Transcript Stephen Doherty

Workplace Violence Prevention
“The Final Frontier of Community Policing”
A Presentation for:
Partnering in Workplace Violence Prevention: Translating Research to Practice
TYPE III
WORKER ON WORKER
Wyndham Hotel & Resort – Baltimore, MD
November 15-17, 2004
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Workplace Violence Prevention - Community Policing Model
WORKPLACE
Schools
“The Final Frontier”
Home
Domestic
Violence
Intervention
SRO’s
D.A.R.E.
STARS
Senior Citizens Visitation
Stranger Danger
PAL Leagues
Night Basketball
Citizens Police
Academy
PAST Program
Kid Care ID
Operation
Identification
Streets
Neighborhood Watch - Traffic Calming - Weed & Seed - Drug Free Zones - Neighborhood
Police Substations - Directed Patrol Plans
© 2004 Doherty Partners, All Rights Reserved
Workplace Violence Prevention
“The Final Frontier of Community Policing”
Workplace Violence Represents 18% of Crime in the United States
The success of community policing is based on prevention of crime by
establishing proactive partnerships with impacted stakeholders.
Successful communications (or Not!) with local law enforcement must be
understood in order to create realistic workplace violence prevention
policies to protect employees and company assets.
Each partner – local law enforcement & local businesses need to
communicate their competencies as well as their willingness ( or not!)
to collaborate on emerging workplace threats; not just traditionally
respond to workplace violence in progress.
Go Ahead – Call local law enforcement with 10 digits – not 3 (911)
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Workplace Violence Prevention
“The Final Frontier of Community Policing”
Hiring: Where workplace violence prevention begins
Employee screening- What will you/can you share with local law enforcement?
Anything? Everything?
Capacity of information exchange
Local statutes – permissibility of information sharing with law enforcement
What will/can local law enforcement share with you?
Criminal records
Ownership/access to firearms
Domestic protective orders past or present
Responses to applicant address of record
Driving history
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Workplace Violence Prevention
“The Final Frontier of Community Policing”
Private Sector Preparedness:
…”the private sector controls 85%
of the critical infrastructure of the
nation.. Unless a terrorist target is
a military or other government
facility, the “first” responders will
almost certainly be civilians.”
“Homeland security and national
preparedness therefore often
begins with the private sector”