HeyJaredTips, Tactics and Tools Podcast
Tips, Tactics, and Tools for a Safer Tomorrow was born out of several conversations between Brink and Tom that always revolved around how they focus on properly educating their clients in order to maximize their effectiveness and customer service.
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079 - Why Preparedness Can't Live on Paper (opens the original)
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What does it actually take to build an organization where safety and preparedness are part of the culture, not just policies on paper? Brink and Tom sit down with Adam McIntyre and Mike Bearden from Defend Systems to discuss why preparedness starts with leadership, how everyday habits can undermine even the best security plans, and why organizations have to move beyond simply having policies and technology in place. Drawing from real examples with clients, we discuss how we assess an organizatio
078 - The Pathway to Violence: Recognizing Threats Before It's Too Late (opens the original)
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When someone shows concerning behavior or makes a threat, how do you determine whether they actually pose a risk of violence — and what do you do next? In this episode, Brink and Tom sit down with Clay Harris of Homicide Zero to explore a different approach to behavioral threat assessment. Homicide Zero turns an empirically tested threat assessment into a software platform designed to make the process faster, more consistent, and accessible beyond behavioral threat experts. Instead of relying on
077 - Digital is the New DNA (opens the original)
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Digital evidence has transformed modern investigations, and Harding University is helping law enforcement keep pace. In this episode, Brink and Tom sit down with RJ Holt, John Stone, and Jeff Cavitt from Harding University's Digital Forensics Lab , the only accredited digital forensics lab at a university in the United States. They discuss how the lab partners with local, state, and federal agencies to process digital evidence, connect cases, train investigators, and give students hands-on exper
076 - When You Need Security Now: Rapid Deployment Technology (opens the original)
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Not every security challenge has time to wait for permanent infrastructure. In this episode, we're joined by Stephen Sutton of Herring Technology to explore how Rapid Deployment Units (RDUs) provide flexible, temporary security solutions wherever they're needed. We discuss how these mobile systems are used to protect events, critical assets, retail locations, logistics operations, and more, along with the technology that powers them, from solar and battery advancements to analytics like license
075 - The Old Dominion Shooting Through the D.E.F.E.N.D.® Lens (opens the original)
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When a gunman entered an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University on March 12, 2026, students and faculty were forced to make life-or-death decisions in seconds. Their actions stopped the attacker, but the incident also revealed critical lessons about mindset, decisive action, leadership, and emergency medical care. In this episode, former Green Berets Adam McIntyre and Mike Bearden join Brink and Tom to break down the attack step by step, discuss what went right, what could have changed the ou
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