Read dispatch Threat IntelligenceActive Assailant Threat Intelligence: The 2026 Briefing on Workplace, Retail, and Public-Venue Incident Patterns, Dwell Times, and Detection Failure ModesFBI Active Shooter Reports, BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, and ALERRT response-time research, assembled into a single threat-intelligence briefing for security leaders responsible for workplaces, retail, hospitality, healthcare campuses, and public venues outside...Read dispatch Start with the question your team is trying to answer.
What threats are changing?
Track emerging physical security risks, attack patterns, safety mandates, and response gaps.
Threat Intelligence →02How does the technology work?
Understand computer vision, model validation, alert routing, and integration architecture.
Technology Briefings →03How do we justify action?
Use ROI, grant, liability, and operational frameworks to move proactive safety into planning.
ROI Frameworks →Research should clarify the next decision.
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