PRINCIPALS
Steve Summerville
Steve Summerville is the President of the training and consultation firm “Stay Safe Instructional Programs”.
He provides security audits, facilitates live events and festivals and develops and or provides specialized training programs for healthcare, security provision and the management of resistant behaviour. Steve completed a 24-year career with the Toronto Police Service in both uniform and detective services completing his tenure as a Staff Sergeant at the Ontario Police College in the “use of force/ defensive tactics” section.
Steve has instructed thousands in the areas of defensive tactics, crisis management, the management of resistant behaviour and use of force/subject control concepts and has completed courses of study at the National Expert Witness Academy, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Police College, the Canadian Emergency Preparedness College, Emergency Measures Ontario, the Toronto Police College and the Ontario Police College. Steve holds instructor certification in a number of law enforcement programs and has obtained black belt ranking in multiple martial art disciplines. Steve has provided and continues to provide expert testimony for the Accused, Defense, Defendant and Plaintiff at; the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Superior Court of Nunavut, the Provincial Court of Alberta, Police Services Act hearings in Ontario and Manitoba, Federal and Provincial Labour Relations Act Hearings and Coroner’s Inquests.
Frank Simone
Frank Simone is Vice President of Stay Safe and retired as a Detective after 28 years with the Toronto Police Service, where most of his service was spent in the investigative branch.
Frank has a significant level of experience and expertise in special event management, major case management and investigation. He is also responsible for facilitating security awareness and training initiatives for SSIP. Security Coordinator for the AIDS 2012 Washington, 2010 Vienna and 2008 conference in Mexico City after performing a similar role at AIDS 2006.
He also has training and expertise in the following areas:
- Interviewing Techniques
- Critical Incident Response and Training
- Threat and Risk Assessment
- Managing Bomb Threats
- Fire and Explosives Investigations
- Major Case Management
Frank is a member of the following associations,
- Executive Director Association of Professional Security Instructors – Specialized (APSIS)
- Canadian General Standards Board CGSB (Security Guard Training Committee
- Canadian Society for Industrial Security (CSIS)
- Canadian Association of Fire Investigators (CAFI),
- Toronto Arson Task Force (TATF).
A certified Fire and Explosives investigator, Frank is also involved in and has extensive experience in training in various areas from Arson Investigation to Security Services Legal Authorities. He has prepared and presented well over 500 lectures and has been the lead investigator in numerous high profile investigations from air crashes to serial arson investigations and arrests where he gained extensive experience in managing staff of professionals during short and lengthy projects.
How Stay Safe Began
As a former police officer, I always took the duty / responsibility of protecting all persons to heart. Upon responding to incidents involving violence and especially when dealing with victims and/or survivors of violent crime, it became apparent to me, that in a large number of cases:
1) the offender was known, and,
2) despite obvious signs, a perception of risk was not perceived.
I was perplexed by this experience and often thought how preventable incidents like this could have been if people had some simple yet effective measures to identify risk and be able to respond in a manner to protect themselves and others. As a result, and upon the conclusion of my policing career in 2001, I started providing ‘awareness” seminars and simple programs respecting personal ‘safety options’. This culminated into the creation of ‘Stay Safe’, a company dedicated to the education and safety of others to be able to recognize risk and to be able to apply simple yet effective measures to staying safe at home, work – anywhere.