Situational Awareness, also known as “Street Smart,” is a course designed by Elite Edge to enhance one’s ability to recognize a tense and uncertain situation, evaluate the validity of the threat, and execute actions to save themselves and others more readily.

COST: $75

Situational Awareness, also known as “Street Smart,” is a course designed by Elite Edge to enhance one’s ability to recognize a tense and uncertain situation, evaluate the validity of the threat, and execute actions to save themselves and others more readily. This class covers safety and security aspects from within the home to international travel, and can be informative for all ages, from teens to the elderly. Originally created in 1990, “Street Smart” has evolved to incorporate present day considerations such as Active Threat and Legal Applications.

• Define situational awareness

• Personal Safety: public, home, vehicle, domestic, abroad

• Personal Protection: alarms, mace, weapons, bodyguards, K9, firearms

• Recognition and Response

• Rules of Engagement/Legal Applications: personal liability

• Active shooter/threat

• Practical applications

• Mental and Physical conditioning

Human Trafficking has continued to grow in the recent years affecting millions of men, women, and children. Elite Edge has developed an awareness program that would assist law enforcement, non-government organizations, private companies, and individuals in identifying and assisting victims. This course also discusses the latest trends in human trafficking to assist in recognition and response to cases. Some of the topics discussed are:

• Use of force, fraud, or coercion; sex, forced labor, debt bondage

• Profitable transnational organized crime; $150 billion annually

• Victims: men, women, children; all backgrounds, everywhere

• Threat: public and personal safety, national security, economic prosperity

• Estimated over 24 million victims worldwide

• Houston #1 city; geography, access, egress, money

• Warning signs and indicators

• Who’s at risk

• What to say to victim

• Prevention

• What to do/who to call