Kevin Briggs entered the United States Army in 1981, where he spent three years serving across the U.S. and Europe. In 1987, he became a correctional officer and worked at Soledad and San Quentin State Prisons. In 1990, he graduated from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) academy and worked predominantly on the Golden Gate Bridge (GGB). This assignment proved to be very challenging, as the GGB produced an average of four to six suicidal subjects, multiple collisions, and dozens of other law enforcement ‘calls’ each month. In 1999, Kevin completed training at the CHP Motor School, and in 2008, was promoted to Sergeant. Having graduated from the FBI’s Crisis Negotiation Course, one of his duties was to train new CHP officers and GGB staff on crisis interventions / negotiations. 

Sgt. Kevin Briggs retired from the CHP in November 2013 to promote Crisis Management, Leadership Skills, and Suicide Intervention/Prevention worldwide. He continues speaking and teaching at conferences and law enforcement events, as well as consulting and advising major corporations. Kevin Briggs’ personal story includes being a cancer survivor, overcoming heart issues, divorce, PTSD, and depression. He is also a survivor of suicide loss. His story and experiences have been featured in The New Yorker Magazine, Men’s Health Magazine, NPR’s Bob Edwards Radio Show, The Steve Harvey Show, People Magazine, and a Yahoo documentary. Kevin also spoke at the 2014 Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference, held in Vancouver, B.C. in March 2014.

 

Why book Kevin Briggs?

Four reasons:

• • Highly trained and experienced speaker

 

• Kevin delivers a rewarding experience through his presentations. With easy to relate to stories, he engages the audience by giving them the opportunity to relate and identify with many aspects of his story. Following events, the positive feedback flows into a fulfilling conversation about mental health, opening up those topics and taking a step further toward creating a stronger community of acceptance.

• • Personal and relatable presentations

 

• Kevin presents his story in a way that encourages acceptance of mental illness from everyone, and brings out the realization that they are not alone and there are many other people battling mental illness in one form or another. He speaks on a personal level, having led a team of officers and observing up close and personal the toll mental illness takes on those affected, as well as their loved ones.

• • Focus on mental health and recovery / Crisis management

 

• Kevin’s presentations are focused on mental health, recovery, and crisis management. The way in which a crisis is handled is generally determined long before it actually occurs. In both personal and professional lives, people encounter endless crises, for which there is not always have a prepared strategy. Generally, it is the lack of planning that puts both business and individuals at risk of a negative outcome. Prior to the crisis, it is important to build a solid skill set and strategy for dealing with various predicaments which may occur. Preparation is the key to a successful outcome.

• • Committed to fighting prejudice and discrimination of mental illness and prevent suicide

 

• • Pivotal Points began as Kevin Briggs first though how he might be able to reach more people suffering from mental illness – before they wound up suicidal on the Golden Gate Bridge. For a long time he observed and experienced, up close and personal, the toll that years of mental illness had on individuals contemplating suicide, as well as the effects that interacting with those had on him and his officers. Kevin Briggs’ goal is to promote mental illness awareness and ultimately break the prejudice and discrimination associated with mental illness. Suicide is preventable. There is hope. There is help.

 

Email:

KevinBriggs@pivotal-points.com
or
JamieBurton@pivotal-points.com

 

 Phone:

1.800.991.6714