Part IV 3D Workplace Violence Prevention Toolkit – ACT
In previous weeks, we covered how to SETUP your Active Shooter 360 3D Workplace Violence Prevention program and discussed how to assess potential threats via the toolkit TROUBLESHOOT templates. Now it’s time to focus on threat management in the ACT section of the Toolkit.
Risk Based Management Options in the toolkit are structured and color coded similar to the TROUBLESHOOT section. ACT options are as follows:
Managing Low Risk (Green) – identify causes, consider mentoring, coaching, or training, and monitor progress to prevent regression.
Managing Medium Risk (Yellow) – focus on understanding of behavioral boundaries and constructive behavior, consider coaching and mentoring, and obtain a mutual follow-through plan and schedule.
Managing High Risk (Orange) – notify senior management immediately, check workplace Internet behavior, coordinate with in-house security and local law enforcement; the risk does not end if the person is fired.
Managing Imminent Risk (Red) – notify security, law enforcement, and senior managers immediately because an Imminent Risk is an EMERGENCY. Quietly delay the threatening person in a safe and secure location until police arrive if possible, do not leave the person unsupervised if an arrest does not take place, ensure the person leaves the premises, and alert the staff that there is a risk – short term and long term – of the threat returning.
Key Takeaway:
Low Risk and Medium Risk individuals can be managed through empathy, coaching, mentoring, and professional counseling. It is critical that early interventions are implemented with follow-through, to prevent a person’s behavior from escalating to High Risk or Imminent Risk.
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