SDR® Academy gained notoriety for its focus on prevention and its unique proactive solutions. SDR®’s proactive approach means that all measures are taken with the goal of preventing crimes or terrorist actions before the event occurs. SDR® does not wait for an event to occur, rather trains personnel to identify key behavioral indicators based on a better understanding of one’s surroundings and what constitutes normal or abnormal behaviors in a given environment.

There is no specific mold into which every criminal actor or deviant event will fit, therefore profiling with biases and/or for a narrow scope of suspects will inevitably miss illicit activities and target false positives. SDR® negates ethnic profiling.

SDR® can be used by security professionals, small businesses owners, educational institutes, hospital staff, and more. Each program is tailor-made, depending on the specific needs, local cultural norms, and legal guidelines of the community.

WeAware+™, the innovative, crowdsourcing information application developed by SDR® Academy, gives ordinary civilians the ability to learn SDR®'s methods of proactive security, and apply it to everyday life. WeAware+™ gives citizens the tools to assist in keeping their own environments safe, not only for themselves, but for the benefit of the community as a whole.