Posted on Mar 30, 2017
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CAPT Kevin B.
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Mine's a Crimson Trace laser in green which is preferred for interventions during daylight vs. a red laser dot. That's what it means to most of us old timers. For what you're talking about, an old idea with a new "hook" to help focus on violence prevention. You'll find over time, these hooks come and go, but the notion of paying attention to knocking violence down some way or another will continue. The premise is not a new thing. Just repackaged in an eco-friendly manner.
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Ha! I see your point! When I heard about "Green Dot" I had no idea what they were even talking about and how it relates to sexual assault. After taking the training, the premise is easy to understand. Green Dots = Good, proactive and Red Dots = Violators or abusive.
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CAPT Kevin B.
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When they first came out with the sexual harassment stuff, they packaged the behaviors into red, yellow, and green light categories. That was the hook at the time.
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CSM Richard StCyr
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Ok, I'm a dip shit; thought this was about training on the green laser sights or a tag for a new brand of laser to use in bystander intervention of active shooter incidents. But no it's another gimic for more mandatory training to eat up the training calendar.
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I was hoping the similarity in terminology was related to just that you said CSM. But, this training actually started at university campuses. It was adopted to bring a different approach, instead of making every person feel like they are the doing the assaulting, they focus on prevention mechanisms.
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Capt (Join to see) - Roger, it's an unfortunate but necessary evil.
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Capt (Join to see) Wait and see. I have seen a large number of initiatives come and go over the years.

https://www.livethegreendot.com/
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So have I. We had a discussion among subordinates that hope this training will be successful. They want it to be better than SAPR.
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