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Analyses of workplace violence events, plus insights and tips to keep your people and assets better protected.
How to Fight Back with Improvised Weapons
Do you want to prepare your staff for workplace violence, including the worst situations? The worst-case scenario you can prepare for is an active shooter event taking place, you can’t run or hide, and you must fight to survive. Active shooter training can help your...
How Situational Awareness Can Help Prevent Violence
What if you could identify potentially dangerous situations before they escalate to verbal or physical violence? Active shooter events are becoming more common and workplace violence is on the rise. What can you do to prepare yourself? You can practice situational...
Lessons Learned from the Oxford Shooting
What can we learn from the Oxford shooting? How do we prevent this from happening again? In the case of the Oxford High School shooting, there were multiple warning signs that lead up to the attack and many reports from parents, students, and teachers. Had these signs...
TPOP Co-founder Bill Flynn Penned Op-Ed for Retail TouchPoints
TPOP Co-founder Bill Flynn wrote an op-ed for online retail news outletRetail TouchPoints about the importance of preparedness training forretail organizations this holiday season. The article outlines the necessity of this training due to increasedshopping and...
Why You Need Critical Preparedness Training for the Holidays
Do you work in the retail industry? Are you preparing for holiday shoppers? If so, you should also be preparing for increased workplace violence. Increased stress and emotions can trigger workplace violence. Holiday stress will be higher this year due to COVID,...
The Fourth Pillar of Compliance Training
Have you been thinking about implementing active shooter training in your workplace? Wondering if it’s really necessary? Over the years, we’ve received new mandatory workforce training. In the 1990s, sexual harassment training began, then workforce diversity in the...
The True Measure of Risk
Should you invest in active assailant training? What’s the true measure of risk? In your workplace, you may take pride in upholding protocols that keep your employees and customers generally safe. You may feel unsure about implementing active assailant training when...
Essential Training to Prevent Turnover
Are you experiencing increased turnover? Wondering how you can stop it? You’re not alone. According to an article from the Washington Post, 4.3 million American employees quit their jobs in August alone. Dubbed the Great Resignation, employees are leaving their jobs...
Understanding Post-Pandemic Workplace Violence
Do you feel safe at work? Have you noticed increasing violence in your workplace? Today, a growing number of service workers have become accustomed to getting yelled at or threatened by customers, and often forced to de-escalate conflicts between customers or between...