Adam Coughran is a police officer turned educator and entrepreneur. Throughout his law enforcement career in Southern California, Adam worked in various capacities, including street patrol, field training, counter-terrorism, and tourism oriented policing. Adam utilized his expertise to found Standards Training Group, a consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses deter crime and mitigate violence. Adam soon began training personnel in various industries, including hotels and schools. It was during a school training session that Adam discovered the need for violence prevention training for students from kindergarten through high school.  Subsequently, Adam co-founded his second company, Safe Kids Inc., and developed the H.E.R.O. Program. An acronym for Hide, Escape, Run, and Overcome, the H.E.R.O. Program is designed to instill safe-thinking skills that enable children to survive violent incidents. The H.E.R.O. Program consists of age appropriate curriculum, engaging activities, professional development for educators,and a series of drills and scenarios.

Adam currently serves as president of both companies, in addition to being an active member and holding leadership positions in several nonprofit organizations and professional associations. He has trained, consulted and presented from local to international stages on a variety of topics. Adam’s clients broadly incorporate tourism, hospitality, retail outlets, higher education, private and public-school districts, utility companies, health care, government, professional associations and security agencies.

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