When Violence Strikes: A Panel Featuring FMI Members and TPOP

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...
Techniques to Verbally De-Escalate a Situation

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...
Why Active Shooter Training is a Necessity

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...
How Situational Awareness Can Save Lives

How Situational Awareness Can Save Lives

What would you do if your work environment turned violent? Do you want to be vigilant without paranoia? Situational awareness is the act of paying attention to what’s going on around you. It sounds simple, but with the many distractions in our lives – phones, earbuds,...
Common Misconceptions About Active Shooter Events

Common Misconceptions About Active Shooter Events

Are you watching the news? Seeing coverage of active shooter events? Do you want to prepare yourself and your employees? Active shooter incidents are becoming more frequent. According to Forbes, there’s been more than one mass shooting per day in 2021, categorized as...
What is Run, Hide, Fight?

What is Run, Hide, Fight?

Have you ever imagined yourself in an active shooter situation? Unsure of what to do? When involved in an active shooter event, there are three actions that can save your life: run, hide, or fight. Run ‒ Grab your phone, leave all nonessential belongings, and run in...