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Exploring "Left Of Bang" with Officer Brian L. Bardsley
Sat, Mar 08
|MAGEN Chicago's Training Office
Join us for pizza and a transformative evening with Officer Brian Bardsley as he unpacks the critical concepts from "Left of Bang." Learn how to develop elite-level situational awareness skills used by military professionals and apply them to community safety and security.
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
MAGEN Chicago's Training Office, 8707 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077, USA
Guests
About the Event
Pizza and discussion!
"Left of Bang" is a book written by Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley that focuses on combat profiling and situational awareness. The title refers to the military concept of the "bang" being the moment of crisis or attack, and "left of bang" meaning the time before an incident occurs - emphasizing proactive rather than reactive responses.
The book teaches readers how to identify potential threats by recognizing behavioral patterns and anomalies using the Marine Corps Combat Hunter program principles. The core concept revolves around developing what the authors call "baseline + anomaly = decision" thinking.
Key themes include:
Understanding human behavior patterns and baselines in different environments
Recognizing and interpreting behavioral clusters and anomalies