Security consulting and specialized training for Northern Ontario.
Threat and risk assessment, workplace violence prevention, physical security training, and policies and planning for organizations across Northern Ontario.
We do not supply security guards, alarms, cameras, or access control systems. That keeps our recommendations focused on your risk.
What we do
Organizations usually reach out with a concrete problem: an incident, an audit finding, a training obligation, or a facility that needs a second look. The work starts with a clear assessment of the risk, moves to practical recommendations sized to the organization, and finishes with reports, plans, and training your staff can put to use.
- Threat and Risk Assessment
- A structured evaluation of the threats facing your site or operation, the vulnerabilities that could be exploited, the controls already in place, and the risk that remains after they are accounted for. You receive a written report with prioritized, costed recommendations you can act on or budget against, with findings supported by analysis of the data available.
- CPTED Audit
- An assessment of your physical environment using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles: sightlines, lighting, access routes, territorial definition, and maintenance. This is often the least expensive way to reduce risk, since the changes are usually to design and management rather than to equipment.
- Workplace Violence and Harassment Prevention Training
- Instructor-led training built around the duties Ontario employers carry under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Practical and scenario-based rather than a policy read-through, delivered on site, with participant materials and attendance records for your files. Programs are designed using adult education principles, drawing on experience in e-learning development.
- Policy and Procedure Development
- Security, workplace violence, and harassment policies written specifically for your organization and its operating conditions, built to hold up if they are ever reviewed.
- Emergency Response Planning
- Site-specific response plans for the incidents your organization could realistically face, covering roles, decision points, and communication. Written so they remain usable by the people who will be under pressure when they are needed.
Best fit Organizations that need a clear, prioritized starting point before committing budget to any one solution.
Best fit Organizations that want to reduce risk through design and management changes rather than new equipment.
Best fit Employers meeting Occupational Health and Safety Act training obligations, or renewing training that has lapsed.
Best fit Organizations without current policies, or whose policies have not been reviewed in several years.
Best fit Organizations without a written response plan, or one that has never been tested.
Based in Northern Ontario
Rival Security Consulting is based in Sault Ste. Marie, in the heart of Northern Ontario. That means direct, ongoing familiarity with the realities of working here. Things like the distances between communities, the effect of winter on staffing and response, the day-to-day constraints of running a lean team, and the kinds of community-level issues that surface differently here than they do in larger metropolitan areas.
That regional knowledge is paired with extensive operational experience in high-crime zones of major urban areas. Working across both settings provides a wider frame of reference and makes it easier to determine what is specific to a community and what holds up anywhere.
Being based in the region also reflects a longer-term commitment to it: continued presence, ongoing relationships, and a direct interest in how the communities here continue to develop.
Background
Rival Security Consulting is led by Joseph Fragomeni, Principal Consultant.
Joseph's background is in institutional safety and private security operations/administration: maximum-security corrections, hospital/inpatient mental health security, armed transport, loss prevention, casino and hospitality environments. These are settings where procedures are tested constantly, and where a plan that only works on paper gets noticed fast.
That background shapes how the work is done. Recommendations are written to be actionable by the organization receiving them, at a scale it can afford, using the staff it actually has.
That operational foundation is backed by professional experience in data analysis, reporting, adult education, and e-learning development, which keeps reports well-supported and training well-built.
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Who we work with
We work with social service agencies, non-profits, social housing providers, licensed establishments, retail and hospitality operators, healthcare and long-term care organizations, municipalities, and private employers across Northern Ontario.
Engagements range from a single training session to a full assessment and policy programme. If you are not certain which you need, that is a reasonable place to start a conversation.
Rival Security Consulting also works alongside security employers, offering specialized training, policy and procedure development, auditing, and emergency response planning support to complement their own operations.
We also work in collaboration with architecture firms and interior designers to support secure facility and area design, applying CPTED and institutional safety principles.
Get in touch
Tell us briefly what your organization does and what is prompting the inquiry. We will respond within two business days.