Author: Rob Andress

Rob Andress is a Canadian violence prevention specialist and co-founder, with Beth Andress, of Street Safe Self Defence Training Company. For more than two decades he has taught reality-based, behaviour-focused safety: how to spot the warning signs of violence early, make sound decisions under pressure and, when avoidance is no longer possible, respond effectively. Street Safe has trained more than 32,000 students across Canada, including violence prevention in more than 70 high schools and over 8,000 REALTORS®. Rob works with municipalities, by-law officers, security and law enforcement teams, healthcare organizations, women and youth, and Inuit and Indigenous communities, including a specialized program for Inuit women in Nunavik. Rob holds SAS and SAS-AP certifications in situational awareness [spell out], along with certifications in threat assessment, de-escalation and force de-escalation, A.L.I.V.E. active threat survival, trauma-informed practice, family dynamics of violence, date rape and drink spiking prevention, and close-quarter combatives. His guiding principle: "Stop the Before, So the After Never Happens."