PORTICO PROTECTIVE
Portico Protective serves Houses of Worship in protecting their faith communities and providing real life opportunities to serve for congregants. Providing a safe and secure place for learning, growth, and ministry is vital for any ministry success.Our vision is to provide leadership, guidance, and instruction in implementing Protective Ministries, Ministerial Background Vetting, Investigations, and fraud prevention programs.
Why We Do What We Do
PEOPLE ARE THE MISSIONSecurity is and always will be about people. Protecting the people in your faith community isn’t just about theological concerns, but also includes their physical safety, security, and well-being. Making a safe place for congregants to attend, learn, grow, serve, and love is foundational for you to meet your God-given mission.The Bible is replete with references to God's protective love (Hesed) based on covenant faithfulness. He protects His people because He loves His people. We can do no less the same. While protecting His people He also invites others to join His people and by doing so, join Him. Providing a secure place to do so is vital to the success of His mission and yours.The greatest commandment is that people who follow Him would be a people who love Him and love others. That includes protecting people from harm and from those who would seek to do harm. It's all about the people.We provide protective intelligence strategies to succeed at our mission of protecting others so you can succeed at your mission of reaching and feeding them.
What We Do
PROTECTIVE MINISTRIESWe work with Houses of Worship to aid them in growing a Kingdom class Protective Ministry operation that provides real-world ministry opportunities while creating safety and security for your faith community. This includes coaching for developing, recruiting, and vetting your protective team.POST-INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONIn a broken world sometimes the unthinkable happens. Wounded and flawed people willingly choose to do wrong. This can be allegations of financial abuse, personal indiscretions, or general unwanted behavior. When those events happens to faith communities it can undermine trust in leadership and even erode faith.Houses of Worship need an outside objective party who can gather evidence, conduct professional investigations, and provide objective and evidence based information to faith leaders. Portico Protective can provide these vital investigative solutions.MINISTERIAL BACKGROUND VETTINGSelecting the right candidate for ministry is a vitally important task. Verifying a candidate’s call to ministry is more than just a matter of doctrine, ministry experience, or training but also must include character and integrity. Vetting candidates with a thorough background investigation can avoid many potential pitfalls for a faith community and lead to the right candidate for the health of the community.FRAUD PREVENTION, DETECTION, & ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMSAccountability in all areas, especially in financial matters, is paramount for religious organizations to safeguard and shepherd the generosity of the congregation. By implementing mandatory fraud prevention policies and safeguards, faith communities can protect the material assets of the congregation, maintain accountability, and be beyond financial reproach.DEFENSIVE STRATEGY & TACTICS INSTRUCTIONSometimes we must also wrestle with flesh and blood to control a situation for the safety of all. Learn physical management skills for controlling subjects, including one-on-one and team tactics. Learn how to deal with armed and unarmed subjects and handling escalation in an ethical and legal manner. Portico Protective provides subject matter experts in this vital and important area.
The Team
Rian MacRobert – Rian is a Force Science Analyst and subject matter expert in Defensive Tactics (DT), Active Threat, and Violence de-escalation. He is the Defensive Operations Specialist for Portico Protective and a life-long Christian with nearly 25 years of Law Enforcement experience. He has been involved in Defensive Tactics since 2005, serving as a Defensive Tactics Instructor for a major metropolitan law enforcement agency. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminology. He has multiple DT instructor certifications including Extreme Close Quarter Concepts and Code 4 Concepts. He teaches several DT courses: Recognizing Threats; One-on-One Control Tactics; Team Control Tactics; and Post Procedure Use of Force. He continues to refine his skills by training in Jiu-Jitsu, Grappling and Boxing.Aaron Denbo – Aaron is a subject matter expert in digital privacy, open source intelligence collection (OSINT), Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and financial crime investigations. He holds investigation credentials in fraud investigation and forensic interviewing and is the Protective Operations Specialist for Portico Protective. By merging a missional background and graduate education in both Biblical Studies and Security Management, he blends two unique skill sets together to establish Protective Ministries for Houses of Worship. He continues to add to his skill set by training in Jiu-Jitsu, Grappling and Muay Thai.
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