Articles Tagged with ''de-escalation training''

Workplace violence bullying aggression trend in UK

UK data shows trend toward workplace violence and aggression

July 6, 2021

Occupational health and safety specialists CE Safety analyzed data from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and figures from Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) in the U.K.

thinkurity physical security virtual free event

Thinkcurity announces virtual physical security education and training event

September 16, 2020

The free event will cover the most common topics affecting professionals in the private security industry including technology integration in manned guarding, incorporating new security services, and de-escalation training.

Your #1 De-Escalation Technique: Customer Service

The path to ‘zero incidents’ starts with zero excuses.

Claire Meyer

October 1, 2016

Between illnesses, family tension and medical bills, hospitals are already harbors for stress, and nothing escalates a stressful situation into a dangerous one faster and more unnecessarily than poor customer service, says Jim Sawyer, Director of Security Services for Seattle Children’s Hospital.

12 Methods to De-Escalate Violent Situations

July 28, 2015

Every day, says Jim Sawyer, CHS-III, CPP, CHPA, Director of Security Services for Seattle Children’s Hospital, there are 16,000 threats of workplace violence.

Securing Schools After Sandy Hook

Last year, on December 14, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Ct.

Diane Ritchey

December 1, 2013

It was the second deadliest mass shooting by a single person in American history, after the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, and the second deadliest mass murder at a U.S. elementary school. As a mother of two young children, I am still anguished over “Newtown,” as the events are often referred to. Guy Grace is, as well.

Retail security professionals are facing an increasingly complex array of security challenges — everything from organized retail crime to evolving cyber-physical threats and public safety concerns.