The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and the major hotel brands in membership announced the 5-Star Promise, a pledge to provide hotel employees across the U.S. with employee safety devices (ESDs) and commit to enhanced policies, trainings and resources that together are aimed at enhancing hotel safety, including preventing and responding to sexual harassment and assault.
No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known as "accidents" – on the road, in homes and communities and at work, according to a National Safety Council report.
More than half of Americans say Barack Obama’s policies have made America less safe from domestic terrorism, and even more say they personally feel less safe than eight years ago.
Almost four in ten (37%) US consumers report that they are “always concerned” about their safety and security – five percentage points above the global average (32%).
A new analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law found that in the 30 largest cities, crime rates are on track to decline 5.5 percent in 2015.
According to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), in 2014, 6,520 law enforcement agencies—charged with protecting more than 93 million U.S. inhabitants—reported 4,759,438 incidents involving 5,489,485 offenses, 5,790,423 victims, and 4,414,016 known offenders.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a new webpage to provide employers and workers with strategies and tools for preventing workplace violence in healthcare.