John Lovell of The Warrior Poet Society talks about Pre Fight Indicators 

Forgot the biggest indicator of them all: *"Being in Brazil."*

Low rent/high crime areas, rotting out inner city areas, rundown trailer parks, ghettos, poor neighborhoods, etc., I've in and around these type of neighborhoods for a long time. • I've organized resident's meetings on crime prevention, and helped neighborhood associations with security measures for safety purposes to benefit neighbors...I've been a member of Fraternal Order of Police and Law Enforcement Alliance of America; and I'm invited to become a member of Oath Keepers. • Be sober. Be strong. Be vigilant.• Be blessed Warrior Poet Society.

Great to see John on trigger time.

I love the cameo appearance by Craig. He looks shady as hell. Good stuff.

Please keep these coming! Love the “what if’s” too!

More good insight from John Lovell. *Yay for that!*

John 'Cuz I Like To Party' Lovell is the Man!

Anything John is in is worth watching. Great info, communicated very effectively. Thanks guys!

I'm a woman, but I _really_ appreciate this info. Honestly, it all boils down to good intuition and honed instincts. Even as a teenager visiting Beverly Hills, California, I could have gotten killed by an otherwise innocuous-looking nerdy-type guy. But I was wary enough to notice how he was trying to guide me to walk into a secluded area. As he talked, his voice sounded soft, but nervous and rushed. As he spoke, I noticed that he, just for a moment, fidgeted with some long scissors that were hidden in his front-shirt pocket. Huge light bulbs began blasting off in my mind. I quickly but very gracefully edged myself away from him with tactful words (I didn't want to incite anger from him and cause him to grab me, or let him know that I suspected anything), and I was able to get back out onto the open city sidewalk and get clear from him. That was the last time I ever went back to Beverly Hills. BTW, after all these years, I've never told anyone about this. This is the very first time I've ever mentioned it to anyone...

"The good guy scan.....I see you, I'm carrying guns too." Yay for that! ;~)

I love that John... “it’s about fast seeing and fast thinking “.... more than always fast shooting

I am a LEO and they teach a similar list of indicators in the academy. It's called street survival.

True story here. My family and I were walking through a parking lot to our car, which was parked at a pretty far distance, and I saw this young guy on the right who had apparently been talking on the phone for a while, although in the time I observed him (waiting for my family to catch up with me) he never spoke a word. I saw how he scanned large groups of people walking by, but made no move. By the time my family were about to walk by him, however, we were a small isolated group, so I watched him with my peripheral vision the whole time, dropping back and turning my head slightly to keep him in view. Soon after we passed him, he suddenly put away his phone and started to stride briskly and with purpose in our direction, whereupon I immediately turned toward him and pretended to draw a weapon out of my pocket (crossing my left hand over to make it obvious and recognizable). Almost as soon as I moved, he turned around and strolled casually (almost too casually) back to his original spot (leaning against a car), took out his phone, and pretended to be on a phone call once again. He never looked up at me, as far as I could tell, and I kept watching him until we got to our car. To this day, I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't been so alert. I was completely unarmed because we were just leaving a place that did not allow weapons. In retrospect, we should have waited for another large group of people to leave with so that we could have had safety in numbers, but I really didn't think the guy was a likely threat, given his age and his non-hardened looks (neither hard nor soft, just a regular young adult), and of course I didn't want to alarm my family for what would probably be no reason. I did see fit to watch the guy, though, which I do a lot. And my family thinks it's amusing and a little too obvious how I approach and check blind corners. :)

Thank you for making these videos John they help to think outside the box.

Thankyou for sharing and inspiring us all, preaching to the choir, but I love the song, train hard and train smart

I love hearing about and learning from your awareness tips and recognition of threat indicators. John Lovell is a fantastic communicator, and Craig and the other gentleman made fantastic bad guys. I thank you all.

Very good. Thank you very much

Yeah, I saw Craig Douglas looking at me over his cell phone....RUN!

We just did a whole course on pre assault indicators in our in service training this weekend. Good stuff, very important!

Why would someone give thumbs down on these high quality videos? These aren't easy to make and they have a high value to almost everyone. On top of that, the cost to view is $0!!! That's a dick-move people...

surprise! it's Craig Douglas! wouldn't wanna catch him glaring at me like that... great content as always.

Geeezzz, John, your background was absolutely electrifying!

They will also size you up looking you up and down! I have had it happen as a cop for 19 years and off duty when they did not know I was a cop. It will put you in alert mode quickly.

I enjoyed this video so ...yay for that;

... all day long.. every day.. here in Brazil. Jhon L. And Crag D. .. 👏👏

"the art of non-fighting" ..... great read from way back

Super fun and educational!

Love Trigger Time TV . Favorite Outdoor Channel show . But usually I see these segments on RU-vid after I see them on tv . Please tell me my DVR hasn't let me down and not recorded on of my favorite shows . FYI John Lovell is a great choice for content . I really enjoyed John McPhee , Craig Douglas , and Frank Proctor . Keep up the great job guys .

Love me some Lovell!

Criminal Planning Cycle.... ? We just used to call it Casing Their Mark back when I was on the job. Great video. Thanks!

Guys awesome, John Lovell..... hit up his you tube channel if you haven't yet.. Much to learn!

lmaooooo Craig suddenly showing up looking suspicious as hell, I see you boss

Read Gavin De Becker- The Gift of Fear or Patrick Van Horne- Left of Bang. Good video

I can spot them... problem is I also do a lot of them haha. I have minor Aspergers, so it makes the social world a difficult place for me. I’m full of social anomalies. I scan, but if I meet someone’s eyes, I have to look away cause it’s a massive anxiety trigger. People with Aspergers also fidget with things a lot, clench their fits and so on. We’re not a threat, in fact we’re often very compassionate people (we don’t express it well, so people often think we don’t care) which is why I carry, to protect the people around me. But these things make it difficult to spot a threat sometimes, just cause it seems like everyone is watching me... cause I look like a threat I guess. Anyway, just something interesting to throw out there. I suppose I should be glad people are paying enough attention to pick up on what I do.

Yea for John!

Good lesson.

Food for thought, in Atlanta Georgia you just described text book adult ADHD.

No joke. This is deadly accurate. LE take note. I'm proof.. still here because I by fluke paid attention during training and I'm still here after the shoot. Mr.John shoot me a personal email so I can share my BS for training and sheepdog sharing purposes.

2:33 VILLAIN! 👊🔫 😂

It would save me a lot of talk to just show this video in class

Umm crap.... I do a handful of this but it’s more just social awkwardness lol. Love having my hoodie up, walk looking down a lot, and fidget with stuff constantly or play with my phone while waiting in line. And I concealed carry. If I’m ever in a store with John he’s gonna tackle me!

What about good guys that use the bad guy scan?

John, "leave the party & go in the garage?" Was someone watching "SCREAM?!"

What if it's a politician opening their mouth to speak??? Tackle on sight??? I see that as a major threat indicator and many many people are about to be affected. :)

What if the person has realtor eyes? Shoot on sight? Hahajk Thanks for the tips Lovell!!

Oh man. Im a mechanic. My hands hurt. I often flex and stretch them when standing idle.

“Villain!!!” Lol

Well I just found out that when I'm just acting normal I'm the biggest indication of a threat in the room. I literally perform every one of these queue's everyday just grabbing my energy drink from a gas station in the morning everyday while open carrying.

I think you missed the unarmed observer, who is highly aware but admittedly helpless. I believe their indicators can be highly misconstrued.

That guy in the tan shirt looks really really Shifty, has crazy eyes🤣😂😁

Good words. That's some shady looking folks in the video 😁

"My Spider-Sense is tingling"

Johns really cool but he reminds me of those 90s-00s health/safety videos we watched in school.

Also, don't judge a book by its cover!... Bad guys don't always "look like" bad guys. A bad guy can also be clean-cut, wearing a 3-piece suit!... BE AWARE & ALERT!

"VILLAIN"! 😆

Touching the face, blading a weapon away, hand hovering over/rubbing a concealed weapon (pocket, waist band).

Thanks John. Now go make a PragerU video

I'm not a bad guy but I'm really socially awkward...

JL is Batman

as with all profiling and psychology, this is not always true. someone call have all or none of the indicators and attack or not. this only describes nervous behavior, not necessarily aggressive or experienced behavior and even then still isn't accurate. take it with a grain of salt. the most valuable thing he alluded to is the gut feeling. most of the time you'll subconsciously know of a threat before you cognitively recognize it. if you feel it's wrong, it is.

3:14 WHAT IF I NORMALLY LOOK LIKE THAT

Man, I dunno. That guy in the yellow shirt looked shady af 😉

When does your level of awareness and judgment become paranoia and false awareness labeling.

That’s one way to stop the fidget spinner fad...

Clichés ahoy.