SRW, Inc.

In today’s environment, many churches are asking a hard but responsible question: How do we protect our people without turning worship into a security operation?

At SRW, Inc., we help churches build a measured, professional security capability that supports the mission of the church—welcoming people, serving families, and preserving the peace of worship—while being prepared for the realities of violence and disruption.

Our team brings extensive experience assisting Church and Worship Security programs with:

Threat assessment support and practical risk identification

Site security analysis (facility layout, people flow, visibility, access control, and common vulnerabilities)

Drafting or refining an Emergency Response Plan (ERP) that is clear, realistic, and usable under stress

Developing security protocols and procedures that fit your culture—without theatrics or ego

Creating Immediate Response to Violence SOPs focused on decision-making, communication, and coordinated action

We emphasize the things that matter most: awareness, de-escalation, disciplined judgment, and teamwork. The goal isn’t to “act tactical.” The goal is to prevent problems when possible and respond effectively when prevention fails.

Where requested—and appropriate for your team’s role—SRW, Inc. can also provide tactical and fi****ms training to improve capability and confidence, always anchored in safety, accountability, and sound policy.

Effective security is ultimately relational: strong coordination between church leadership, staff, and the security team creates calm, predictable responses when stress hits.

It’s long past time for police departments to start reviewing their call response tactics and performance, given the number of ambushes they are facing. When I was a young officer, we were taught to think of every call as an “unknown trouble” call and respond accordingly, after all, dispatch information was always second hand and sometimes third hand. We were taught to never pull up in view of the structure we were called to, to stop well away and think about our approach, making a path with points of cover in mind, to stop short, look/listen/feel before making the final approach, even asking dispatch for updated info. We were taught not to put our backup officer in the same “kill zone” with us, that “contact and cover” positioning (thanks San Diego PD) was critical to surviving an ambush. We coordinated with backup, they came in from a different side than the primary officer’s approach, we didn’t walk up together (same kill zone). These, and more, were standard tactics taught by the “old” officers who had seen some stuff. I’m amazed, when I see the footage and videos of officers ambushed on calls, how many officers are violating these simple tactics, going up on porches together and acting like it’s a social call, etc. I’ve watched numerous videos of traffic stops and seen myriad officers going wide on approach instead of staying tight to the side of the suspect’s vehicle. I haven’t seen a “security halt” at the left rear or right rear bumper of the vehicle in a long time, nor initial voice commands from that position. I taught all this at the Academy for years, all of this was standard procedure. Have we forgotten?
One big shift that would be new. Maybe it’s time to treat DV calls like Robbery Alarm calls, where we take tactical positions and ask dispatch to call in and ask the complainant to meet us outside. If they came out, we could learn a lot about the call, if they couldn’t or wouldn’t come out, we’d learn even more. Might save a life or two.
Thoughts from an “old copper,” who saw, and survived, some stuff.

I just wrapped up 2 long, hard, training days for 50 members of 8 armed security teams for Christian churches in Milwaukee. Sponsored by and held at the largest one, we covered security concepts for responses to violence on their properties. Training included action planning, SOPs, policies, procedures, coordinated responses, and more. We walked the exterior and interior, identified vulnerabilities, built contingencies, then rehearsed armed team responses. We established training guidelines, requirements, and documentation. It was intense and extremely rewarding. My apologies to friends in the Milwaukee area, it was quick in, long days, quick out. God Bless these churches for taking the safety and security of their congregants seriously. And May God Bless these volunteers who step up willingly to place themselves between their flocks and those who would deliver evil to them.

Warrior Creed Update: Leadership in Action 💪

Over the past two weeks, SRW's President, Randy Watt, has been leading from the front. Serving as Rangemaster for both the Gunsite 350 Intermediate Pistol and 499 Advanced Pistol courses, he worked alongside outstanding coaches and dedicated students sharpening their skills and discipline.

Randy also supported the Gunsite Alumni Shoot (GAS 2025), where he ran a competition stage and took part in the flag-folding and missing-man tribute during the banquet—a powerful reminder of the sacrifices and brotherhood that bind the fi****ms and law-enforcement community.

His leadership reflects Warrior Creed’s mission: training that builds confidence, competence, and character.🫡

Every year at the Saturday evening banquet of the Gunsite Alumni Shoot (GAS), which is a huge event, Lt. Col. Guy Coursey, USMC (Ret.) and I perform the 13-fold flag ceremony. We both wear our dress blues, including white gloves. Well, I left my white gloves in Utah, so this morning I went to the head shed to see what we could do. CEO Ken Campbell smiled, went in his closet, and came out with the pictured gloves. He said, “these were the Colonel’s (Jeff Cooper), go ahead and use them.” I was momentarily dumbstruck. I’ll be wearing Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jeff Cooper’s ceremonial gloves with my U.S. Army dress blues. How freakin’ cool is that! 🫡🇺🇸

I went on Utah State Senator John Johnson’s podcast and talked about security aspects that came into play in the Charlie Kirk assassination as well as securing certain events and the current environment as it impacts security. You may enjoy it. I was not born and raised in Ogden, however, and anyone who knows my history knows how far off that is.

Randy Watt: From Green Beret to Police Chief — Leadership, Security & the Future of America Randy Watt: From Green Beret to Police Chief — Leadership, Security & the Future of America Politics

SRW, Inc. is proud to be a sponsor of the Weber FOP’s First Responder Wellness Golf Scramble. Fun day with great people!

I’ve been processing non-stop since this happened and have been baffled by this point. Based on my policing and CT expertise, I’m struggling as to how a high-profile individual who generates massive amounts of hate speech and who receives death threats daily, could come to the UVU campus and not generate an effective threat analysis and concordant response from police and security leaders. To rely on Charlie’s personal security detail and a “loose presence of a few officers” is an abject failure. In a time when sniping high-profile conservative targets has become commonplace, where was the perimeter? 200 yards is close, too close. Why no rooftop spotters, no SWAT counter-snipers? Why no security patrols, building access screening, controlled approach lanes? The ease with which the shooter got in position, took the, shot, and then fled are indicative of a very lackadaisical security posture. Surely even a rudimentary threat analysis would have prevented some of these failures. In the current politically-spawned violent environment of the last 18-months, such failure seems inconceivable to me. As a result Utah Valley University, a fine institution of learning, will forever be known as the place where Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

On this day in 2001, our nation was tested. What emerged was unity, courage, and an enduring spirit.

SRW, Inc. pays tribute to every person who sacrificed, every community that healed, and every hero whose actions still light our path forward.

Heading out to present on Tactical Leadership for the last time at the National Tactical Officer’s Association Conference in Washington D.C. I’ve been a member and Instructor for the NTOA since 1995, when I was invited to teach HRT Bus Assaults at the Atlanta Conference by then Executive Director Larry Glick. I’ve watched the NTOA grow and evolve under the leadership of several Directors into an incredible and internationally-recognized organization, a repository of the collective knowledge of all things SWAT. I’ve taught at almost all the conferences, the exceptions being the years I was away at the war. It’s my last time because it’s my 30-year anniversary there and that seems like a great number to sign off on. I will be forever grateful for all the NTOA did for me, all the great associations I’ve had as a result, and the close friendships with some of the greatest patriots I’ve had the pleasure to know. May God Bless the NTOA.

In my life I’ve been privileged to know some exceptionally great people. This is one of them. James “Jimmy” Maguire was a member of the B/1/19 SFG(A) and went Afghanistan with me in 2001-2002. At that time he was also a Lieutenant with Utah Highway Patrol/DPS, Commander of their SWAT Team. We worked together for 3 years as members of the Tactical Sub-Committee planning for Utah’s 2002 Winter Olympics, then along comes 9/11 and we’re gone. After Afghanistan, Jimmy took up contracting with OGA for a bunch of years. After working in a number of hot spots all over 2 Theaters, he decided to come back home and hire back on UHP. As is evident, he’s still serving and he still keeps himself in great shape. Great to see you, Jimmy! 🫡🇺🇸