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TPOP on ABC-TV
TPOP Co-founder Bill Flynn was interviewed by WMC-TV (ABC, Memphis) about early warning signs that lead to active shooter events like the shooting at a Kroger store near Memphis, TN, and what can be done to avoid future violence. Watch the interview here:...
Food Retail News Outlet Grocery Dive Features TPOP and FMI Partnership
Grocery Dive Logo “This is foundational work to bring the entire industry training as quickly as possible,” said Doug Baker, FMI’s vice president of industry relations, in a recent article from Grocery Dive, a leading news and analysis website that covers the food...
TPOP Provides Specialized Active Shooter Response Training For Houses of Worship
Freedom of religion is one of the fundamental liberties enshrined in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Yet acts of targeted violence against houses of worship are a real—and potentially growing—problem in the United States. To mitigate these...
How Can You Reduce the Risk of an Active Shooter Event?
Did you know there's often an observable pathway to violence? Want to know the behavioral indicators to look for? It’s rare that people just snap. People experiencing extreme stress and emotions will often show signs of aggression before turning violent. This is...
When Violence Strikes: A Panel Featuring FMI Members and TPOP
There is perhaps no greater evidence of the troubled and challenging times we’re experiencing than the increased number of inexplicable acts of violence erupting without warning in unexpected places. Food retail outlets have not been exempt from these crises, with...
FMI Offers Workplace Violence Prevention and Preparedness Training in Partnership with The Power of Preparedness
Arlington, VA, August __ 2021 – FMI - the Food Industry Association, in partnership with The Power of Preparedness (TPOP) will offer its members comprehensive online training for workplace violence prevention, verbal de-escalation, and active assailant preparedness....
Techniques to Verbally De-Escalate a Situation
Do you work in a high-stress environment? Want to learn to handle intense confrontation? Conflict is an inescapable part of life; but it can be amplified in some environments, such as the workplace, and can potentially become violent. The best way to handle these...
IAVM and TPOP Announce Partnership to Provide Online Active Shooter Training Customized for the Events Industry
The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) has entered into a partnership with The Power of Preparedness (TPOP) to provide IAVM members with state-of-the-art online training for workplace violence prevention, verbal de-escalation techniques, and active shooter preparedness.
Why Active Shooter Training is a Necessity
Does your company require ethics training? Cybersecurity training? Sexual harassment prevention training? How often have you or your workers actually had to use that training? The risk of cyber-attacks and data breaches in the workplace can be low, but the training is...