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Active threat right now

If you or your family are in immediate physical danger, call 911 first. The steps below are for the next 24 hours — stopping the chain that put your information out there and limiting what a follow-up attempt can use.

  1. Document everything. Screenshot the doxx post, the threat message, the dispatch tape if you can get it. URL, timestamp, account name, full message text. Save copies before the post is taken down. You need them for the platform takedown, the police report, and any follow-up.
  2. Notify your chain of command. Most departments have a procedure for officer-doxxing or swatting incidents — a threat-assessment liaison, a watch flag with dispatch, sometimes protective measures at home. They should know within the first hour.
  3. Lock down the family.Tell your spouse, your kids' school, your parents. Schools should know to flag unfamiliar pickups and callers. Family members should not engage with unknown contacts on social media. Change door locks if your address was disclosed. Notify your bank in case of social-engineering attempts.
  4. File a formal report.Even if you're a cop. Even if you think nothing will happen. The report creates the paper trail that matters if the threat escalates, and supports federal charges in swatting cases. File the platform takedowns at the same time.
  5. Remove the underlying data.The doxx or swatting found your address somewhere — usually a broker page. We handle that part. Standard opt-outs across 200+ broker sites for you and the entire household, re-checked every two weeks. The threat being over doesn't help if the broker page that fed it is still live for the next attempt.

Talk to us, fast

For active-threat takedown help, write us at crisis@frontlineprivacy.com. We answer within 4 hours, weekends included. Put "ACTIVE THREAT" in the subject line so it routes to the on-call inbox.

For non-emergency setup or general questions, the regular support@frontlineprivacy.com is the right path.