Tag: active shooter
Active Shooter Causes Panic at Michigan Mall
Panic erupted at a mall in Roseville, Michigan after multiple gunshots were fired outside of a Dick’s Sporting Goods on Sunday afternoon.
5 Ways to Leverage Surveillance in an Active Shooter Scenario
In an active shooter situation, businesses need to know how to leverage their surveillance capabilities. During these scenarios, every second counts.
Preventing Violence in Employee Terminations
The odds are nearly 50 percent that workplace violence incidents are related to layoffs, demotions, or other negative work-related events.
Then What? 7 Tips for Post-Incident Management
Retailers also need a post-incident management game plan for when the waters recede and the immediate threat is squelched. Is your retail organization ready for the “Then what?”
Retail Shootings and Workplace Violence Statistics Should Prompt Actions
Nothing will prevent workplace violence totally. But, for both employers and employees, taking basic precautions and being informed, alert, and aware will go a long way in minimizing its impact on the workforce. Check out these recommendations from experts.
How Has Your World of LP Changed?
We asked a cross-section of LP leaders how work has changed for them during the last year, what they’re spending time on now that didn’t consume the same bandwidth when 2019 was just getting underway. We got a variety of responses.
Your Active Shooter Training Is Less Effective Than You Think, Warn Researchers
A comprehensive approach to the active shooter threat is critical, suggests new research by two Minnesota criminology professors who compiled a detailed database on “mass shooters” in the US. That research suggests that active shooter training may, in some cases, actually be training the shooter.
Protecting Domestic Violence Victims at Work: What’s Your Responsibility?
Failure to provide adequate security for victims of intimate partner violence can cause employers legal troubles. This checklist provides a range of possible security measures that retail organizations should consider for protecting employees who are the subjects of domestic violence.
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council Looks at Escalating Violence and Total Retail Loss 2.0
RILA’s Asset Protection Leaders Council—comprised of AP functional heads from RILA member—kicked off the three-day annual meeting event at the Westin Resort in Hilton Head Island co-located with industry partners LP Magazine and the Loss Prevention Foundation.
CLEAR Comes of Age: Ten Years on the Crime Fighting Partnership Hits Its Stride
As the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail celebrates its tenth anniversary, perhaps an apt metaphor for CLEAR entering its second decade is a child on the precipice of adolescence—still hopeful, not without challenges, and hitting a growth spurt. In just the last year, CLEAR has doubled in size.