Workplace Violence and Active Shooter Response Training

Each year, there are thousands of active shooter and active violence events that take place across every form of life and in every environment. When we think of active violence scenarios, we often think of those which are shared by the media, often in schools and education. However, the reality is, that Business and Commerce face nearly 50% of all active violence events across the United States.

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Acts of violence happen for a wide range of reasons – sometimes it’s a disgruntled employee other times it’s an outside threat. Regardless, your business, employees, and community suffer greatly. Core Security Services, through technology, training, and prevention development plans can help.

According to data gathered by ALERRT and the FBI; in the years of 2017-2021 there was a 52.5% increase in active shooter events across the United States. In regard to Workplace Violence, there were 392 workplace homicides in 2020 and 37,060 nonfatal injuries in the workplace resulting from an intentional injury by another person.

Active Violence Training

Certified Training on how you can respond in the event of an Active Shooter and how to handle the immediate aftermath.

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Penetration Testing

What’s your greatest risk? How secure is your building or facility? Are you aware of where unwanted activity can take place?

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Drills and Coordination

Cut down on EMS response times by conducting annual or semi-annual drills with law enforcement. Develop plans that incorporate First Responder’s best practices tailored to your location.

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What is Workplace Violence?

Workplace violence encompasses any form of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or disruptive behavior that takes place within a work environment. This spectrum of behavior includes verbal threats, abuse, physical assaults, and, in extreme cases, even homicide. It can potentially impact and involve not only employees but also clients, customers, and visitors. It is worth noting that acts of violence and related injuries currently rank as the third-leading cause of fatal occupational incidents in the United States.

What is Active Shooter Training?

Active shooter training encompasses initiatives and drills aimed at equipping individuals and organizations with the skills and knowledge to respond efficiently to an active shooter incident. An active shooter is someone who is actively involved in the act of killing or attempting to kill people in a crowded location, typically employing firearms as their weapon of choice.

What is Avert?

Active Violence Emergency Response Training (AVERT) gives you the tools to understand how to recognize warning signs, react quickly in an active shooter situation, and learn how to control bleeding in life-threatening situations. AVERT is active shooter response training with the addition of techniques on how to stop the bleed of victims.

What is SB553 in California?

This bill would require an employer, as specified, to also establish, implement, and maintain, at all times in all work areas, an effective workplace violence prevention plan containing specified information. The bill would require the employer to record information in a violent incident log for every workplace violence incident, as specified. The bill would require the employer to provide effective training to employees on the workplace violence prevention plan, among other things, and provide additional training when a new or previously unrecognized workplace violence hazard has been identified and when changes are made to the plan. The bill would require records of workplace violence hazard identification, evaluation, and correction and training records to be created and maintained, and violent incident logs and workplace incident investigation records to be maintained, as specified. The bill would require certain records to be made available to the division, employees, and employee representatives, as specified. The bill would make these requirements operative on and after July 1, 2024.

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