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Empowering members of your organization with proactive safety, security, and resilience training.

Andria Van Mierlo is the founder of Vigilant Minds Security Solutions and a 20 year veteran of law enforcement with extensive experience in high risk assignments.

Her background includes nine years of undercover work for the St. Louis County Police Department and the FBI around the United States, intelligence operations targeting organized crime, and leadership roles in special operations.

She has also served as a task force officer with the U.S. Marshals Service and has spent several years in corporate security as an executive protection specialist for Fortune 500 companies.

Drawing from her wide range of real-world experience in some of the most dangerous areas of the country and protecting high level assets, Andria now focuses on educating organizations and their employees on how to recognize risks, respond under pressure, and stay prepared for the unexpected.

Her training is practical, relevant, and designed to empower teams with the confidence and tools to navigate today’s dangerous world.

Andria is an authorized AVIRT (Active Violence Immediate Response Training) instructor and has held an EMT license in the state of Missouri for ten years.

Led by Expertise

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Professional Led Seminars & Training

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Equip employees with techniques to increase awareness, recognize risks, and plan for worst case scenarios at home, work, & abroad. Practical strategies and considerations are discussed to escape, evade, or fight in active killer situations.

Personal Safety and Security Seminars

Active Violence Immediate Response Training

Dynamic training teaches your team how to confidently react quickly and appropriately to active violence and life threatening situations. This seminar includes hands-on skills practice for disarming an active shooter, defending/barricading rooms, and immediately treating severe injuries.

Personal Safety & Security for Realtors

Practical strategies to increase awareness and survival mindset for real estate professionals during showings, open houses, and beyond. Includes discussion on how to escape, evade, and fight in an active killer situation.

Personal Safety & Security for Young Adults

Strategies and skills for college students and young professionals navigating independence in specific environments such as dorms, college campuses, bars, etc. Topics include situational awareness, social media best practices, dating violence, and active shooter response.

Personal Safety & Security for Teens & Tweens

Age-appropriate strategies to build awareness, confidence, and safe decision-making at home, school, and in the community. Active shooter scenarios and responses are discussed in an age appropriate context.

Testimonials from Attendees

  • "Thank you for putting on the seminar! Everyone came away with very important knowledge from you!"

  • "I think this seminar will open a lot of eyes and help prevent us from becoming a victim."

  • "I'm really glad we came! I will definitely share!"

  • "My goal in a horrible situation is to survive-I've never had that train of thought!"

  • "I can survive a gunshot and have to keep fighting."

Take the first step towards a safer organization.

Show your employees and stakeholders that your organization values their safety whether they are at work or at home. I will give your employees the knowledge and confidence to respond quickly when it matters most.

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