1st Line Defender

History

1st Line Defender, LLC was conceived and created from a direct passion along with a concern to educate and train people in the possible event of an active shooter(s) or violent intruder(s). The company's founders, Carl and Teresa Thompson, initially began discussing in early 2015 the increasing number of events involving active shooters and how these events were including more and more types of venues. These tragic events were sadly becoming more commonplace and were simply no longer confined to certain types of establishments or geographic areas. Teresa had questioned what would happen at their local church, which the couple attended with family, should such an event occur there. Carl's grim prediction of the outcome was an extremely tragic scenario given his background knowledge as a former Detective in Law Enforcement. They began to realize that there was simply no plan or direction in place for such an incident. This need became the origin of 1st Line Defender.

Specialties

1st Line Defender, LLC is a consulting and training company with headquarters located in New Jersey. We focus on helping organizations find solutions to the complex challenges and decisions facing their company today regarding modern day threats with a special emphasis on