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"Innovative, Comprehensive and Long Overdue... Silent Universal Signals is a must for professional educators and all types of public safety personnel."

Vincent Bugliosi
(Famed author of "Helter Skelter" and prosecutor of the Charles Manson Family)

"No man has done more to ensure effective communication for public safety than Robert Dent. I am confident this manual and its associated training will save lives."

Dave Smith, Dir. of Education
Law Enforcement Television Network, General Manager of Calibre Press and Internationally known motivational speaker and trainer.

"Given the violence we have experienced in the last decade, the responsibility for the safety and security of children is weighing even more heavily on the school community. Resource officers, emergency plans, code words, contingencies, cell phones, locked doors, ID badges and many other security devices and schemes are all now part of our educational vocabulary. Silent Universal Signals must be an essential ingredient of the safety and security plan for every school in America. This common element will enable all those responsible for the safety of our children to effectively communicate during the many minor incidents and the thankfully few major crisis situations."

Homer H. Kearns, Ph. D.

Past President of the American Association of School Administrators and Superintendent of Schools, Salem, Oregon (Ret.)


"During an emergency or crisis situation, the last thing one needs is a misunderstanding. Public safety and private security professionals will welcome this book as a means to ensure communication during critical incidents."  (Click here for recent book review)

Mayer Nudell - Chairman
Public Safety & Human Relations Advisory Commission
Falls Church, Virginia

Mayer Nudell, CSC, is an acknowledged authority on terrorism, crisis management, travel security, and related international political and national security affairs. A former U.S. diplomat, Mr. Nudell received two Group Meritorious Honor Awards from the U.S. Department of State. His last Foreign Service assignment was to the Office of Counterterrorism and Emergency Planning as Latin American and Middle Eastern specialist and liaison with the business, intelligence, and law enforcement communities. He and his firm, Specialized Consulting Services, have consulted to the U.S. Department of State, the Calgary Police Service and the Olympics Integrated Intelligence Unit prior to the 1988 Winter Olympics, and to U.S. and foreign corporations and international organizations. Other projects include coordination of security matters for the official opening of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the President's Summit on the Future of America.

He has addressed many government, law enforcement, academic, professional and private organizations around the world, and has appeared frequently on radio and television as an expert commentator. His work has been published in numerous magazines, professional journals and books, and he has been referred to as one of the world's foremost experts on international terrorism. He has co-authored books, The Handbook for Effective Emergency and Crisis Management and No One A Neutral: Political Hostage-Taking in the Modern World , and are widely regarded as being among the best on their subjects. He also authored the texts and designed the course on Terrorism offered at the U.S. General Services Administration's Interagency Training Center.


"As the world moves into the 21st Century, the need for accurate and efficient communication between public safety professionals constitutes one of the most crucial challenges of the new millennium. To meet that challenge, Robert Dent and Alan Morris have produced a reliable, simple and easy to learn method of silently communicating under all types of situations. This book and associated training will revolutionize the way those in public safety communicate. Simply put, "Silent Universal Signals" will save lives and should be in the hands of everyone in America dedicated to safety."

Rep. Ben Westlund (R)
Chairman, Ways and Means
Public Safety Committee
Salem, Oregon


Bob Dent and Al Morris have provided the missing link in professional communications among all public safety agencies. Finally, a simple, effective and easy to remember method to bridge the communication barrier has been produced. This innovative manual and associated training is absolutely necessary and should be adopted . . . now, by all who are committed to safety.

Robert Wall, Chief
Portland Bureau of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services 
Portland, Oregon


     There is no question that Silent Universal Signals will become an essential tool in creating and maintaining safe learning and working environments in our schools and communities. Communications is the linchpin of crisis management planning and Silent Universal Signals goes a long way in allowing school administrators and emergency personnel to be more efficient and effective when responding to a crisis situation on campus. This program will save lives!
     I look forward to getting this program integrated into the campus public safety environment.  It is my hope the University of Portland will become the national role model in using Silent Universal Signals as part of an integrated emergency and crisis management program.  I strongly recommend the implementation of this program in every campus safety program in the nation.

Harold Burke-Sivers,  B.S., M.A.
Director of Public Safety
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon

Member of: 
Oregon Attorney General's School/Community Safety Coalition
International Association of School Safety Professionals
National Association of School Safety and Law Enforcement Officers
Association of Threat Assessment Professionals