Consulting and training for Behavioral Emergency Response Teams (BERT), workplace violence prevention, and the staff who are first on scene.

The gap
Security is usually first on scene in a behavioral emergency. The clinical judgment that should shape the response is often minutes away, or not yet assigned while a BERT is being built. Most programs stall at the same point: who leads it clinically, and how clinical and security staff work as one team.

What I provide
BERT design and clinical leadership support. Team structure, roles and activation criteria; the clinical-to-security handoff; debriefs and after-action review. Built with your emergency management and nursing leadership so it fits your policy.
Zero-Weapon Protocol™ training. De-escalation for security officers and front-line staff in the ED, triage, registration and behavioral health: conduct-based recognition, the right tool at the right time, and a defined point to hand off.
Train-the-trainer for multi-site systems. A licensed program so your main campus and freestanding ERs are trained the same way and sustained in-house.

Conduct, not appearance
Staff respond to behavioral mismatch, what someone is doing, not how they look. That logic can be explained afterward, in a debrief or a review.

Built for accreditation and reporting
Designed to support Joint Commission workplace violence prevention requirements and state reporting laws, with de-escalation training at hire, annually, and whenever your program changes.

About
Stephanie Speidel is a forensic clinician licensed since 2013, with 15 years in forensic mental health and licensure in eight states. Her work spans violence risk assessment and crisis consultation with law enforcement and corporate security. She is the creator of The Threat Read™ and the Zero-Weapon Protocol™.