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Chris Grollnek News Interview as Active Shooter & Workplace Violence Training Expert

Chris Grollnek interviewed as expert in active shooter and workplace instructor and risk mitigation specialist. I was interviewed this week by a national newspaper (USA Today) as one of three interviews I have given as an expert in Active Shooter and Workplace Violence topics in as many days. I gave approximately 1&1/2 hour interviews on what schools can do to better educate administrators, teachers, and students for preservation of life. The training is not police or military related in action steps to take to stop a threat, to the contrary, its what to do if you get caught in that type of situation.

Preservation of life training can take over fight or flight and reaction methods can be taught and instilled. We also discussed recent events in Colorado and the Houston Public Safety Announcement released for public awareness regarding active shooter safety training. Great things are happening as one paper listed me as; “Resident of McKinney, Texas, Expert in Active Shooter Training for Civilians” was totally humbling to tell you the truth. As a retired police officer with an extensive background in active shooter training and actual experience in both police related active shooter events and one in a “civilian” capacity while on vacation with my family driving right into the middle of an active shooter event.

We discussed me making a PSA for schools and churches as well as directing one for public places. As stated earlier, one reporter found out I have real life experience in active shooting events from police and civilian experience. One while on the swat team taking fire at the front door of a residence and the other responding to an active shooter at the McKinney Police Department May 8, 2010.

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I was on the swat team that responded to the shooters residence as the point man on the team not knowing what to expect after making entry thinking the home was bobby-trapped, that was a very long day… More information can be found on the response of swat at http://www.chrisgrollnek.com

The one that I was involved in as a civilian was when my family was on vacation in Florida last year while driving to Coco Beach Florida the day of the rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.

http://news.brevardtimes.com/2011/08/shooting-in-cape-canaveral.html

That day gave me the perspective as we drove right into the shooting area without knowing what was going on as it “just happened out of no where” and my instinct was to react to get my family to safety which is what we did. That incident gave me real time insight as to what civilians need to do and how to react with a trained response plan. I could have headed towards the shooter but realizing police were present, it was best to get to a place of safety for my family. I often ask others, what would you have done in that situation? The most common answer is they don’t know, so I discuss response tactics from a practical perspective that I lived through instead of the “police/swat” perspective. I just got my family away from the shooter and that was instinctive from all the training I received as a Police Officer with years of swat experience. Chrisgrollnek.com has more information…

<strong>Having just graduated with a Masters Degree with my “capstone project” in active shooters one of the papers writing for a national publication lists me as “one of the most qualified experts in the country.” Having an education in the subject, being published in periodicals, experience teaching several courses over the years, and three active shooter events behind me I am understanding why they write these opinions, and I say that with a humble heart</strong>. I’ll post the articles when they print in the next few weeks. I have several phone interviews pending with journalist’s. If you see any publications, please let me know. As always, thank you and again and I have yet to be humbled to this degree. Here I was and am enjoying my retirement with my family and the next minute I am being interviewed. <strong>Chris Grollnek</strong>

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Chris Grollnek

Components of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) as it relates to Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) and COOP

Chris Grollnek of McKinney Texas serves law offices and small business HR departments with workplace violence safety training and policy implementation. These services include consulting in active shooter training and risk mitigation before, during, or after a critical incident. Can you answer the following question: What would you do to if you had information of a violent situation occurring in real time right now? Are you prepared to contact each employee and what would they do? Is there a media relations team or templatee to mitigate mis-information? Family management or a notification system for employees? Keep following this site for information and seminar dates and feel free to contact us for personal consultations.

In this blog post, CGPGMG, LLC provides a couple factors to be aware of relating to emergency management from a small business perspective. Follow us on Twitter @ChrisGrollnek

The components of the Continuity of Operations are vital to understanding BEFORE responding to an incident, during the incident, and after the incident is completed or past… The COOP is set up at separate levels between states, counties, and cities returning all the way back to the national level ensuring that essential functions can continue in the event of a critical incident or natural disaster (man made or not). This must encompass a broad approach for emergencies and the like.

Key components of a plan should include:

Essential Functions: Establishing which functions must exist is important to have a starting point not just for the planning stage but for the execution during an event.
Orders of Succession: Chain of Command during an event and who has authority for decisions if the natural person to be in charge is not…
Delegation of Authority: This is important to ensure who has the authority to be in charge of what function and when that authority ceases to exist.
Continuity Facilities: Alternate locations to operate out of for command and control assuming the primary headquarters or sub stations of control are unavailable – otherwise, a plan “B” location
Continuity Communications: Same as location but a back up communications system secure enough to operate in MORE than adverse circumstances.
Vital Records Management: Securing location during an event and being able to access information if needed for a duration of time
Human Capital: The responders and support personnel for the locations under siege… Families of these people need to be considered as well all though not typically thought of from a governments perspective… Who evacuates the families of the people doing the evacuating and assisting?
Tests, Training, and Exercises: Nothing more than training for every possible event to ensure readiness.
Development of Control and Detection: Mainly having the ability and practice to transfer authority to alternate agencies and back and forth should the situation go beyond a reasonable amount of time…
Reconstruction: Rebuilding what was affected…

The two most important for small businesses to focus on are:

1. Establishing the essential functions during an emergency – an example on a smaller scale would be during the first two to three hours of a homicide investigation, no one in an agency initiates activity alternate investigations outside of the primary investigation zone. That way the agency is available to respond and assist the homicide team should they need something or teams of support. In other words, don’t get tied up on petty things when major things are happening and understanding the difference is key.

2. Test, Training, and Exercising – the day of an event would NOT be the best time to test a plan to see if works or try and train people for something they were not remotely prepared for. Test and training usually uncovers the “bugs” within the plans.

Contact us at chris@chrisgrollnek.com for examples and assistance in creating a workplace violence plan and/or policy.

Thank you for reading,

The CGPGMG, LLC Team

authorized by the retired Chris Grollnek
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<strong><a href=”http://www.countermeasureconsulting.com”>Leading Active Shooter Prevention Consultant for non police and patrons</a></strong>

The information and forward thinning to address counter terrorism and active shooter scenarios has been part of my mental composition for over two decades. We are one of the most committed companies in keeping your employees and guests safe in all America. Having been involved in three actual live fire and real time active shooter events (two as a police officer and one as a bystander with my family present while on vacation in Florida) this team of experts puts experience into action teaching self preservation methods and prevention strategies few comprehend without the actual experience of being shot at. This translates to reduced risk and mitigated liability for your company and corporate strategy. Contact us anytime for a free consultation and let us help you be the prepared business should an event occur but more importantly, teach you and your employees how to reduce the risk exponentially through policy implementation and sound principles.

Active Shooter Public Safety Video from Houston

What a great job they did with the grant money the received to make the video… Please continue visiting for updates at http://www.countermeasureconsulting.com, Countermeasure Consulting Group, LLC for some serious and awesome changes heading your way within the next few weeks… Watch the video and think before viewing if you are prepared enough to act and then after viewing, ask if you are more prepared following the short video…

Share this as much as you can… Everyone should have the basic training and if you can help save someone before encountering a critical incident, please do, this free video was made for just that. Keep it going and please share the link. Remember, http://www.countermeasureconsulting.com for more training available with free downloadable content coming soon…

Thank you again,

Chris Grollnek

http://www.chrisgrollnek.com

Info to consider:

Extremely important to be prepared.  Wait for more videos and power points to continue to build on your level of preparedness for you and your family.  Self preservation is on you, if you are waiting on the police to solve an critical incident, consider this:  police respond approximately 6 to 15 minutes into an incident.  Can you afford to wait?  When seconds count, whats your plan?

Active Shooter Weapons of Choice in the Workplace

Out of all the workplace shootings in the nation, the following statistics demonstrate the tyoes of weapons used during violent encounters and critical incidents.

Weapons Used:
• 64% Handgun
• 7% Rifle
• 13% Assault weapon
• 12% Shotgun
• 3% Knife
• 1% Other

Can you answer the following question? Knowing handgun’s are the most prevalent weapons used to kill, injure, harm, and cause terror in the workplace, what can you do to combat the opportunity of offends to use these weapons?

Twitter me back and let me know your thoughts #workplace #violence

I’ll post some suggestions on Monday the 6th of August. Feel free to leave your feedback here as well.

Thanks for reading,

Chris Grollnek

http://www.chrisgrollnek.com

Real Time Workplace Violence Training in the Dallas Fort Worth Area, Local McKinney Business

The team at CGPGMG, LLC, originally founded by Chris Grollnek provides realistic training for the unthinkable workplace violence scenarios.  Searching the web for statistics will provide facts demonstrating the need for reality based training.  Taking the police and military out of the equation as they will more than likely arrive after an event is over.  Is your company prepared or trained in a response plan for self preservation?  Do you have a media relations plan or employee contact emergency plan for a post incident scenario?  How much training have you dedicated to your emolyees for keeping them safe aside from fire drills?

Contact Chris Grollnek on follow his team on twitter @chrisgrollnek for tips of the week and articles to make you as prepared as possible for risk management.

Providing workplace violence training and active shooter safety training for small business and large corporations is the area of expertise for this uniquely qualified team.

Thank you for reading the work place violence blurb for today,

Chris Grollnek Team

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CGPGMG, LLC Consulting Services – Founded by Chris Grollnek

CGPGMG, LLC Consulting Services

Specializes in three areas of consulting providing the assurance to our clients that each situation will be dealt with discretely by the most qualified expert in the field…

<strong>Areas of Expertise

>Interview and Interrogations
>Consulting Legal Teams in Police Related Strategies
>Security and Risk Management</strong>

1: Our Interview and Interrogation Team are arguably the most talented in their field. They draw on decades of experience in obtaining countless confessions from suspects and subjects alike. Their expertise has led to myriad prosecutions at state and federal court levels.

2: The unique service offered by our Police Strategy Team assists defense attorneys in case review from a police officers perspective. Services include validation of appropriate tactics, officer conduct, agency policies and procedure practices, and law enforcement insight.

3: CGPGMG, LLC consults in the area of work place defense strategies and training for safety to mitigate the risk and reduce liability. Topics include critical incident response of employees to focus on survival and not engaging violent offenders. Workplace violence awareness, corporate security, investigations, and risk management. CGPGMG, LLC prides itself on their expertise in civilian based response to active shooters mitigating risk unmet by other training providers.

<em><strong>CGPGMG, LLC maintains that the majority of the following incidents and the resulting statistics are completely preventable. Not only are they often preventable, employers have a legal obligation to protect employees from workplace violence. According to the FBI report entitled “Workplace Violence-Issues in Response”, “Businesses are under a variety of legal obligations to safeguard their employees’ well-being and security.” These obligations stem from (OSHA) requirements as well as Civil Rights law requirements. The following statistical data clearly demonstrates that violence can happen anywhere at any time.</strong>
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The following Failure Event Statistics have been compiled from a number of notable sources illustrating the demand for this unique training unmet in today’s marketplace.

Examples:

Violent Incidents in the Corporate Environment

According to the FBI report “Workplace Violence-Issues in Response,” “In general, the violent acts occur as workers are performing their normal tasks.”
Recent Incidents:
• Orlando, Florida -November 2009 – A suspect was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in the killing of one and the wounding of five others at a business where he once worked. 
- Former Employee
• Albuquerque, New Mexico-July 2010 – Three were killed (including the shooter) and four others were wounded by a man who was angry over a custody dispute. 
- Domestic Dispute
• St. Louis, Missouri-January 2010 – Four killed, 5 wounded -manufacturing plant 
- Current Employee
• Kennesaw, Georgia-January 2010 – Two killed, two injured-truck rental office 
- Former Employee
• Grand Rapids, Michigan-January 2011 – A woman destroys a towing office and assaults employees over a bill she received. Cost in damage was several thousand dollars. 
- Disgruntled Client

CGPGMG, LLC is prepared to provide practical solutions to common workplace security issues.

Case Examples

According to the Centers for Disease Control, citing Bureau of Labor statistics, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI):
• (CFOI) reported 11,613 workplace homicide victims between 1992 and 2006.
• 2009 (CFOI) statistics indicate that 12% of fatal work injuries were a result of homicide.
• According to (CFOI) statistics, the “assaults and violent acts” category was the only type of event to see an increase in fatal work injuries from 2008 to 2009.
According to Bureau of Labor Statistics:
• In 2008 there were 30 multiple-fatality workplace homicide incidents. On average, about two people died in each of these incidents.
• A breakdown of the 2008 statistics shows that:
◦ 1. Shootings accounted for 80% of all homicides.
2. Co-workers and former co-workers were the assailants in 12% of the shootings.
3. Robbers were the assailants in 40% of the shootings.
4. Nearly half of the shootings occurred in public buildings, thereby endangering bystanders.

According to NIOSH:
“Acts of violence such as physical assaults or threatening behaviors represent a significant health and safety risk to workers. The Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that around 1.7 million workers in the United States are the victims of workplace assaults, and that homicide is now the fourth leading cause of death while on the job.” (NIOSH).

* The following references were used to compile these facts:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Contact us at: chris@chrisgrollnek.com

Thank you,

The Chris Grollnek Team

Work Place Violence and Employers Responsibilities

There are caution signs surrounding us daily, at work, at social events, and even visiting other businesses. During your daily travels are you cognizant to the threats that surround you? Or are you the person that possesses the mentality; “it will never happen here.” Most of us believe that if an incident did occur, someone in management or another person “somewhere in the company” would be diligent to take appropriate action. Sometimes we need to ask ourselves, do the people that matter know the information that may have become concerning to you?

The thought process outlined in the paragraph above comes straight out of after action reports from the majority of previous violent incidents during investigative stages. There is a fine line between paranoid and a heightened sense of awareness. Learning to be aware will calm you in larger crowds and can actually help you remain calm in strenuous events. Become alert and listen to your sixth sense.

Walking through the mall provides opportunities for unfortunate and at times violent encounters, yet we still travel and shop at these types of places with our families. It is important to maintain this mentality for daily survival purely from a sane perspective.

Today’s post simply points out that you cannot just bury your head in the sand believing that it will never happen to you. Instead, be aware and alert, know your surroundings and exits and have a good time. Stay relaxed but not asleep in the crowd. Have a plan for your family should an incident occur. Is your phone pre-programed with 911? Does your family know how to accurately report what is going on should an incident occur?

If an incident does occur, remember to follow the basic guidelines and principles (found in earlier posts) that will increase your survival rate exponentially.

Feel free to contact me with any questions,

Chris Grollnek MS/AJS
Master of Science
Administration of Justice and Security

Please check back weekly for updates at www.chrisgrollnek.com or for formal training in active shooter prevention and awareness check out:

www.countermeasureconsulting.com

All persons within an organization have the right to remain in a safe work environment. Organizations have a legal and morale obligation to ensure best practices are followed through appropriate training. Countermeasure Consulting, LLC provides active shooter specific training and education practices can make this possible and mandates are found at: OSHA regulation 29 U.S.C. 654, § 5, it states:

Duties:

  • (a) Each employer – (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act.
  • (b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this Act, which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.
Christopher Grollnek

Failure Event Statistics / Documented Active Shooter Incidents

The following Failure Event Statistics have been compiled from a number of notable sources including:

Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

 Corporate Security:

According to the Centers for Disease Control, citing Bureau of Labor statistics, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI):

  • (CFOI) reported 11,613 workplace homicide victims between 1992 and 2006.
  • 2009 (CFOI) statistics indicate that 12% of fatal work injuries were a result of homicide.
  • According to (CFOI) statistics, the “assaults and violent acts” category was the only type of event to see an increase in fatal work injuries from 2008 to 2009.

 According to Bureau of Labor Statistics:

  • In 2008 there were 30 multiple-fatality workplace homicide incidents. On average, about two people died in each of these incidents.
  • A breakdown of the 2008 statistics shows that:

◦                      1. Shootings accounted for 80% of all homicides.
2. Co-workers and former co-workers were the assailants in 12% of the shootings.
3. Robbers were the assailants in 40% of the shootings.
4. Nearly half of the shootings occurred in public buildings, thereby endangering bystanders.

 According to NIOSH:

  • “Acts of violence such as physical assaults or threatening behaviors represent a significant health and safety risk to workers. The Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that around 1.7 million workers in the United States are the victims of workplace assaults, and that homicide is now the fourth leading cause of death while on the job.” (NIOSH).

According to the FBI report “Workplace Violence-Issues in Response,” “In general, the violent acts occur as workers are performing their normal tasks.”

 Recent Incidents:

  • Orlando, Florida -November 2009 – A suspect was arraigned on first-degree murder charges in the killing of one and the wounding of five others at a business where he once worked. 
- Former Employee
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico-July 2010 – Three were killed (including the shooter) and four others were wounded by a man who was angry over a custody dispute. 
- Domestic Dispute
  • St. Louis, Missouri-January 2010 – Four killed, 5 wounded -manufacturing plant 
- Current Employee
  • Kennesaw, Georgia-January 2010 – Two killed, two injured-truck rental office 
- Former Employee
  • Grand Rapids, Michigan-January 2011 – A woman destroys a towing office and assaults employees over a bill she received. Cost in damage was several thousand dollars. 
- Disgruntled Client

 School Security:

From Charles J. Whitman atop the University of Texas Tower, to Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold marching into Columbine High School to Seung-Hui Cho chaining a lecture hall’s doors shut before opening fire at Virginia Tech, school shootings have provided some of the most memorably grim scenes of American life in recent decades (nytimes.com).

  • Eight percent of students in grades 9-12 reported being threatened or injured with a weapon, such as a gun, knife, or club, on school property in 2009.
  • In 2009, 31 percent of students in grades 9-12 reported they had been in a physical fight at least one time during the previous 12 months anywhere, and 11 percent said they had been in a fight on school property during the previous 12 months.
  • In 2008, students ages 12 to 18 were victims of about 1.2 million nonfatal crimes (theft plus violent crime) at school, compared to about 1 million nonfatal crimes away from school.
  • During the 2007-08 school year, 85 percent of public schools recorded that one or more incidents of crime had taken place at school, amounting to an estimated 2.0 million crimes. 
(Bureau of Justice Statistics)

According to the National Center for Education Statistics:

  • In 2008, data from the National Crime Victimization Survey showed that more crimes were committed against students ages 12 to 18 at school than away from school. Students ages 12 to 18 experienced about 1.2 million nonfatal crimes (theft-plus violent crime) at school, compared to about 1 million nonfatal crimes away from school.
  • 7.7% of students in grades 9-12 reported “being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least one time during the previous 12 months” -2009

Church Security:

Church Shootings
Frances Putnam
June 05, 2006

When the congregation of Wedgwood Baptist church, in Texas, sat down in preparation for evening services the night of Sept 15, 1999, quite likely the last thing running through anyone’s mind was that a man would enter the building and shoot at least 45 bullets from a nine-millimeter semi-automatic handgun inside the sanctuary before turning the weapon on himself.

Probably none of the 7 persons shot and killed thought to himself earlier that day, “Today is the last day of my earthly life.”

Most likely at least one of the 7 had some qualm, some tremor of unearthly premonition that something would go very wrong that day. If any did, they went to church in spite of it.

The transcript of a televised Bob Abernathy program from the time reads, in part, “As 150 young people celebrated to the pulse of a Christian rock band, Larry Ashbrook, a 47-year-old man dressed in black and smoking a cigarette walked into the back of the church and began shooting. Seven people were fatally wounded, and then the gunman shot himself” (Americanchronicle.com, June 5, 2006).

List of recent church shootings:

  • February 14, 2010-Richmond, California – New Gethsemane Church of God in Christ – three gunmen open fire during a service. Two members are wounded-the three gunmen flee the scene.
- (ABC Local News)
  • March 8, 2009-Maryville, Illinois-First Baptist Church – Pastor Fred Winters is killed by point-blank gunshot during a service-several members are injured while attempting to subdue the attacker. 
- (CBS News)
  • July 27, 2008-Knoxville, Tennessee-Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist – two people are killed, six wounded during a children’s musical.
- (CBS News)
  • December 9, 2007-Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado – 4 people are killed and at least three are wounded-at two different sites by the same gunman-the gunman is shot and ultimately kills himself.
- (DenverPost.com)
  • August 12, 2007-Neosho, Missouri-First Congregational Church – 3 people are killed, five others are wounded during a Sunday service. He holds 25-50 people hostage until hostage negotiators spoke with the gunman-police apprehended him.
- (CNN)
  • May 21, 2006-Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The Ministry of Jesus Christ Church – 4 are killed, 1 seriously wounded during a Sunday service; another is abducted and murdered elsewhere. 
- (CBS News)
  • February 26, 2006-Detroit, Michigan – Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church – 2 are killed during a Sunday service-the shooter later kills himself. 
- (USAToday).
  • March 14, 2005-Brookfield, Wisconsin – Living Church of God – During a Sunday service, 7 are killed + the shooter, 4 others are wounded.
- (CBS News)

Military Security:

Texas Insider Report: Washington D.C. – 
All military installation law enforcement personnel would receive Active Shooter Training under a bipartisan measure introduced in the House today by Congressman John Carter (R-TX31) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX).  The Military Active Shooter Training Act of 2011, HR 826, would require all military and civilian law enforcement personnel providing security on U.S. military installations to participate in Active Shooter training courses.  Carter, who represents the Fort Hood area, first introduced the proposal last year as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to ensure Department of Defense compliance with recommendations from the official review of the November 4, 2009 Fort Hood shootings that left 14 dead and 30 wounded (TexasInsider.org).

Thank you again for reading, come back often,

Christopher Grollnek

http://www.chrisgrollnek.com

Definition of a Critical Incident and Emergency Management

A critical incident is an event that can develop from a normal situation becoming more tasking then the initial responders have the capabilities to deal with immediately. There are times that incident can turn to the critical stage after balancing between, standard emergency and response, to active engagement to preserve the priorities of life. Other examples of critical incidents include, natural, man-made, civil disorder, and any and all incidents that put lives in jeopardy with a higher than normal probability of serious bodily injury or loss of life. In these types of situations, extraordinary measures, which require extraordinary actions due to exigent circumstances, dictate the level of force to mitigate the threat.

An active-shooter is the most common and discussed incident relative to emergency management at present within the conversations and planning phases of police and EMS operations. An active shooter is “loosely” defined as a person with a firearm attempting to inflict as many casualties as possible in a single event. The attack phase of an active-shooter incident can be coordinated to archive multiple events simultaneously or a destructive attempt to kill or maim as many victims as possible. From a responder phase, the goal of resolving the critical incident is swift and deliberate actions up to and including the removal of the threat by most means possible. The Columbine High School shooting is more than likely the most notable event to reference. The police were not prepared for the event and there was little if any protocol in place to have the “ACTUAL” first responders tries to stop the threat without the assistance of a tactical unit. Now patrol officers are trained to arrive in teams and do all that is possible to eliminate the threat immediately once three of four officers arrive on scene, they are trained in response techniques. The Virginia Tech shooting is an example of “better” (not great) pre-planning that Columbine as although there was a massive loss of life, the incident was handled to the best of the officers abilities and resources at the time.

These are the three elements of an active shooter:

1. An Incident that threatens to take lives or actually takes lives
2. Causes substantial risk to the property or well being of a portion or all of a community
3. Requires the commitment of resources beyond those normally available

Thanks for reading,

Christopher Grollnek

Duty to Train

Countermeasure Consulting Group maintains that the majority of the following incidents and the resulting statistics are completely preventable. Not only are they often preventable, employers have a legal obligation to protect employees from workplace violence. According to the FBI report entitled “Workplace Violence-Issues in Response”, “Businesses are under a variety of legal obligations to safeguard their employees’ well-being and security.” These obligations stem from Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) requirements and even Civil Rights law requirements. The following statistical data clearly demonstrates that violence can happen anywhere at any time. Countermeasure Consulting Group is prepared to provide practical solutions to common workplace security issues.

 

For a complete list of incidents referenced, please visit http://www.countermeasureconsulting.com/eventstatistics/?mn=1

 

As always, thank you for reading…

Chris Grollnek