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Analyses of workplace violence events, plus insights and tips to keep your people and assets better protected.
What Constitutes Workplace Violence?
Have you experienced workplace violence? If so, were you prepared to deal with the situation? Interested in becoming better prepared? The first step to being more prepared to face workplace violence is to understand exactly what it is. Workplace violence is described...
How Can HR Prevent Workplace Violence?
Are your employees returning to work? Are they prepared to face potential workplace violence? Did you know that the stress of returning to in-person work could increase workplace violence? After working from home for over a year, many workers are returning to the...
TPOP in the Washington Post
TPOP Co-founder Bill Flynn was quoted in the Washington Post about the latest active shooter at a Kroger store in Collierville, TN. Read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09/25/us-grocery-store-shootings/
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....