Risk and Crisis Management

Risk Control offers front-line operational and consulting services for corporate risk & crisis management, focusing on our clients' need for risk mitigation, personnel and asset protection, and the safeguarding of corporate interests and reputation.

We accomplish this by integrating our assessment and audit tools and educational approaches:

  • Threat / risk / vulnerability assessments, identifying strengths and improvements of security and emergency plans, business resumption and continuity plans

  • Regulatory compliance reviews

  • Educational programming for staff on topics such as workplace violence prevention, crisis & emergency management, and travel security training programs

  • Practical emergency management tabletop exercises to prepare staff for incidents of an operational nature.

Corporate & Executive Security Solutions

Risk Control provides both plain-clothes and uniformed protective services. Our firm’s focus is to deliver the highest level of risk mitigation solutions available. Our security services are available in both a quick or long term response solution.

We can provide physical security services in the areas of: corporate and executive protection, close protection, celebrity protection, travel accompaniment, and secure driving for clientele.

While carrying out protective service details, we utilize intelligence led methods in a discreet manner to ensure client safety without restricting their privacy or freedom. Our executive protection team will incorporate intelligence collection, route planning, site security and threat assessments into one robust safety plan for each of our clients. Our approach to executive protection centers around an effective, discrete and unobtrusive presence, aiding to the continued success of the enterprise and client’s daily activities. Our executive protection services can extend beyond just the client and work site but also to their family and home residence, if requested.

  • Site Security Surveys

  • Advance Team Deployment

  • Designated or Temporary Protection Teams

  • Secure Driving & Transport

  • Executive Safety & Security

  • Personal Tracking Systems

  • Personal Escort & Executive Assistance

  • Home and Family Safety and Security solutions

  • Counter Surveillance

Our Services include the following, which are not limited to:

Security Consulting

Risk Control specializes in general security consulting, including developing and implementing a robust security strategy for your event, business, organization or premises. Allow us to pass on our expertise to you.

Some of our services include:

  • Security program review, design, and recommendations

  • Policy and procedure review, development, and implementation

  • Oversee and implement transition from contract security to an in-house program, or vice versa

  • Penetration testing (testing and evaluating your security program)

  • Integrity audits of staff members

  • Secret shopper service

  • Development of licensed establishment security programs, or review of your current program

  • The changing face of nightclub security from: Hospitality to “Venue Protection”

Investigations

Risk Control can provide investigative support for a broad range of fact finding situations, including surveillance, forensic interviews, evidence preservation, statement taking, data analysis and information gathering, including business intelligence and OSINT. We document the factual, unbiased information and provide it to our clients in a report or presentation format.

Our investigators are licensed, bonded, and regulated by the Government oversight of each jurisdiction.

Service Categories

  • Due diligence

  • Social media/Open source investigations

  • Theft Investigations

  • Harassment Investigations

  • Fraud Investigations

  • Asset Tracing

  • Person Tracing/Locates

  • Civil Litigation

  • Other Criminal Investigations

  • Forensic Interviews & Obtaining Statements

  • Residential Tenancy Investigations

  • Entertainment Industry Piracy Surveillance

  • Surveillance Investigations

  • Insurance Fraud & Personal Injury Claims

Intelligence

Risk Control provides protective intelligence analysis to reduce risk and protect employees, executives, corporate assets and reputation. Our firm specializes in intelligence gathering and data analysis, including business intelligence and the monitoring of social media.

We use the acquired intelligence to help you broaden your understanding of threats and risks you face, and develop advance knowledge of bad actor’s capabilities and intentions. The intelligence we collect becomes the security team’s “eyes and ears” out in the world, extending both your range and effectiveness. With heightened awareness, you develop more robust and appropriate security plans. 

We provide pre-employment background checks on candidates to highlight concerns for an employer’s hiring process. The best way to avoid loss is to mitigate risks from the start. We identify potentially risky candidates before they are hired.

Our due diligence and corporate vetting process includes:

  • Employment Verification

  • Education & Professional Verifications

  • Reference Interviews & Verifications

  • Identity Verifications

  • Open Source Investigations

Security, Crime Prevention and Compliance Assessments

Risk Control provides a range of security, crime prevention and compliance assessments.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a leading approach to deterring criminal behavior. The goal of the CPTED consultant is to control the built environment by utilizing natural design strategies to eliminate or reduce crime and nuisance behaviour, reduce the fear of crime, and reduce liability, thus enhancing the livability, sustainability, and profitability of the built environment. We support you by assessing, analyzing, and implementing a CPTED strategy on your property or premises through a focused site survey and assessment.

CPTED Reports for Development Applications:
Our assessors possess the required training and enhanced CPTED certification to provide pre-construction assessment reports for development permits as often required by municipal governance. Our assessments are comprehensive and approval of the CPTED report as part of the greater development application, is guaranteed.

Physical Security Assessment

All organizations face physical threats - known or unknown - ranging from crime, natural disasters, technological incidents to human error. Physical security controls should be tailored to your organizations specific risk and vulnerabilities to increase their effectiveness.

Determining risk factors and vulnerabilities of clients’ facilities and critical infrastructure assets enables your organization to enhance the return on investment when compared to time and money spent on recovery efforts. The physical security risk assessment combines the process of conducting an exhaustive audit and analyzing the result, focusing on all the physical security layers of a particular premises, facility or organization.

Our assessors assist with:

  • Identification of assets, and determining the risk and vulnerability exposures with an associated risk profile

  • Conducting a physical inspection and evaluation of every aspect of your security program, and its electronic security systems and controls, and integration throughout your premises

  • Providing recommendations for mitigation and control measures

Electronic Security System Design & Integration

Risk Control’s team of experienced physical security specialists have designed complex and large-scale integrated security systems for operations and facilities across the Americas. Our security specialists prepare organizations for the rapidly changing threats in a modern environment.

We upgrade existing controls or design new systems to coincide with the building construction, and plan the integration of electronic programs and security measures across your multi-facility organization. Our projects start with a security assessment to ensure we are selecting and applying the right technology to meet your organization’s risk exposure and vulnerabilities.

Our team possesses the electrical engineering and specification writing expertise to develop a variety of integrated electronic security solutions for any facility, need or application. We will control your risk by designing the video surveillance, access control, and intrusion detection systems for your next project.


*Please note, Risk Control does not physically install security systems in British Columbia, but we can assist clients with overall project management, system design and the contractor selection process.

Peace Officer Program Support

Does your municipality or organization employ Community Peace Officers (CPO’s)?

Risk Control can support you with streamlining, assessing, and enhancing your corporate operations with the following services:

OFFICER RECRUITMENT

We can assist your organization with the recruitment of bylaw enforcement officers and community peace officers to help ensure you hire the best available candidate. We can provide assistance with job descriptions, interview questions, interviews, knowledge based testing, background checks and more.

INVESTIGATION SUPPORT - INTERNAL COMPLAINTS & COMPLEX FILES

Our team can act as the primary investigator for Complaints Against Peace Officers as outlined in the Peace Officer Act (Part 2 - Complaints and Discipline). We can appropriately act on behalf of the employer to professionally, thoroughly, and in accordance with the legislation, investigate and report on the complaint. We also investigate complaints initiated by the authorized employer, providing a neutral third party lens to the concern.

Has your agency experienced a complex file outside the scope and knowledge base of your frontline officers? We can assist you by guiding your officers through the investigation including, interviewing, warrant application, legal process and report writing.

PROGRAM & DEPARTMENT REVIEWS

Program and department reviews - These reviews assist the employer in achieving their goals and determine how the organization can improve the services that matter most to the agency and citizens, both now and into the future. We will examine the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of your Peace Officer program, providing recommendations for improvement at the conclusion. We can also complete limited scope reviews for a specific aspect of your Peace Officer program.

Program Audits - The Solicitor General conducts compliance audits to ensure each authorized employer is abiding by the Public Security Peace Officer Program Policy and Procedure Manual. We possess an in-depth audit and review program to ensure your agency is holistically compliant with the requirements to reach success in the required audit process. We will assist you in preparing for the audit and rectifying any deficiencies we note in our review.

POLICY & PROCEDURE DEVELOPMENT

We can develop new policies and procedures for your agency’s operations. Whether it be a single Solicitor General policy requirement, development of an internal procedure, or the creation of an entire department policy manual, we can assist you with your administration needs.

OPERATIONAL FILE REVIEWS

Let us take the burden off your agencies leadership and regularly review all operational files and reports. Our team ensures appropriate action is taken within existing legislative and policy frameworks, investigations are timely, and the officers application of the law is correct. The Public Security Peace Officer Program Policy and Procedure Manual requires all reports submitted by frontline Peace Officers and Supervisors be reviewed. Reviewing reports ensure adequate oversight of Peace Officers to protect the public interest and ensures your officers produce effectively and take appropriate enforcement actions.

INTERIM SUPERVISION & MANAGEMENT

We can provide oversight of your Peace Officer Program or Protective Services Department during periods of change and transition. This ensures continuity and consistency of your agencies operations, while maintaining accountability to the public your organization serves. We can provide a highly experienced and specialized consultant to solve a specific problem, implement a solution, and move your organization forward during a period of change.

OFFICER TRAINING & MENTORING

Our expertise allows us to train and enhance your officers skills in specific areas such as report writing, note taking, tactical communications, legal authorities, and Peace Officer program policies. We also offer mentoring services for your officers, whereby we can be reached for consultation or expertise on an as needed basis.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

  • Protective Service & Peace Officer Program sustainability studies

  • Staffing plan development

  • Peace Officer Program design, development, and implementation (start to finish)

  • Peace Officer pre-hire background investigations

  • Annual program report composition, and annual updating

  • Traffic Safety Plan development

  • OHS Peace Officer hazard assessments

  • Report Executive (Omnigo) incident reporting system update and maintenance

** Risk Control is not a Peace Officer agency but offers support services for Peace Officer agencies or those employers looking to become authorized Peace Officer employers.

Information Security (ISMS) ISO 27001

We offer consultations for Information Security frameworks, including performing a gap analysis, framework design, implementation, and audit to help your organization achieve overall compliance with the ISO 27001:2022 standard. ISO 27001 is an information security standard, part of the more significant ISO 27000 family of standards, which provides best practice advice and guidance on implementing and maintaining an information security management system (ISMS). ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is a global federation of national standards bodies for more than 160 countries. The pillars of a practical ISMS framework are:

  • Confidentiality: Preventing unauthorized persons or programs (endpoints) from accessing information.

  • Integrity: Preventative measures that protect data, programs, and operating systems from modification or corruption.

  • Availability: Prevent data integrity loss so your organization’s information is always available and accessible to the appropriately designated personnel. This pillar also prevents the formation of silos.

Risk Control designs and implements an Information Security Management System (ISMS) that gives your organization a framework to protect your information assets against security threats and vulnerabilities. After our ISMS implementation, your organization will be safeguarded by three types of internal controls: Preventative, Detective, and Corrective.

 

Having an effective ISMS in place helps your organization by:

  • Protecting sensitive data

  • Meeting regulatory compliance

  • Providing business continuity

  • Reducing unnecessary costs

  • Enhancing the corporate culture

  • Protecting information confidentiality, availability, and integrity

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)  

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) services are designed to detect and neutralize active and passive electronic surveillance devices that threaten your privacy, confidentiality, and proprietary information. Whether you need peace of mind for corporate meetings, confidential discussions, post-renovation security checks, mergers and acquisitions, or ensuring the safety of your accommodations, our experts are here to ensure your environment is secure from eavesdropping, tracking or other surveillance devices.  

Comprehensive Support for Every Environment  
From boardrooms to private residences, our team is passionate about ensuring your privacy. Our team will meet your needs discretely, conducting physical and instrument sweeps to provide you with a comprehensive risk review and support you with recommendations and post-inspection investigations if required. 

We deploy industry recognized methods to uncover and address vulnerabilities, including:

  • Radio Frequency (RF) Scanning – Detect illegal or unknown transmissions.  

  • Device Detection – Identify hidden cameras, microphones, and powered devices—even when turned off.  

  • Inspection of Electronic Devices – Analyze phones and other transmission tools.  

  • Thorough Physical Inspections – Securing your space from top to bottom.

Supported Sweep & Inspection Locations

  • Home & Commercial Offices

  • Boardrooms

  • Public & Private Meeting Venues

  • Hotel Rooms & Short term rentals

Contact us to review other locations

  • Residences

  • Sensitive Locations

  • Vehicles

  • Aircraft

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Our sizable range of services means we can develop and tailor all necessities to meet your specific risk management goals. Services can be implemented on a case-by-case basis and will always be to the absolute highest standards, every time.

If you didn't find what you're looking for, contact us, and we will be able to draw from our range of associates to find a subject matter expert in the area of risk management service you're looking for.