60 Days of Building

If you have been watching ASPP™ over the past 60 days and wondering why it has been quieter than usual, you are paying attention. We have been heads down on some of the most difficult challenges we have faced as an organization. Not difficult in the sense of setbacks, difficult in the sense that the problems we are solving have never been solved before, and no other company in this space has attempted what we are building.

For most companies, 60 days of reduced public output would mean slowing down. For ASPP™, it means that work has been happening twice as much behind the scenes. That is not marketing language; it is the reality of what our network of approximately 30 companies has been executing while the industry keeps moving, and the incidents, tragically, continue.

Before I explain what we have been building, I want to explain the what and why behind the past two months. The pace of these incidents and the urgency of what we are trying to prevent are precisely why we cannot afford to slow down. It is the necessity behind the architecture of what comes next that must be right before it is released. Getting this wrong is not an option as the stakes are too high and the people depending on this are too important, all of us…

We Were Not Invisible, We Were Everywhere That Matters

During this period of intensive internal building, ASPP™ and Chris Grollnek were anything but absent. Chicago, South Carolina, Phoenix, Colorado, nonprofit development work, and depositions that will soon be visible on Court TV and in real-time trial proceedings. The details of which we will hold until the appropriate time, but the significance of which reflects the depth of trust placed in Chris Grollnek as an expert witness at the highest levels of the American legal system.

And on April 10, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the shot heard around the world, Chris Grollnek stood inside the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas, as a personally invited distinguished guest to the Celebrate America 250th Anniversary National Security Symposium. In that room was General Dan Caine, the 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, whose keynote focused on the evolving threat landscape facing America and the urgency of solutions built for the complexity of today’s risks.

Also present was Gordon R. England, who served as both the 72nd and 73rd Secretary of the Navy and as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick of Texas. Captain Florent “Flo” Groberg, Medal of Honor recipient. Senior intelligence and national security officials whose work happens far from public view.

The following day at the Alliance Airport in Fort Worth, in Ross Perot Jr.’s personal hangar, Chris stood with Vice Admiral Robert “Bob” Harward, former Deputy Commander of U.S. Central Command and decorated Navy SEAL, a human that seems anything but, as he is someone Chris worked with nearly a decade ago. Also present was David Green, Senior Legal Advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice, who exchanged cards and discussed the work that still needs to be done.

Chris was there not as a vendor or speaker, but as a peer and a recognized authority in active shooter prevention, whose work has been selected by the U.S. Department of Justice as a national prevention and training standard. That is what #NEVERHERE™ looks like when it scales.

And at the center of all of it, the active work of creating the next generation of the national standard for active shooter prevention for the U.S. Attorneys’ Office and beyond, extending to every agency within the Department of Justice. The standard that was selected twice is being built forward, not maintained, but advanced.

One of the most significant public moments of this period was Chris’s selection as a featured keynote speaker at Discover Resilience 2026, Everbridge’s flagship annual conference, held April 19 through 22 at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel. Sharing the keynote stage with a Lead Futurist from Google and Intel and the Vice President and Research Director at Forrester, Chris spoke to the future of resilience, the role of AI in safety and continuity, and the evolving expectations facing organizations in an always-on risk environment.

Everbridge is the global leader in Critical Event Management, the platform organizations worldwide rely on to protect people and maintain operations during critical events. Being the active shooter prevention voice on that stage is not a speaking engagement. It is a signal about where the PRO Model™ sits in the broader resilience and critical event management ecosystem. You can learn more about the Everbridge Discover Resilience podcast and platform at everbridge.com/resources/podcast.

What Indoor Mapping Actually Is, and Why It Is the Hub

Indoor mapping is the precise digital documentation of the interior of a physical space, every room, corridor, stairwell, access point, and structural feature, rendered as a navigable, data-rich digital environment. Unlike GPS, which loses accuracy the moment you step inside a building, indoor mapping creates a spatial intelligence layer that tells you exactly what is happening, where it is happening, and what the options are in real time, at any point inside the facility.

Indoor mapping has become the central hub through which every sensor, every IoT device, and every data stream feeds into and from which every decision is informed. Gunshot detection, AI computer vision, radar sensing, behavioral analytics, access control, and emergency communications are all more powerful, more accurate, and more actionable when anchored to a precise indoor spatial intelligence layer.

When you combine indoor mapping data with a digital twin, a living, real-time virtual replica of the physical space that updates as conditions change, you have something the security industry has never had before. Not a floor plan, or a camera feed; a dynamic, intelligent environment that sees everything, connects everything, and gives decision-makers the situational awareness they need before, during, and long after a critical event.

The Technology Is Moving Faster Than Most Organizations Can Follow

The technology industry is changing faster than most new technologies can keep up with. Digital twins will be instrumental in the next 18 months and beyond. The ability to simulate a threat scenario within a digital twin of your facility before any physical changes are made, before any training is delivered, and before any incident occurs is the kind of capability that changes the entire conversation about prevention. You can see where the gaps are, test solutions, and train your team inside a virtual version of the exact environment they work in every day.

This is not theoretical for ASPP™. Chris Grollnek personally participated in U.S. Department of Defense technology demonstrations at Blue Grass Army Depot alongside senior defense officials, including the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters. Specifically demonstrating how drone technology, computer vision through Scylla AI, and radar sensing integrate within a prevention and security architecture to protect high-value installations. The frameworks developed in that environment are now being translated into what ASPP™ is building for commercial, educational, healthcare, and government environments.

The Market Convergence and What the Verified Data Shows

The active shooter prevention industry, encompassing security training, products, technology, and solutions, has been valued at approximately $4.4 billion annually by industry analysts and major media. It is not a small market, but it is not the full picture of what is converging.

The indoor positioning and navigation market, the infrastructure that makes indoor mapping possible, was valued at $13.73 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $39.62 billion by 2033 at a compound annual growth rate of 12.5%, according to Straits Research. The indoor mapping software market specifically reached $2.36 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $6.78 billion by 2033.

The digital twin market sits at the heart of everything ASPP™ is building. Deloitte’s research forecasts growth from approximately $13 billion in 2023 to $259 billion by 2032. Multiple independent research firms project the global digital twin market will exceed $149 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate approaching 48%.

When the active shooter prevention industry, the indoor spatial intelligence market, the digital twin market, and the broader IoT and physical security ecosystem converge, they are converging right now. The combined addressable market represents one of the largest technology and services opportunities of the coming decade. Multiple research firms project the combined market well into the hundreds of billions of dollars by the early 2030s. ASPP™ is not watching this convergence happen; we are building into it.

We Are Not For Sale, and Here Is Why

Many organizations have attempted to acquire ASPP™. The inquiries are genuine, and the interest reflects exactly what the market data shows, this is a valuable position to hold. Organizations beyond the seated “Community of Experts,” waiting to join the ASPP™ network, have been asked to stand by while we level-set our architecture and ensure that every partnership we bring in serves the mission rather than dilutes it.

Active Shooter Prevention Project™ LLC is an S-Corp, and it is simply not for sale. Not because the price has not been right. Because the mission cannot be acquired. The trust built with government agencies, law enforcement, schools, hospitals, and communities across this country is not a transferable asset; it is a relationship built over more than a decade of showing up, doing the work, and delivering outcomes that matter. There are achievements that cannot be bought:

The Destination Has Not Changed

Five years of building toward this, following an additional 10 years of direct involvement in this solution, we have several more years ahead. Approximately 30 companies are moving together, with sales that are translated into solutions and being implemented. Milestones are being hit at a pace few organizations in any industry could sustain as technology is being integrated. This prevention infrastructure is being built in schools, hospitals, corporate campuses, houses of worship, and government facilities across the country.

The outreach of ASPP™ and Chris Grollnek will not slow down. The human equity built over more than a decade as the recognized national and international authority, the Google #1-ranked active shooter prevention expert, and the person the Department of Justice trusted enough to film and distribute to 115,000 personnel is not diminishing. It is compounding with every engagement, every keynote, every government partnership, and every organization that builds the PRO Model™ into their prevention infrastructure.

The 60 days were not silent; they were preparation. As for what comes next, the convergence of the PRO Model™ with the most powerful indoor spatial intelligence and digital twin technology available, and that is exactly what this mission has always been building toward. #NEVERHERE™ is not a hashtag; it is a destination, and we are all on the pathway there.