What to do, in order
Action checklists for active incidents: doxxing, swatting, stalking, family-member threats, and cover-identity exposure. Filter by category to find yours. If you are in immediate physical danger, call 911 first.
- Swatting
Active swatting threat
For anyone whose work draws this kind of threat — sworn officers, judges, federal agents, public-facing professionals. You have credible reason to believe a swatting call is coming or is happening right now. Action checklist, in order, no preamble.
- Swatting
A SWAT team just came to my house
For anyone whose work draws this kind of threat — sworn officers, judges, federal agents, public-facing professionals. You or your family just experienced an armed police response to a fake call. What to do, in order, in the hours and days after.
- Doxxing
My address just got posted on TikTok
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, nurses, judges. Your home address just appeared in a TikTok video, comment, or live stream. The action checklist for stopping the spread and limiting the chain.
- Doxxing
My address just got posted on X (Twitter)
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, nurses, judges. Your home address just appeared in a tweet, quote-tweet, or thread. The action checklist for the next 60 minutes and the next week.
- Family targeting
There's a protest at my house
For public officials and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, judges, prosecutors, executives. A protest is taking place outside your home. The threshold between a protected demonstration and a criminal act, and how to act on either side of it.
- Stalking
Ex-partner stalking and you're a cop
A former partner is escalating to surveillance, repeated contact, or showing up. The action checklist that respects the legal layer and the operational layer.
- Family targeting
A family member is receiving threats because of me
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, EMS, nurses, judges. A spouse, parent, or adult child is being targeted because of your work. The action checklist for stopping the chain that runs through you to them.
- Doxxing
My ID just got leaked on social media
For first responders and credentialed professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, EMS, nurses, federal agents. A photo of your badge, agency ID, hospital ID, license, or credentials is circulating. The action checklist for the legal/operational/personal layers.
- Undercover / cover identity
My work info just got leaked while I'm undercover
Information that connects your cover identity to your real work — agency, unit, badge, real name — has surfaced. The protocol for the assignment, the family, and the data layer.
- Stalking
A criminal defendant is targeting me
A defendant — current case, recent case, or post-release — is escalating to targeting. Surveillance, contact, threats, sometimes physical proximity. The protocol for officers, prosecutors, and judges.
- Communications
A journalist is asking me for comment
A reporter has reached out about a case you worked, a department incident, or your role in a public matter. The protocol for the next 24-48 hours.
- Departmental
There's a data breach affecting my department
For first responders and credentialed professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, EMS, nurses, federal agents. Your department, agency, hospital, union, or a vendor that holds your personal data has been breached. The action checklist for individuals — what to do regardless of what the institution does at the policy level.
- Family targeting
My spouse is getting harassing calls because of my job
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, EMS, nurses, judges. A spouse is receiving repeated calls — at home, at work, or both — that reference your work. The action checklist for stopping the calls and removing the data that makes them possible.
- Family targeting
A stranger contacted my kid's school
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, EMS, nurses, judges. Someone unknown to your family contacted your child's school — pickup attempt, phone call, message — and the school flagged it. The protocol for the next 24 hours.
- Doxxing
I'm being doxxed right now
For first responders and public-facing professionals — sworn officers, firefighters, nurses, judges, federal agents. A doxx is actively spreading — multiple posts, multiple platforms, multiple amplifiers. The action checklist for the next 60 minutes.
- Stalking
A patient or client is stalking me
For nurses, social workers, DV advocates, therapists, and frontline staff in caregiving roles. The stalker is someone you served — and now they won't stop showing up.