No Workplace is Safe Now

The past two weeks have shown that no workplace is safe from horrific workplace violence. Some workplaces know they are targets. Planned Parenthood, churches, government buildings, banks, temples and mosques all need to design their workplaces with an eye toward thwarting an attack using the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The massacre …

Clery Campus Crime Reports Expose Major School Violence Vulnerabilities

“It is shocking how many campuses have left themselves vulnerable to school violence, such as an active shooter,” says Richard H. Price Principal, Senior Analyst, CPTED CPD with Soteria Group, Safety by Design, who served 21 years as an FBI Special Agent. “Of all the campuses we’ve analyzed, NONE are doing everything they should to …

Here’s the Workplace Violence and Active Shooter Legislation We Need to Enact Yesterday!

Last week’s campus violence included two college campus stabbings (in New Jersey and California) and social media threat by Fresno State student to start shooting people Monday at 3:00 with his M4 carbine. Fortunately the student who confessed to making those threats was arrested. Countless acts of workplace violence, especially toward healthcare workers, never made …

Healthcare Workers Are At the Top of the List When It Comes To Being Victims of Workplace Violence. What You Can Do to Protect Them.

Across the nation, healthcare workers are seeing an increase in workplace violence, and are calling for training standards at the federal, state, and local levels. Administrators in healthcare facilities need to start providing workplace violence training now, before they find themselves on the losing side of a liability lawsuit. According to United States Department of …

Active Shooters: How a Free Service Can Start Protecting Campuses Now

This morning a Tennessee campus shooting left one student dead.  It’s just another school day in America. “Every week at schools across America, guns are being brought to school or someone is planning to do so,” says Richard H. Price Principal, Senior Analyst, CPTED CPD with Soteria Group, Safety by Design, who served 21 years …